Short Tarmac Poems

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Summer Howls

like a round brass gong afternoon sun burns in sky~ tarmac road steaming dry leaves swirl around canals and pools lie distraught~ lands yawn, mouths open
Categories: tarmac, nature, summer,
Form: Haiku


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Summer Sky

sun, ripe citrus fruit sapphire sky flecked with white clouds tarmac road steaming June.26.2022 Summer Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Categories: tarmac, sky, summer, sun,
Form: Haiku

Sleazy Rider

Long ago, once we were teens,
We all read "Mad" magazines,
Now we read of Peter Fonda passing,
Down the tarmac ever blasting,
Always in a "Sleazy Rider" cartoon,
Forever young, a classic lampoon!
Categories: tarmac, age, america, film, memorial,
Form: Free verse
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Cracker Hacker Limerick

There once was a man who'd hack
Just so he could keep track
Of one he adored
But couldn't afford,
If she broke through his tarmac!

Written by Artsieladie/Sharon Donnelly
©2018-04-21 15:44:00 (EDT)
All right reserved.
Categories: tarmac, humor,
Form: Limerick

Roman Summer

I’m weakened by the hazy heat,
But locals bustle in the street,
And all around me lively talk.

The tarmac melting as I walk,
I see the artefacts of Rome -
And guess it’s pouring down at home.

For Deb’s Summer in the City contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tarmac, holiday,
Form: Rhyme


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Sijo

Drifting like snowflakes, petals sift through air. White bubbles float down, 
skip over stark, black tarmac surface, blown by breezes into piles, form 
snowdrifts against sidewalks; pear trees green up, shed white coats of spring.
© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tarmac, appreciation, spring,
Form: Sijo
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Sun Shower

Icily cold the fingertips
of raindrops raise goose bumps
steam rises from the hot tarmac
as rainbow oil streaks spread
a colorful display of pollution
oozes through the crosswalk

©5/28/2021

Bite Size Poem 3 Poetry Contest
Categories: tarmac, imagery, irony, rainbow,
Form: Verse

Candles In the Rain

I lay down candles in the rain
knowing they won't light
someday the sun will shine again
and all the wicks will dry
then I'll light them one by one
make a tarmac in the dark
so you can find your way to me
this runway to my heart
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tarmac, love
Form: Verse
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Hard Yakka

I haven't built a house.
Nor spread tarmac onto roads.
I have not shot a brace of grouse.
Or planting veg in rows.

I am sitting on a comfy chair,
Which my old body embraces.
I become exhausted,
When bending down to tie my shoelaces.
Categories: tarmac, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Hum a Did Ditty

Road rumbles
through  wind roaring leaves
Shod hooves tap rhythm
On tarmac drum skin
Fresh washed  and dried 
in Summer rain and sun
A catbird and wren
Compete for center stage
As bush and branch
Sway in the waltzing wind’s
Life scented wetness
Categories: tarmac, nature, seasons,
Form: Blank verse

Pain

One leaf curled and hunched 
hesitatingly crawls up the centre 
of the sun lit country road. 
The rest cling to the tarmac 
watching. 

I look at this world as it is 
and see what could be 
and once again utter 
words uselessly. 
conscience 
....... driven
Categories: tarmac, sad,
Form: Blank verse
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Nor' Easter

The wind is break dancing with the trees. beating a rapper’s song. Limbs flail on the tarmac. Rain flies like sweat from corn rows across the expanse of asphalt. A barrage precipitates against the window pane with the rata-tat-tat of a machine gun’s bullets as the front passes.
Categories: tarmac, introspection, nature
Form: Free verse

My Last Memory Of You At The Airport

Last glimpse of Davao
Seen underneath the plane wing
Before its sun down.

Last time glued with you
Wearing those lovely smile
Is viewed from tarmac.

Last time I kiss you
My knees shaking terribly
As we said goodbye.

Last seen your photo
Tired tears rolling down my cheeks
As I feel asleep.
Categories: tarmac, love, memorial, relationship,
Form: Senryu

Rip

Ripped apart a shadow
as the shreds
passed through my idle fingers
They turned to blackened wine
dripping on the tortured
tarmac
Its gentle mewing
whispered
is the abyss
ever empty
but nothing was there to answer
echoes arguing who came first
and the darkness insatiable thirst
betrayed by the light
Categories: tarmac, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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Dawn

Rimmed with red,
the sky emerges
from an alcoholic haze,
collapses on the shoulder of a hill.

