Townsfolk Poems - Poems about Townsfolk

Painter duo

...Two painters
Two generations
Two minds
But one goal – to observe and to paint

Vincent’s Arles
20th February 1888
He left as snow fell in Paris
Seeking warmth, bright light and colour
...

Seed of Fear: The Cat's Fiddle

...
The cat didn't give a diddly squat,
she played her fiddle non-stop,
accompanied by her kitten's song
they yowled from dusk till dawn
and the townsfolk never slept!

The fat old cow could not ...

Milton Creek Election Week

...Judge Horne issued a decree that elections take place this week 
For the positions of mayor and sheriff in the town of Milton Creek 
It had now been nearly four years and was somewhat overdue 
...

About This Place

...My haunting birth place,
picture book of green scene bliss,
brimming with winsome townsfolk,
who ooze unfeigned charm,
streets vibrate at crack of dawn,
night life otherworld intrigue...

POMPEII

...I look at my work. I look down on the valley.
I'm proud of its richness, of its green fertile fields,
And each time I do, I can count up the tally.
My sacrificial top's loss produces great yield.
...

Mountie Gets His Man

...Crime never pays, sooner or later the long arm of the law will reach you.
Quote by poet.


Sergeant Tim Wheeler’s shift was nearing the end, it had been a long day.
He put his coat on, and t...

The Night the Truth Stayed Silent

...The road was long, the night was cold,
A stranger walked into the town.
His coat was torn, his hat pulled low,
His weary eyes fixed on the ground.

The streets lay still, the lamps burned low,
...

The Ballad of Barley Pettigrew - in Three Parts

...I - Barley Pettigrew

I'll tell you a story, outstandingly true, 
of the young lad called Barley Pettigrew.
He was born with nine fingers on his hands.
For how high he could count, it met his de...

Incident At Milton Creek Silver Mine

...Giant balls of tumbleweed were blowing down the main street
And off the Sierra Nevada mountains there blew a fine sleet
It was late December in the old Western town of Milton Creek
Preparation...

Santa versus The Grouch

...'Twas the night before Christmas, and there sat the Grouch,
waiting for Santa and his present filled pouch.
I'm sure that all of you have heard of the Grinch,
but the Grouch is far worse, at least...

Vincent's Arles

...
20th February 1888, he left as snow fell in Paris,
seeking warmth, bright light and colour.
Provence beckoned, Arles awaited.
Cold welcome soon turned warm, Vincent keen to explore,
keen to adv...

Goosey Lucy

...In a humble hamlet, not so grim or glum, 
Lived a goose named Lucy, quite the funny one. 
With feathers fluffed and waddle wide, she'd roam about, 
Her honks and hijinks would make the townsfolk s...

Billy Butcherson

...Once upon a Halloween night, 
Billy Butcherson came to life, 
A zombie with a tongue of tar, 
Brought back by three witches, so bizarre.

Hocus Pocus, the witches chanted, 
In the night, their ...

Boo!

...In the chill of night, when shadows dance and sway, 
A tale of Halloween, I'm bound to convey. 
A story woven from the threads of scare, 
Beware the whispers in the haunted air.

In a quaint old...

Mr Sewerman

...Grunt grunt below the gutter 
The man of the sewer works
With his big old rusty spanner 
He twists the pipes, the nuts and bolts
That struggle to hold the metal that jolts
The rats and roaches s...

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