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Tucson Poems - Poems about Tucson


Premium Member Walkin' Back From Tucson
Walkin' back from Tucson Just a lonely little blue son, Castrol oil across my face. Needin’ feminine touch So bad I can taste. Though the good Lord Knows the final law. And to Him I’m just coleslaw. ...

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Categories: tucson, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Tucson Tramp
She walks through the desert with her heart in her smile and hate on her sleeve. Cactus blossom with her tears then wither quickly as he leaves briskly to go find her new risky sanctuary. Eyes that have seen pain, only the grains of time outlast her sorrow. Every scenic sunset she cries, she...

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Categories: tucson, anxiety, beauty, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Flat Busted
broke down in Tucson flat-busted, him punchin' cows and her slingin' hash...

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Categories: tucson, america, imagery,
Form: Haiku
Tucson 2018
Today I rode into Tucson Determined to buy a new futon A squirt in a skirt Got down in the dirt And flashed me a discount coupon...

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Categories: tucson, culture, discrimination, gender, prejudice,
Form: Limerick
Tucson Weather
Tucson in October Is called the shoulder season It could be hot - maybe cool But nothing out of reason Every morning the sun will shine Of this there is no doubt It’s expected it to be that way – “day in” and “day out” If a dark and rainy day Should somehow come along It becomes the headline news The weather man was wrong A rare...

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Categories: tucson, seasons
Form: Quatrain



Tucson To Texas
She says she feels the safest standing in the pouring rain But it could rain for forty years and never wash away the pain The bitter taste of grief will always be hers to swallow Since she lost her heart's desire to that blessed curse called Rodeo "Just one more ride & I'll be on my way, never more...

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Categories: tucson, cowboy-western, death, life, loss,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

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