As thin-lipped
as the letter box,
I brush a broken bottle
from the driveway:

shards of glass
that tinkle on the tarmac,
sharp as laughter
in an empty room.


First published in Bravado, New Zealand
Categories: tarmac, drug, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

Meltdown, Buildup

do you want some fun 
in a parked out car
or a video chat one on one

maybe a song
maybe several
maybe a kiss
life should be gentle

but its often not
it often gets hot
and your shoes start to melt
into the tarmac 

when that happens
don't tread on your tippy-toes
just call my number
and ill carry you home
Categories: tarmac, love,
Form: Free verse

Earthquake in england

Last night the dream was this
We were more solid than possible
we sensed the huge solid planet beneath us shake us
we were falling hard
And someone said
The universe is being destroyed.
As i walk along the pavement 
The ground is a kind of wavy tarmac
And my legs threaten to buckle.
Soon,my children
Sooon........
Categories: tarmac, fate,
Form: Free verse

Half Life

When the early mist
rolls down the Inntal
              and tired rain
              hits the early windows

and speaks in a broken voice,
splashes like tyres on tarmac

your small engine of breath
stretches under trapped linen
              you are closed
              and distant.

Late Autumn. Time for frost.
Categories: tarmac, feelings,
Form: Blank verse

Heathrow, In Transit

The warmth of Nairobi in January is gone now.
Here it's cold and drizzly, a savannah 
of tarmac and metal jumbos before me.  
My natural rhythms have given way
to this soaring erratic chase of the sun.
But I return to warmth—the desert heat
of southern Arizona, and the ardent glow
of my heart when I hold you in my arms.
Categories: tarmac, love, places
Form: Verse

House-Maid

The tantalizing housemaid
comes in swinging her waist,
to serve me breakfast.
But it is not the meal
she wants me to eat!
It is not the service she renders!
The frog in me frog-jumped
and my heart fled as a coward
to where I dig with pens
leaving breakfast stranded
as a pool of water in pot-hole
in the middle of a tarmac road.
Categories: tarmac, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Pain

Conflicting thoughts in my head,
None escape; left unsaid.
It rips through my organs,
Like tree roots under tarmac,
It's anchored down deep,
forcing cracks on the surface.

Those opportunistic storms,
Further weaken defences,
Cracks widen, highways crumble,
From the core, I implode.
Conflicting thoughts in my head
and more tears still to shed.
Categories: tarmac, pain, sad,
Form: Bio

Dandelion Uprising

Tarmac erupts, pushed by such a force that the crust splits to reveal life unfurling. How could such fragile leaves exert such power? A surface rolled hard by the work of men to make a path has been defied. The dandelions raise as a green flag their leaves, the sign of nature's strength soon to celebrate in gold, all a buzz.
Categories: tarmac, flower, nature, power,
Form: Free verse

Candice

cold rock, who's gnashing teeth
beget torn lips and tidy legs
loveless creature clothed in rind
future queen would nary pine

fondleproof my guest
gentle curls no effect
your veinous tarmac brings organasms arrest
abandoned crusades confer pontiffregrets


what!  the spectacled porpoise awakens!
the breeze suffocates
the sun withdraws
now must I greet your desire and drain your ample limits
Categories: tarmac, love,
Form: Rhyme

The Visitation Day

The omens were vague
The portends silent
Urimm and thummim 
Silent as still waters
The seers all fatigued
The lovers embracing
The jilted bride crying
The watchers unseeing
The abode of fun alive
Kings rumbling..
Their daily incorrigible..
Stuff.. in rolled the guest
The city awash with royalty
Chariots took to the tarmac
Then the royal flag flew
Twas the day of visitation

#Ackmi_Luis
Categories: tarmac, inspiration, inspirational, surreal, symbolism,
Form: Blank verse

Stooping Low

Madonna swelling at the Kilmore, 
every girl a wisp of ungovernable smoke, 
and vomit on my shoes as they threw me 
out the door, addled and clueless as I was, 
and, forgive me, still am. 
I hit the tarmac like a warm can 
but you stood at the step 
and watched me breath, 
and would do it again. 
I was not swallowed by the dark 
completely. An addiction way past taming, 
you were a shocking case.
Categories: tarmac, lost, love, spiritual, youth,
Form: Free verse
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