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Towner Poems - Poems about Towner

The Corner Shop

...They closed the corner store some time ago
the ciggies by the two we now forgo
our lucky bags now a recollection
as is browsing in the comic section.
Mechanics' Social Club no longer stands
thei...

Categories: towner, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

I am Confused at First

...Why do you do so much extra?
I stared at the man, not understanding
You did this, that, this, that, and this…he said
I continue to be confused.
People don’t do all this extra stuff for other peop...

Categories: towner, me,
Form: Free verse

my buffalo

...(a holiday vignette)

I’m taking a chunk of my holi-days to work on my thesis (So is Lisa). Without classes we can fully devote our minds to them.
My senior thesis hangs over me, I can’t ...

Categories: towner, fashion, holiday, humor, new
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Pisces Overlook

...fateful misgivings
milineal mourns
bashful boomer acquisitions
aquatic out of towner
wonderlust waterfaller...

Categories: towner, beautiful, care, celebration, engagement,
Form: Tanka

Mr Electric Blue Spider

...Who is he? They were asking in Montana, Bandicoot. 
It was Mr. Electric Blue spider, and he was a beaut.
He kept creeping along, pretending he did not understand.
Besides, he was on his way to hea...

Categories: towner, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

A Simple Slice of Pie

...My granddaughter loves this restaurant and was looking forward to certain foods.


A simple slice of pie will do.
It’s on the menu - see me point.
A ghost restaurant - where’s...

Categories: towner, food,
Form: Quatrain

Out-Of-Towner

...chartreuse chassis
of my rental car —
relative glare

8/6/2021
A Brian Strand 1,2 or 3 line...

Categories: towner, color, travel,
Form: Haiku

Doink

...Doink! *A text knocks at my phone and I fish for it in my backpack purse*

Looking at the name, “Oh, yeah,” I think, “THAT’S not going to happen.”

But I am, for a moment, pulled back in...

Categories: towner, 12th grade, growing up,
Form: Free verse

Blizzard

...“Blizzard”

Thundering down the valleys 
Tearing across the plains 
Ten thousand steel horses  
Their nostrils spitting steam       
Bodies tense with anger 
The bastard Boreas 
Coming to cla...

Categories: towner, natural disasters, snow, wind,
Form: Free verse

The Orphers' Inferno

...Two true taboo nocturnal friends
Bedeviling the vernal places;
Un-men unto un-town's undead ends,
Under wrinks in mansworld's faces;

Take care me boys, wear Wolfrat clothes - 
Make sure you're...

Categories: towner, city, environment, friendship, irony,
Form: Rhyme

Second Time a Charm

...second time a charm
   and a while between visits —
      i was her out-of-towner grand.

sweet Grandma, even
   the sound of her lovely voice —
      from Northwestern New York.

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Categories: towner, grandmother, , western,
Form: Verse

Pilgrims Trekking

...A tiny hamlet tucked away midst the mountains of New Hampshire
   A chill in the air; frost on the windowpane, icicle-framed
A fresh snow blanketing the ground; the silence of the holiday broken
 ...

Categories: towner, america, blessing, christian, prayer,
Form: Free verse

The Infection

...Different moods, Different tunes
For guys different females
For women different dudes
Certain environments and multi-foods
Can cause the infection of a bad or a good mood
Unusual vibes, certain bribe...

Categories: towner, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme