Southland Poems - Poems about Southland

Irish Accents and Caps

...
Irish accents quake my female southland.
Males 'neath Newsboy Caps stimulate dreamland.
Irish yearns may want touch,
Did not seek to feel such.
Ireland trips could stimulate mate's backhand....

Canary Collusion

...It was after Mom’s dad passed her mom bought canaries.
Grams felt life less lonely, I think, with their singing,
and gave her idea that flying the coop to
live close to my mom could be Southland f...

Jesse Rode With Quantrill

...Jesse rode with Quantrill as did his brother Frank
They were soldiers of the southland before they robbed a bank
Quantrill was a hero to the southern rebels when
He sort of lost control of his sen...

Southern Joy

...Metronome heart beats in 4/4 time while mandolin chimes in staccato voice.  In the background, guitar hums and banjo sings.  Bluegrass echoes across southern winds; blues and mountain musi...

Odyssey From Africa - Stargazing 1

...King Ptolemy the Second (cont.)

Sleek of line for speedy sailing 
It was rugged in construction 
Several layers of well cured timber
Lined the hull and bridge and gunwales 
 
There were four ...

Odyssey From Africa 15c

...Odyssey from Africa 15c (Southland, continued...)

Being rich in skill and talent
He soon gained the feel and measure 
Of the boomerang’s employment 
Sent it arching near the treetops 
 
Then ...

Odyssey From Africa 15b

...Odyssey from Africa 15b (Southland)

“Like an antelope in stature 
Yet they hopped along like sparrows!
On big hind limbs like a rabbit’s
With a rat-like tail behind them
 
“At the sight of su...

Odyssey From Africa 14g 15a

...Odyssey from Africa 14g

“This research by young Alinda
Tells us something most important 
For we find upon our beaches
Plants that are entirely different 

“From the flora on our island 
Or ...

Week 3 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Richard Wilbur Part 1'

...Imitation! Creative Compliment, Lacking in Originality, or Plagiarism? 

This week takes me back to college days. I was taking a graduate course (as a Physics major)   in 'Modern Poets' at the Univ...

Tinkering Hands

...We would like to
eat steaks in Alaska
or fry battered mushrooms,
but the there is money
to be made
in the Southland.
The irises bloom here thickly,
and roses bleed,
while tinkering hands
use...

Haiku: Winter of Our Discontent

...fall’s foliage wingless
man too longs for a southland -
future mist defined

Brian Johnston
December 19, 2015...

For Love of -----

...In a house by a highway by a railroad 
Eyes open to a self-set sleep-destroying buzzer 
That waking mind impudently pretends 
To ignore. 
Penetrating the window barrier 
The air conducts a heavy...

It's Just This Life I'M Living

...Well, I woke up this morning 
Put my blue jeans on 
Drank my morning coffee 
Answered the telephone 
Had another assignment 
Another body had to die 
No need to ask what for 
It was my trades ...

In the Southland of My Youth

...The fall birds sing a sweet refrain,
The melodies from my youth
Surge forth to bind me to the land.
The darkened trail by the pasture vale
Comes into view as the leaves pass through
On their mys...

A Prayer For the South: 2011 Tornado Outbreak

...So many lives lost, so many hearts shattered
Across the Deep South, twisters shook all that mattered
All over our nation, heads are bowed to mourn
A show of support for the weather’s war torn
The...

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