Short Banjo Poems

fiddle heads unfurl
bluegrass music sounds in breeze
hear nature's banjo...

Read More

Banjo
Sings, rings out
Fairies dance jig
To a magical tune
Strings dance.
...

Read More

Pickin’ In The Square

Small town summer fun;

Banjo picking fills the air,

Clogging happy feet....

Read More

Ancestors of past 'Oh what a clan'; as I strum my banjo watching clodhoppers dance.

  12/7/15   Contest Sponsored by: Silent One
               Placed 3rd...

Read More

Asteroids, do not scare me
Had a great life, appeared on TV
Banjo in a folk group
In a hillbilly troupe
For brekkie, enjoy weiners and beans...

Read More

Jack's the name... silly's my game
Each day's a winner, every day is the same
Kudos to Jacko
Used to play banjo
Outdidded myself, with worldwide fame?...

Read More

Some people call me a Wascally Wacko
Methinks I will play a little tune on my banjo
While dancing a jig
And downing a swig
Accompanied by a friend on piano...

Read More

A good friend once called me a Wascally Wacko
Methinks I will play a little tune on my banjo
While dancing a jig
And downing a swig
Accompanied by Liberace on piano...

Read More

Paul met John twanging banjo, singing a medley
Awed at what he heard playing by The Quarrymen
Five became four struggling to reach a destiny
Boarding a plane on an eternal trip since then...

Read More

B-irthday
A-crostic
N-ote
J-ust
O-ffers

P-oem
A-s
T-he
E-xcellent
R-egards
S-peak
O-f
N-ame

Topic: Birthday of poet Banjo Paterson (February 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

A banjo picker elite I once used to be, 
Now my nose is the favorite choice of me
Don't always enjoy
The pickin' finger it soils
Let alone getting snots on my manly goatee...

Read More

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
Methinks it's Utopia, I'll try not to bellow
It could be a ruse
My patience to lose
Till reality sets in and I stop playing banjo...

Read More

What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo...

Read More

What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo...

Read More

That windswept look of distant eyes
Buries quick teases in the sand,
Hours with you I delayed---forgive.



Contest of nette onclaud, 3 BY 8 Image Contest
Banjo Casto, Jan 3, 2015
Image 2...

Read More

Nothing open
Quiet, rusty sleep
apples and a banjo
candles in the desert
eagles soar while 
you dream
of violins
hope worn deep
xray wishes
bleached bones
thunder
and
the rush of time...

Read More

A banjo picker elite I once used to be, 
Now my nose is the favourite choice of me
Don't always enjoy
My pickin' finger gets soiled
Let alone snotty dripping on my manly goatee...

Read More

The folk era from way back in the sixties
Provided me a chance to play my banjo on TV
A folk group of six
Four guys and two chicks
The Canadiana Folksingers, a cool group of hippies...

Read More

The folk era from way back in the sixties
Provided me a chance to play my banjo on TV
A folk group of six
Four guys and two chicks
The Canadiana Folksingers, a cool group of hippies...

Read More

B-ring 
A-nother 
N-atal 
J-oy 
O-f 

P-oetic 
A-spect 
T-o 
E-very 
R-eader 
S-haring 
O-pus 
N-icely 

Topic: Birthday of poet Banjo Paterson (February 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

There was old man from Tallahassee
Who loved woman and lots of whiskey  
           That played the banjo 
         Loud and sometimes low
But his devoted fans were only three



4-14-18
Alexis Y....

Read More

B-rilliant
A-rdent
N-ationalist
J-ust
O-ffered

P-amphlet
A-bout
T-oil
E-ndorsing
R-emarkable
S-tory
O-f
N-obody

Topic: Birthday of poet Banjo Paterson (February 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

A good friend once called me a Wascally Wacko
Methinks I will play a little tune on my banjo
While dancing a jig
And downing a swig
Accompanied by The Wulfman on piano


© Jack Ellison 2015...

Read More

What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo


© Jack Ellison 2015...

Read More

report card arrives - nerves like banjo strings, yikes, so bad I could burn it.

Date : 3 September 2020

Contest : My Most Unforgettable Moment in HighSchool 

 Sponsor : JCB BURL

17 syllables using Poetry Soup Syllable Counter...

Read More