Trucks Poems - Poems about Trucks

...They suddenly arrived in tanks and trucks Adorned with various armaments of war. Their vehicles rumbled, breaking the peace, Cutting deep wounds in that fertile land, And desecrating the once sac......Read More

...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......Read More

...I, too, dislike poems. I’ve tried runes (and rampikes) but that’s affected rather than merely effete. So I call them figments. When people query What do you write? at a barbecue or birthday p......Read More

...Imagine a standard barrel of crude oil – 42 gallons. The barrel unit of measure dates back to 1859 When Pennsylvania oil wells were first drilled And the wooden ‘tierce’ wine cask Holding 42 gall......Read More

...Down in the crypt where the caskets lie And dust stirs up when trucks go by Giggling sounds, not moans and groans From the tomb of Skelton Bones When the trucks go by no more No light peeks be......Read More

...Silence among enemies, Means more jobs for spies, To see how the land lies. Silence among friends, Means it is time to build bridges, Down through the ages. Silence among Lovers, Means les......Read More

..."He made a difference." Gramps, my mother's father, Dave Luke -- my grandfather, a tall unlettered white (decidedly white) Louisiana man -- was born August 1888. He died in 1975. He lived......Read More

...BETWEEN A CREVICE Between a crevice…I see a city that thrives… Cars, trucks, taxis, buses – so many ways to ride, Pedestrians move along sidewalks the color of sand. Directed by neon stick people......Read More

...They seem skeptical at first. Some heard the words and called it's oritor a fool. He applauded the thought: and marveled at it's intent: but saw no profit it it's structure and devalued the need, ......Read More

...When Sam was broke, young, and foolish He hit the road hitchhiking across the U.S. Getting rides from cars, trucks, and buses Going down the freeway and back highways And occasionally in a city ......Read More

... Crabs tip toe along the bottom daintily picking at morsels with their crushing claws. This is an arena for carnivores, creatures made for tearing flesh, or picking carcasses clean with a kiss......Read More

...Hissing cars Swishing trucks Rumbling bikes Life is a highway Really? Combusting cylinders Pumping pistons Turning crankshaft Spinning flywheel Engaging transmission Motoring drive Tranfe......Read More

...To the unknown sports car driver Who caused us so much fright May the roads be full of traffic When you attempt to turn right. May you spend many hours Constantly being stuck Behind a series of......Read More

...Here’s a fire engine, my husband said. Sure, I used to want one, and in red. But I am now older, and wiser too. I don’t want that anymore, you foo! But honey, you always wanted one. Sure, when......Read More

...I have come to take the cure, I said. I heard it is easy, and practically painless. The ultimate forever end-of-the-end-cure? She asked. I nodded my head. Yes! And how will you be paying? I am......Read More