Short North Carolina Poems

the time?no one cares
the mountain's called me in then
when am i going?...

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muddy waters recede
give up beloved dead recovered
appalachian songs eternal...

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Bright red cardinal,
colored life in gloomy cold,
hopping in the snow

North Carolina...

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Swiftly, lightening
Flashes in the sky, singing ~
Melody so calm

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Memories,
  diecast in their emotion,
   —catalysts of the soul

(High Point North Carolina: October, 1977)...

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Scientific Discovery…
 but one grand paradox

The Spacetime Continuum
  —contradiction defined

(Greensboro North Carolina: April, 2019)...

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It's another North Carolina morning,
Just before I see the sun rise.
To lighter blue the sky is turning,
And nature wakes opening her eyes.



©2013 Honestly JT...

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There are very pretty girls in North Carolina,
But they’re not all named Caroline, or Charlotte
Beware of confusion, a summer at the beach,
Watch out for temptation, strawberry ice creams....

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North Carolina

A young woman of North Carolina,
Danced on tables at a down-town diner.
Serving Chilli-dogs and fries,
To leering men she despise,
This Lady deserves something much finer....

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A sweet Chow Chow called Charleston Dinah
Was court-ordered to go back to China
Told: Leave the U.S.
You made this covid mess!
She arfed:  You nut I’m from North Carolina!

Written 5/12/22...

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•	Connecticut
•	New Hampshire
•	New York
•	New Jersey
•	Massachusetts
•	Pennsylvania
•	Delaware
•	Virginia
•	North Carolina
•	South Carolina
•	Georgia
•	Rhode Island
•	Maryland

10112014...

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A young North Carolina preacher named Billy Graham
Was filled with God's Words, and knew how to say 'em
All across the nation, many people came to salvation
Now heaven will be home to more than a few; how about you...

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ive never met anyone in this life
as nervous as deputy barney fife
andy gave him a big gun
but a bullet only one
and will thelma ever become his wife

Limerick 4 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph may
2/13/19...

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With no advanced ticket,
  I pay as I go

My boarding left open,
  still more things to know

The day train a local,
  expresses by night

My spirit rolls inward,
 —next station in sight

(Highpoint North Carolina: April, 2017)...

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The morning bid welcome,
  the night said goodbye

The sun gave us reasons,
  the moon made us cry

The cycle repeated,
  the old freed the new

The darkness retreated,
 —the spirit imbued

(Highpoint North Carolina: April, 2017)...

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Be in awe of yourself,
ever struck with delight

Gift wrapping your thoughts,
in the goodness of life

Treasure the memories,
letting go of the pain

Releasing the wonder
—as Heaven proclaimed

(High Point North Carolina: April, 2017)...

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Be in awe of yourself,
  ever struck with delight

Gift wrapping your thoughts,
  in the goodness of life

Treasure the memories,
  letting go of the pain

Releasing the wonder,
 —as Heaven proclaimed

(Highpoint North Carolina: April, 2017)...

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Love Living and Forgiving

Washington is where we love living;
Soon may be skiing by Thanksgiving;
Cascades snowing,
And we are going;
Found them friendly and forgiving.

Jim Horn

Live here in North Carolina now 
but our hearts are still in Seattle....

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Both Orville and Wilbur Wright,
    Two brothers who pioneered flight.
    When at  Kitty Hawk, in North Carolina,
    They first flew their forerunner, of the modern airliner.

    Sponsor Regina McIntosh.
    Clerihew poetry contest.
    12 / 28 / 2020....

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I’m not wishful anymore
or here to ride the wave
My feet both mired in aging mud,
my heart now turned away

I’m not here to save the world,
nobility be damned
Time on trial my last denial
—on distant Ronan land

(Henderson North Carolina: October, 2021)...

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The First Plane Flight

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
December 17, 1903

Oh see it fly!
Above this field, the pilot steers.
Oh see it fly
amid the clouds across the sky!
The people watch it as it veers
through winter air along with cheers!
Oh, see it fly!...

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My Newspaper Horn Haiku

what we did detect 
newspaper had intelect 
we knew was correct

This is my 8,800th Horn
Haiku especially designed
for Brunswick Beacon,
Shallotte, North Carolina

James Serious Mysterious Horn
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NV 28422...

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Bring your lover into your world,
  don’t hide inside of hers

    ‘A mistake too often made
       with respect to women’

Self inflicted homicide…
  men die of good intention

A modern age hormonal trap
  —loves truth no longer free

(Greensboro North Carolina: April, 2019)...

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A hurricane tore North Carolina
After ripping Haiti!
It stalks like a hyena,
Leaving a trail of calamity!

I, The Earth, was turning in my sleep.
Humans live for seventy years.
Some build in areas that are deep
Or somehow interfere with my affairs.


               May 8, 2022 the...

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Jill has been in the hospital for
seven days and I have not been 
writing any poems on Poetry Soup.
Here is one I wrote while there with
my wife.

We would have started out to seek,
Things explained when did speak;
Could hear,
Far or near,
When the weather was very bleak.

Jim Horn...

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