Short Freight Poems

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


Premium Member Poem with No Idea

I had an idea for a poem
You must trust me - it was great.
I would love to share it with you,
But it left on an outbound freight.
Form: Epigram


Breathe, Keep Moving

Dreaded dream killer
A freight train loaded with pain
Reduces heart to hope,
Though surviving, don't be fooled
To live, you've gotta move
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Musical Mojo

I once knew a fiddler named jo jo
He chose to live life as a hobo
He traveled with freight
Through city and state
sustained by that musical mojo
© Joe Inka  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Freighters Tableau

Old ships come to die
on a silent beach;
once they ferried freight.
Side by side, they lie
broken hulls; now each
bide their rusty fate.



Image #1
Form: Verse

Seal It Please

A lady once hailed from Altoona.
A man on a freight train had mooned her.
      She speeded away
      With just this to say,
"Cold air from a crack is a boomer!"
Form: Limerick


Premium Member The Calico Box Crab Freight

I was only eight
when I caught the calico box crab freight. 
Just a small-town crab-boy in tattered britches,
I found my way to fame and riches, 
loaded in a crate.
Form: Rhyme

Freight and Boo Night

its like  smoke cloud
that loud
as you hear hum moma crown
and a beat
coming down the street
you see the  bright light
with faces that bit
its
CITY FREIGHT AND
BOO NIGHT

Heavy Going

RoseAnn Malone resolved to lose weight.
She made a list of foods to forsake.
She did well 'till week four
eating more than before.
Airlines had to bill her at the freight rate.
Form: Limerick

When We Will Fight Freight

When We Will Fight Freight

We always knew when we will fight,
With our fears  full of much freight;
Amount endure,
Are never sure,
And would do with all of our might.

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

When People Will Fight

When People Will Fight

What people will do when they fight,
After experiencing and seeing sight;
Blood and guts;
Bruises and cuts;
Never have forgotten all the freight.

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

Its Freight and Spook Night

as you come home
remember your not along
theye're out there
everywhere
be aware we care
don't just stare
so watch that moon light
its end of month in oct.
its
FREIGHT AND SPOOK
NIGHT

Premium Member Hot Coals

There was a virile freight train from South Bend
A sexy caboose he dared to befriend --
   He said, "You're my dream"
   And let out some steam --
Then poured all his hot coals in her south end
Form: Limerick

Night Train - Blues Poem 18

Itching
itching
nowhere
to scratch

Rambling
rambling
balling
the jack

Freight car
open
voices
interred 

The brakeman 
singing 
"Turn 
"Turn 
"Turn"

(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Dylan's New Studio Album

Where does a man meet with his fate?
Will he be gone on a midnight freight?
Uneasy answers depend 
on questions blowin' the wind. 
I pray that God be willin' -
another studio album by Bob Dylan?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Criminal History of Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
ordered marinara with parmesan.
When he finished up his plate,
he burped and hopped a southbound freight.
Writing history can be a crime,
when you insist that it must rhyme.
Form: Rhyme

Freight Train

Box cars a mile long, rolling all night headed West
                            Some full, some empty, all singing the same old song
                                    A Cadillac for The King Of The Road
© Danny Nunn  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Easy Going

Leaving on a freight train, don't know where I'm going Hope I'm alive when I arrive with no bills owing Halleluya debt free Simpleness is the key Spend little, enjoy much and be easygoing
Form: Limerick

Point Bonita Lighthouse

Near San Francisco’s Golden Gate
First to have foghorn that was great
Army siege gun first in the state
Gold rush years many boats aground 
With light and gun no loss of freight
New lighthouse time wonderful date
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Jumbo the Elephant

Does anyone know how Jumbo The Elephant died? Hit by a freight train, succumbed quickly, no dry eyes Poor thing had no chance His soul made a ghost dance People around reacted with sadness, quietly cried
Form: Limerick

The Fearless Farmer Cork

limerick

Have you heard why the farmer named Cork
commandeered a short freight train in York?
     When the hoboes from thar
     dared reclaim their hay car,
they discovered the pitch of Cork’s fork.

December 1, 2019
Form: Limerick

Hobo Jungle

1930's Depression time, near  the track on the South side of town
                                 In a clump of trees, a few "Bo's" catching " Z's"
                Some cooking hobo stew, others waiting to hop a north bound freight
© Danny Nunn  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Mental Hospital

Take me to the place where my mind can embrace healing grace,
Give me your ear and let me spill out my pain to your face.
Give me your arms stretched out to a a hug oh so tight.
Dazzle my mind while making my fears run with freight.
Form: Rhyme

Freight Trains and Wine

I tried to sleep, but the trip is long
Now far from home where things went so wrong
This whole train now I call mine
My boxcar upon the line
Bottle of wine, a cork and a song

11-22-19
Contest: Five Word Challenge
Sponsor: Beth Evans
sad
Form: Limerick

Silence





I need my silence like I need the air I breathe 
away from city noises or louds of any kind 
Elsewhere in the world the sound of freight trains 
drive the people mad, but here in my home 
the sound of silence, makes me whole...

Premium Member When Johnny Raced the Bat

Do you recall where you were at
the day that Johnny raced the bat?
I was but a lad of eight.
A bat shot out of Hell, damned straight.
Johnny flew like an outbound freight.
A front row seat is where I sat
the day that Johnny raced the bat.
Form: Rhyme

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