Steinbeck Poems - Poems about Steinbeck

She is a River

...“Women can change better’n a man,” Ma said soothingly. “Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.”
“Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk-gets a fa...

You Would Say Softly

...I wish I could hear
your voice 
one last time

“Hey”
you would say softly 
“I love you”

you would quote 
literature by heart
Tolstoy,
Steinbeck,
Vonnegut

and then 
you would 
quote ...

Songs of Soul COS No 12: ABBA

...Caused Steinbeck reword "Mirth" known printed write,
harmony pulse conducts the marooned cell,
though breaks, wisely kept in tune with itself.
The gauge's clicks sway one to soothe its height.
"E...

Songs of Soul COS No 11: AABB

...Bold victor of few words, save salvation.
Death crawls like love save a heart's pulsation
spark pure flight, yon depths freed throbs soar by far,
pique stress's share, naught idle, claimant voiced...

The End of Chumley's Tavern

...I’ve strolled down Bedford from Barrow,
maybe a couple times or more.
When I would get to 86,
I headed through the garden door.

I felt inspiration flowing,
from the rafters down to the floor.
...

Of Mice and Men

...and hopeless in between ~ who died like rats chasing american dreams


Book by John Steinbeck
Too late for Kim’s contest...

Craftspeople, Creativity, Family - Happy Bday Mom

...I
You have a vivid mind, heart, vocabulary
A lover of God, I make excuses (true, right)
Yes, South Africa fails us in electricity
Still, Shakespeare worked by candlelight

II
I admire my siste...

Spring Equinox Arrives March 20th, 2023 At 5:24 Pm

...Spring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of coe phish hun...

Dust Bowl Ballads

...Listening to the Boss Singing 
The Ghost of Tom Joad,
Imagining the Okies as they
Travelled their Desolation Road.
Word Pictures  by Steinbeck,
Dust Bowl Ballads by Guthrie,
Green Pastures Of P...

Star Spangled Banner

...Since I was a small child and would try to sing,
when we rise and sing the praises of "Old Glory,"
it brings tears to my eyes. Maybe it's because we
have endured much to keep our flag flying--too
...

Influences 2 American Dreams

...It was old Woody that lured me with
Dust Bowl Ballads and so much more
Telling stories of a West
That I'd never heard before.
I was with the Okies as
 They travelled down the road 
Got a new he...

Grapes of Wrath Revisited

...John Steinbeck wrote the story
Of the Okie family Joad as they
Travelled down their bleak 
Hard California bound road.
Tractored out by the Cats
After the bank had foreclosed,
No feelings of we...

Sequestered In My Cozy Nook

...I have known:
   of wise detectives catching crooks
   of "Thought Police" revising books
   a shipwrecked family named Robinson
   of lion, witch, and wardrobe magic
   Heathcliff's heartbreak,...

Of Mice and Mills

...Of Mice and Men-Mills 
David J Walker

And Speaking of Steinbeck 
The Jobe family could have
Lived here or  there 
Pointing to the bones of 
Clapboard farmhouses on
Their last legs

In some...

The Grapes of Mirth

...As death mimics love itself and clutch a throbbing heart,
kindling consolation to savor flight, farther and farther 
beyond the inner yelps released as vibrating soar easi...

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