Short Bannister Poems
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Use Fans and Enjoy Tans
To overcome heat we should use fans;
Marble has collapsed in hole use spans;
Shells in my canister;
Slide down bannister;
Have exact amount of sun for my tan.
Jim Horn
Out of memory,a lie,
Then, goodbye;
Out of my eye,a tear,
Then a sigh;
Out of the past,a smile,
Then,a second chance;
Out of romance,a ring,
eternity,perchance.
This sequenced couplet form which I label a 'tabb' after John Bannister Tabb(1841-99)
poem 'Evolution'
The heat is soaring;
No breeze to allay;
Little puff clouds drifting,
Magnolia leaves falling,
No moisture in sight,
A twig lay on the bannister,
Or that’s what it tries to be,
It is a long camouflaged insect
Yearning to be free.
Fly away, twigged bug,
And message the clouds to rain.
Sisters
walked
down the grandparents stairs
"Im going" said the oldest
unafraid
unawares
"Me too"
said the second, gripping the bannister tight
(she couldn't see around her sister, but that was alright).
"Me too" said the small one
gripping on for dear life
then she dropped to her bottom
and bumped carefully down
to where Mom was in the kitchen
singing
a lovely sound.
Form:
Awake before dawn, he jumps into his clothes
slides, headfirst, down the curling bannister
inhales a bowl of cereal -- Thanks, Mom! --
and bolts out the door into the old
used jalopy, where a nodding gunman
bides his time in the backseat
relishing the lamb's imminent slaughter
secure in the thought that even if caught
-- laughable, that -- he will post bail
and be back out on the friendly streets
I turn the porch light on
because it’s dark when I go out
to find the morning paper.
It’s still dark when I start back
but when I’m on the porch I reach
inside a little bin for bird seed
and spread it along the bannister.
That’s when the choir starts to sing.
It’s too dark to see the birds in trees
watching me spread their seed
but they thank me with a lovely hymn
from the morning tabernacle choir.
Donal Mahoney
Down the Bannister Lickety Split
By Elton Camp
As a youngster, the stairs were a delight
I ran up and down them day and night
Whenever nobody was around to see
I’d zip down the rail quick as could be
It really was a daring and a bit risky ride
So that’s why to do it, I was forced to hide
It was an exciting and speedy little trip
And made more fun because I had to slip
I’m now old and stairs are dangerous to me
I’d try the banister again if nobody could see