Short Streetcar Poems

A girl named streetcar
lulls me near her middle, far more
A carriage for two...

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Street
        streetcar
   streetcar stops
doors open... shut
              go...

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An alien oozed forth from a streetcar
Undulating into the nearest bar --
   Blinked his green eyes
   And what a surprise --
Ordered vodka on the rocks of a Star...

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His name does noy ring a bell
But,good acting helped his film's sell-
Good looks were never his..
Though always worth his hire,
Winning an oscar,with Streetcar named Desire

Tribute To Karl Malden (1912-2009) One of the best  of Hollywood's supporting actors...

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Still Life

Bound for the junction,
the 15 Streetcar heads up the avenue,
change machine chewing on coins like a man with tobacco. 
It moans along, sometimes choking,
catching its electric breath to pull the hill. 
Smelling of rubber and current, a few sparks spit farewell.

3/18/15...

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Late, legendary American method actor, Marlon Brando
  His piercing scream of "Stella!" reached a crescendo...

 In "Streetcar Named Desire." A supernova in his prime
 Internationally hailed as "The greatest actor of all time"




Date: 07/21/2019...

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1."I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951


God sometimes sends an unknown pass
to lend His divine touch
a hand from heaven sent
with bold assurance in their reach
that knows your needs so much
rest gentle's in their palm.

8/6/19

KEEP IT BRIEF Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: nette onclaud...

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It was something
So many words
It rattled on
Like a streetcar
And it was harsh too
It really picked things apart
It made Howl
Seem like a squeak
I can't remember
Who wrote it
I think
It was some guy
From Great Britain
All I remember is that
It was the longest
The harshest
The meanest poem
Ever written


*** Thanks for reading - Anton... www.foesofprose.com ***...

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Anna called her mother today
Out of the blue and the pink
To talk about something new
 
A quick story telling - like Madonna
About a passionate drunken kiss
With her roommate one night
On a streetcar not named desire
 
She described the kiss to her mother
In grand and lengthy romantic detail
What it felt like to kiss a woman
Knowing full well that the encounter
Meant nothing to her...

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As he waited for the streetcar
that he had waited for so many times before
at this very spot
he thought
the weather is so dreary
but more ,
undeniable
that for a millisecond
silent rain
carried a silent pain
that hope could not sooth
and the streetcar would never carry away
the loss he held 
where love once dwelled
he thought
self absorbed
in the blink of an eye
the street car appeared....

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"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

KINDNESS OF STRANGERS - KIB

Rainbow-yarn hospitality
Opened to me their door.
Snowy boots laid aside,
Warm blanket and fresh apple pie.
Servants of God, rapport,
Under his snow-dove wing.

8/1/2019
KEEP IT BRIEF Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Nette Onclaud
howmanysyllables confirmed 8/6/6/8/6/6...

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Oh dear one, for many years we have hurt and hugged.
Brought up the spears of contention and have been mugged.

Could I have been the one to compose your sorrow?
I guess time will tell when we reach that tomorrow.

The premise was so impressively constructed.
Yet like a streetcar that was poorly conducted.

Placed upon a pedestal that was bound to fall.
Oh dear one, how I long for thy spirit to call!

date:1/10/23...

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A flash the first strike, truth builds fantasy;
A spell nothing short of spectacular; 
With a gentle word you became a shove; 
I began to recite a silent plea,
racing the night upon desire’s streetcar 
on a ride I could not gain control of; 
Your eyes a gateway to believing now;
The still of amethyst and fading stars 
painted blush and shy sunrise up above; 
Softly you whispered to me ‘I know how 
                     to love’ ....

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