Tractors Poems - Poems about Tractors

(A bit of fun for Thomas W. Case - I think he lives in Iowa) Hawkeye pride burns bright in Iowa City, the place where Tennessee Williams learned to curse. Iowa City hosts the 4th of July, Iowa speedway race, unique perhaps because the cars have to stay behind a tractor for the first 199 laps. How polite are the...

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walking the way of the freckle face boy one and only one verdict comes to mind nobody knows who is calling the shots various factions reluctant to spill the beans well things have a force of their own a constant reminder for Prince Bingo jackpoteer to the crowned heads of Europe the shibboleth at the end of the gallery swatting his kabob of...

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Migration of Tractors David J Walker I remember the migration of tractors From farm to farm and field to filed Other traffic must yield to the slow-moving behemoth in John Deere Green the farm boy driving it was no more than 13 on a Saturday when the other boys Were doing the same thing With large clanking implements In tow And...

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Two Old Red Tractors, Both Are Broken Down Two old red tractors, both are broken down on a small dusty farm, outskirts of town. Dawn comes early, no time to sleep in bed rooster crows call out, work, work, work instead! Dad rose early, I hear a tractor start shows me his ethics, I must take to heart. I rise to eat,...

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Eternal rocks guard the hill, Guard it from the machine, Guard it from the tractors tread, Protecting the beautiful green, Like the day we needed to spray the hill, To clear the blackberry bramble, When we drove the tractor, packed with poison, Through the rockiest ramble, You see, we forgot the brakes didn’t work, And the transmission wasn’t quite...

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She Wanted to Play with Yellow Tractors She remembers those days long ago. Childhood plays and digging in the dirt. Way back then, when girls wore frills and pearls. When tractor toys were only meant for boys. Childhood plays and digging in the dirt. She longed for a turn with...

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