Short Dallas Poems

Short Dallas Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Dallas by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Dallas by length and keyword.


Legions Cry

Literary Achilles
  writer of the sword

Legions cry
  chariots fly

 —blood in every word

(Dallas Texas: June, 2018)
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Faith Chorus

A
lasting
requiem-
music to the
soul


Tribute to Christian writer/muscians eg Graham Kendrick/Stuart Townend/Dallas Holm
Form: Lanterne

The Bull King

i once knew a bull from Dallas
who wanted to live in a palace
he tried everything
to be crowned king
and drink from a golden chalice
Form: Limerick

Premium Member November 22, 1963

Behind a broad fence
A grassy knoll in Dallas
Lone sniper waited
Changed the course of history
Possibly went scot-free, too.

June 14, 2021
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Alice from Dallas

There was a shyster from Dallas
whose lies were full of malice.
	He groped the wrong girl
	whose anger unfurled. 
So now, they call him Alice.
Form: Limerick


Premium Member climbing into motorcade

light pink suit
splatters of blood 
secret service men climbing into motorcade
Dallas Texas
November 22, 1963
some of us will never be the same
Form: List

Much Malice In Dallas

Much Malice in Dallas

What opponents did do in Dallas,
Caused such a Seahawk paralysis;
Game abored;
Hardly scored;
Then they left with much malice.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Football Footles

Dallas Cowboy's Secret Weapon:

Romo
Mojo



Florida State's Heisman Winner:

Famous
Jameis



Blind Sider

Big Mike
Tough strike





August 18, 2014
Form: Footle

Route 66ish No 8

Route 66ish No 8

An intuitive artist from Dallas
was witty, creative, yet callous,
he made sculptures from wood
that most understood
except one that looked just like a phallus!
© Tim Riding  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Why I Loved Cd Poem Football Footles

Football Footles
Dallas Cowboy's Secret Weapon:

Romo
Mojo



Florida State's Heisman Winner:

Famous
Jameis



Blind Sider

Big Mike
Tough strike





August 18, 2014
Form: Footle

Dirk Nowitzki

Impossible to stifle
the firing of a 7 foot
German Rifle

the Heat couldn't stop Dirk
from putting
in work



Congratulations to the 2011 NBA Champions
             Dallas Mavericks
Form: Epigram

Premium Member NEON BOOTS AND DUST

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steel towers gleam gold Trinity River whispers~ hot wind hums through wires, a lone bull's shadow stretching across the restless concrete.
Form: Tanka

Dallas Lights

She looked up at the blue green Dallas lights,

Sparkling in the warm night air,

Blowing across her face.


What perfect lives they must lead in those lights,

While she sells her soul,

For one more tiny rock.
Form: Kimo

Deemed Poetic

Things beyond description 
Deemed poetic lay….
‘A golden oak
On an October day’
‘The perfect form
Of a cresting wave’
‘The laughter of toddlers
As they run and play’
‘A Mozart concerto
  —in its timeless way’

(Dallas Texas: June, 2018)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Of Rome It Is Said

of Babylon it's written
of Rome it is said
of Athen's glory it's recounted
of Egypt's pharaohs long dead
   Anaheim's alive
   Dallas, dynamic
   Phoenix is rising
   Portland is panoramic
we pay homage to what was; overlook what glistens, the aerodynamic

Songs That Have Shaped Who I Am

Chapters by Brett Young and Gavin DeGraw
Hell of a View by Eric Church
All of Me by John Legend
Rise up by Andra Day
Let’s Do it Again by J boog
On Tonight by Chase Rice
Timeless by Dallas Smith
The sound of a million dreams by David Nail
Everywhere by Chase Rice
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Miracle Worker

Dallas baking sun water shortage July temps record highs Houston heat wave closes stores cities shut down threatens emergency standstill Texas Governor produces water from big limestone boulder they wish!
Written July 18, 2022
Form: Cinqku

Premium Member A Corrupt Politician

A politician from a town outside Dallas
is cruel corrupt, mean and callous
He takes funding from schools
builds his friends swimming pools
and buys antiques to furnish his palace

A STRAND (1072)' 
Sponsor: Brian Strand
First Place Winner
2/12/22

Written 2/11/22
Form: Limerick

Tats

With a tattoo of Dallas on one breast
She decided she wanted another
After a while she made a decision
To get a tattoo of Paris on the other!

A few weeks later at the Mardi gras
With no help from panels or committees 
She decided to rip off her blouse
And show everybody her cities!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Send In the Clowns

Comic
faces smiling.
Maniacal laughter
echoing deep inside the head.
Terror.


This poem was inspired by Cindy Sherman's Untitled #425, a chromogenic color print from 2004.  This print was seen at the Dallas Museum of Art, which is currently hosting a Cindy Sherman retrospective until June 9, 2013.
Form: Cinquain

Zydeco After Dallas

Washboard and spoons
Guitar and drums
Accordion

Getting together
With the band

A moment not about skin
But about soul
A party not about race
But about rhythm
Take a stand
(or perhaps a dance)
Against hate

Yell a little
Prance a little
Live, love a lot

Making music
While joining hands

Infantile Me

Robert Petit, sounds great mate, used 2 be a bouncer once, but that was back awhile, wake up with some tartly tart, to escape with half a smile. Poe was he the raven guy, with the bust of pallas, who nevermore was unsure, struck oil down there in Dallas .... yes im being infantile? Don
Form: Ballad

Elvis and Kennedy Are Hiding In Plain Sight

Kennedy didn’t die in Dallas
And Elvis lives outside of Memphis
You see they got sick of the guff
And took identities that were good enough

So if you see an impersonator in their act
Looking good as a matter of fact
It may be the real deal
Hiding in plain sight comfortably real.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Form: Ballad

Urban Tale

Morning has come to the Lower East Side 
I get ready for the day 
After selecting decent threads 
I will decide what to do 
Meeting an old friend at 2 
I also must pick up my new glasses 
I want to see the city today!
Later on I will watch the NY Giants 
battle the Dallas Cowboys
Made a wager on the game
Go Eli 
Hope they win!
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Whiskey From a Chalice

There was an old man from Dallas who drank his whiskey from a chalice he raised his mug and gave it a chug now the old man is drunken and callous. He awoke with a pain in his head he had trouble getting out of the bed for the mug he reached and the pain was bleached as soon as the bottle was dead.
Form: Limerick

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