Short Wilkes Poems
Short Wilkes Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Wilkes by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Wilkes by length and keyword.
South Street Bridge Memories
Use to work at Wilkes
walking across South Street Bridge
on my way to work...
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Categories:
wilkes, work,
Form:
Haiku
A Son To His Father
“A vision into
your future
“A mirror
of your past”
(Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania: March, 1980)...
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Categories:
wilkes, father,
Form:
Free verse
Nostrae Vicaria
The music
called the dancers
to the floor
The poet
waltzing freely
—with his eyes
(Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania: March, 1980)...
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Categories:
wilkes, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Bad Face, Bad Hands
Why am I filled with remorse?
I have the long face of a horse,
and if you want to know the truth,
the hands of John Wilkes Booth....
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Categories:
wilkes, nonsense,
Form:
Epigram
Hollow Drums
Disco burnout,
fever rampant erosion
Empty glances,
mirrored hollow drums
Bleeding, starving,
passive alertness
Madeup, putdown
—treadmill run
(Woodlands Hotel: Wilkes Barre- January, 1980)...
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Categories:
wilkes, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Shenanigans
There was an old lawyer named Ruth
Who didn't mind bending the truth.
No scoundrel too bad,
If money he had.
He'd have pled self defense for Wilkes Booth.
For Carolyn's
lawyer limerick Tied for no. 1...
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Categories:
wilkes, funny
Form:
Limerick
Shot Forsooth
Alas, Abe Lincoln was fatally shot forsooth,
By that nefarious cad John Wilkes Booth!
Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett,
Sending him on his well-deserved eternal orbit!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved...
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Categories:
wilkes, history, humorous,
Form:
Clerihew
Useless Useless
April 14, 1865
A chilled southern wind
Lincoln's last hours
Our American Cousin...
John Wilkes Booth
born: May 10, 1838
Taurus the bull
claimed he had too great a soul
to die like a common criminal...
April 26, 1865
shot rang out
hands held above chest
tell mother I died for country
these hands, useless...useless..
~ ~ ~ ~...
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Categories:
wilkes, education, history,
Form:
Free verse
Lincoln Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincoln he no stinkum
he was good man, yes siree.
He the one that set um free
makeum homes for you and me.
Him the one who wears black clothes
had tall hat and crooked nose.
He the tall and stately bird
people all around him heard,
as him giveum big address
at Gettysburg, him didum best.
Him was shot by John Wilkes Booth
oh, this man was quite uncouth.
Then they laid um Abe to rest
me thinks him the very best.
By: Marilyn Jennings...
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Categories:
wilkes, america, tribute,
Form:
Free verse