Speeding Poems | Examples

Speeding Teenager

A teenager got stopped for speeding.
Said the exasperated trooper aghast:
“Didn’t you see the speed limit?” he inquired?
“No,” said the teen, “it sped by me too fast.”

- Speeding -

                                       Full gas and take flight
                                  Police hunting speed breakers
                                     Break through boundaries
                                           difficult situation -
                                 Grandfather plays cat and mouse

Old Barn Seen from a Speeding Car

The Chevy speeds by
eyesight pings it,
a reflexive vision
momentarily catches itself
looking back.

The barn is vacant, not empty,
its eyes have been locked open,
it bathes in sparrow and bat time.

Now hollow lids capture, snatch at
a headlong flight of vision.

A snap of fleeting attention
has stabled a glance in a timeless stall
where dust hangs
in a slant of suspended light.

Road barn and car are frozen
as one symbiotic after-image,
until all disappear into each other.

Then without pause or passage
horizons are released,
distance and perspective amended,
as the tremor of a splintered
looking glass
fades behind racing wheels.

Car vs Bus

Car speeding, swerving
as it's approaching the big, red sign.

The voice in my head defies traffic laws,
knowing I should stop,
yet I continue on,
seeking euphoria,
swerving a bus.

Little do I realise a cop is watching...

Small Town Cop

Alternating red and blue, police car siren blaring.
My heart is thumping wildly. I wave and blow him a kiss, 
But he doesn't notice. He is on the job, not caring.
And since I'm driving slowly, a chance meeting I'm going to miss.

Had he wings, he would be the Heavenly Angel Michael.
But he is an honest cop who watches for speeders on the road.
His manner is courteous; his aura is physical,
Yet, his peaceful brow is smooth, tending not to furrow hold.

Today, I see him at the curb writing a citation.
I wave, I wink, and blow a kiss as I drive on by.
Though my heart is bursting with daily infatuation, 
It is those California girls who always catch his eye.

Old Barnes Glimpsed From a Speeding Car

The corner of my eye notes it
as my car speeds by,
eyesight pings it
momentarily, an image
looks back.

The outbuilding is vacant,
bathed in a sparrow and bat time
that flutters inside its hollow shell.

Barn ambience
has kidnapped my attention
it has stabled my eyes in a timeless stall
where horse tails hang suspended
from broken timepieces
not clocks, just pieces of time
that,
like dust in sunlight
muster in the air
to mime a car and a glance
rubbernecking back.

Heavy Right Foot

Heavy Right Foot

The clatter of the letter box
And post on the mat
Sends a shudder of fear
So I cuddle the cat
My hand shakes 
And my heart beats fast
I did something wrong
In the recent past
I know they are coming
Handcuffs and fines
Cart me off 
For serious crimes
My foot too heavy
On the pedal of fun
And like a speeding
Bullet, out of a gun
I did the worst 
A driver can do
Eighty miles an hour
Curse my right shoe.
I shudder and shake 
Never broke the law
If my licence they take
Will I get parole?

David Cox 17/02/23

Speeding Soul Ascent

“The table's laid, everything's ready made
All are welcome, for love assigns no grade”


There's nothing to be done
Life plays out in as is ordained
We plant seeds of heart's intent
And in timeless time love's ingrained

Head and heart aligned and eye mindful
Speeds up our soul growth process
For if we make our heart porous
Bliss mists make ingress

22-November-2022

It Is the Indianapolis 500

It is the Indianapolis 500, I am in the lead of course.
My car has the power of more than a buggy and horse. 
Wait! Did that car just pass me? Racing for me is not a whim!
I am irritated and peeved, so I catch up and overtake him.

I hurry to not only catch up, but leave him in my dust.
His old jalopy is not pretty, and has a back fender of rust.
Hey wait! Cars pass on the left, they pass on the right.
They pass down the middle, it’s fight team, fight fight. 

This is a challenge and I am more than ready to win.
I streak down the interstate highway with vigor and vim!
You can’t catch me! I yell as I pass everything on the road.
The cops are chasing me now, maybe winning is going to get old.

Speeding Star On a Journey

~ November's Sun ~


     The sun sweeps through the sky now
        a speeding star on a journey

     On earth, eyes peeled upward, yearning ~
        daylight hustled away on a gurney

Dark Night Speeding

Nighttime, early morning on the freeway,
I feel the need for speed,
check the mirrors little traffic, no cops
not even truckers.

Floor it to 120. It's only a Chevy Malibu.
For a moment I’m a teenager again,
whooping and hollering,
no fear of death,
no warning lights in my freewheeling mind.

Then, not too soon, the brick wall of my reality
slams into a free-fall joy. Fool!

Back to my old sensory overloaded state,
ease the heavy foot,
panting like I just ran a mile,
Scanning the road - now driving much too slow.

Tomorrow 2

T  tickets in driving are no pass to stay stupid
O ........own up to wrongdoing
M  make sure you KEEP your hands on the wheel
O ……    observe other drivers around you
R  risking no ONE’s life,  EYEs on the road
R  regular checks ON THE car’s condition
O  .......obeying all COPS’ rules, pray
W watch: control of speed helps.

2   2nd time:  $200.

August 30, 2021

Sponsor	Kim Rodrigues
Contest Name	Message in an Acrostic 2

Speeding Ticket Lament

"Pity me" is the poor country fellow’s whine
I cannot afford this speeding ticket fine
My car goes quite fast,
Lest I come in last
And discover I am scratching my behind.

written June 25, 2021

Too Short

Too Short


I'm out of control

feet don't reach

my bike's on a roll!


Sandra M. Haight

~2nd Place~
Contest: Biker's Dozen
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
Judged: 10/03/2018

13 Syllables: 5-3-5

Speeding Mcgee

Officer Murphy was driving along
When the traffic started to slow
So he drove up the side of the road, to the front
To see what impeded the flow 

He saw a car just crawling along
And he waved it off the road 
Then McGee rolled down his window
While Murphy was sighting a code

McGee said "Wait one minute,
I saw what it said on the sign
It showed 35 was the limit
And obeyed it to avoid any fine"

Murphy started shaking his head
"McGee you're really a clout
That's not the sign with the limit
35 is the name of the route

Then Murphy look all at the others
Who were in the car with McGee
Finn and Shawn looked quite frighten 
So Murphy asked poor old McGee

"Why do your friends look so shaken 
They both look afraid for their lives"
"I'm not really sure "He told Murphy'
But, we just got route 95

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