Short West Virginia Poems

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Premium Member Little Big State

Up hill down hill and round about
Beautiful West Virginia route
This state may be small
But I tell you all
Big as Texas if ironed out
Form: Limerick


Tomorrows Past

It’s not about your last move…
it’s about your next move

Forget about tomorrows past
 —and live your dream today

(Wheeling West Virginia: July, 2019)

My House Has Many Mansions

My House Has Many Mansions

last time we had looked
there have been many mansions
in West Virginia

One is even a Senator of great 
notoriety we have heard.
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Virginia Vs West Virginia

An exceptional young man from the Old Dominion Was in love with his most overrated opinion He spouted the verse and chapter But collapsed shortly thereafter Because he met up with a savvy West Virginian.
written August 11, 2021
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Dancing In Gertrude

There was a young lass from Gertrude 
    Who just loved to dance in the nude
           But she had two left feet
          She could not hold a beat
       To top it all off she was rude



  




* Gertrude is a ghost town in West Virginia 

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick


Save a Lot West Virginia

I was sent to the store by my wife.
This was a part of my new life.
This little shopping trip for my wife,
Did not really cause me much strife,
If some new, then laughter would be rife.
Chocolate bars bought, to be cut with a knife.
Female items, I walked whistling like a fife.
Strangest trip to Save a Lot, I ever made in life.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hilarious Town Names

Believe it or not these are actual town names in the U.S.A. and Canada BOOGER HOLE West Virginia CROTCH LAKE Ontario KNOCK EM STIFF Ohio INTERCOURSE Pennsylvania PEE PEE CREEK Ohio SCRATCH ANKLE Alabama CRAPAUD Prince Edward Island TWO EGGS Florida WHY NOT North Carolina STINKY POO Alabama SNAFU Alaska ANUS Indiana DDILDO Newfoundland

Premium Member Naming Names

If you hailed from South Dakota,
And someone asked you, "Where you from?"
You wouldn’t simply say, “Uh, Dakota.”
And if you grew up in the hills of West Virginia,
You’d never be inclined to just reply, “Oh, I’m from Virginia.”
But if your mind is going to Carolina,
And you knew James Taylor’s home address,
It doesn’t matter whether North or South,
You’ll navigate your way by GPS.
Form: Burlesque

Premium Member Joe Manchin, Dino

Call yourself obstructionist
Who blocks a popular bill
A Democrat, I think not,

From West Virginia still.
You, the arbiter of right?
Your constituents starving, 

Coal companies pay your dues
Pharmacies in your pocket,
Stock is the name of your game.

Publicity you're craving
Run for the presidency!
Observe just how far you get.


written January 24, 2022
[A Welsh form usually employed to
praise or deride a well-known
public figure.]
Form: Englyn

West Virginia Sonnet

They call my home the mountain state
Though, also has many large hills.
Crazy curves that swerve sway, around.
Slipping sides of the roads do show.
.
These may be negatives to some.
However, deliver such sights
The glorious colors that flaunt,
During all the seasons that live.

Mountains stand tall over the hills.
Foliage of every hue,
Wooded centers flow all over.
Nature abounds gloriously.

West Virginia hills majestic.
Almost Heaven, they say, so free.

West Virginia

My home, the land of the rolling hills. 
Where the trees embrace in mutual respect. 
Who can truly understand the mystery of the hills without living among them? 
I have learned much from the flowing waters. 
I have spoken with the spirits of the earth. 
I have discovered it's fiery soul. 
I have sung with the whispering winds. 
They have told me the same thing.
                      "I am STRONG,"
                      "I am POWERFUL,"
                    "I AM WEST VIRGINIA!"
© Leah Yoho  Create an image from this poem.

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