Short Rochester Poems
Short Rochester Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Rochester by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Rochester by length and keyword.
Comedic Penny Pincher
Comedic Penny Pincher
Jack Benny’s
Comedic persona was to pinch pennies.
Every week he would lead his merry band
And Rochester would always get the upper hand....
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Categories:
rochester, celebrity, friendship, tribute, vanity,
Form:
Clerihew
Rochester Discourse - Another Page
March 17 in eighteen sixty three
Will spin and pivot
Ancestry
As the fulcrum of this country
It is the unholy fire
Baal's tongue licking at the bones
Defied by desire
O but the ash is better balm
Then endless years
Where freedom wilts
A seedling watered by the salt of tears...
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Categories:
rochester, black african american, history, inspirational
Form:
Free verse
Rochester Discourse - Cedar Hill
From here I see again - not property
Men mangled and maimed by history
Not the shadows in chains
Chipping and hauling wooden flesh
Creation with more license
Than God on the silver skin
Carried its cargo before the wind
Of meaninglessness -
Here looks across the shining city
The muted mist of history
And here stand only as man
Nonnegotiable, nothing less....
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Categories:
rochester, black african american, history, introspection
Form:
Free verse
Lucky Lovely Elephant
Lucky lovely elephant with a tuft of green
Created by a master artisan, that is easily seen.
With trunk upraised, in the luckiest of elephant ways.
We congregate around him, to give him some praise.
His décor is lovely, his metallic finish is a treat.
He is the utmost beautiful elephant on Rochester Street.
We follow him around, fawning over him, giving him our best.
He finally asks for some privacy, so he can get some rest....
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Categories:
rochester, animal,
Form:
Couplet