Tulsa Poems - Poems about Tulsa

...It had been months since I’d seen Alice and I felt compelled to see her again. She was a woman who liked surprises, so on the spur of the moment I got in my car and drove, heading west, chasing ......Read More

... (Apropos Of Juneteenth Celebration) This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and celebrate Because we’re still here…marching on With our eyes stayed on the prize. Let us rejoice and......Read More

...In the midst of the struggle In the middle of the pain In the midst of the chaos In the middle of the change. When life seemed confusing and my path was indirect is when I found you on a jou......Read More

...Some recalled Kristallnacht, the white mob’s facial fever, once the same fever of a night, now the fever of a day-mare. Some recalled Charlottesville, the white mob’s lust for blood, once the......Read More

... (Apropos Of Juneteenth Celebration) This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and celebrate Because we’re still here…marching on With our eyes stayed on the prize. Let us rejoice and......Read More

...Still Counting Past Blessings! I’m Seventy-Seven and happy to live in the State that I’m in! As a child, Oklahoma near blew us away! The ‘Dust Bowl’ killed some too, and ......Read More

...She wasn't one to worry, never saw her cry Still she was melancholy, never told me why Now she's gone a wanderin', didn't tell me where Didn't ask where she'd go,the chance is I've been there F......Read More

... Living on Tulsa Time Oops Borrowed Time Written: by Tom Wright 4/25/2018 As my body infrastructure has begun to crumble, Time has slowed my steps and I’ve began to stumble. Body ......Read More

...Big Foote Dan Dancing At The Louisiana Bijou There was a man named Stephen Dan a truck driver from San Diego His nickname was Big Foote because he had big feet He wore size 16's shoe He couldn......Read More

...I once knew a young cowboy in Tulsa. He was broad shouldered with longish blonde hair. He rodeo’d with the best of that breed, And he was champion of our county fair. He was something to see wi......Read More

...There once was a large fat man from Tulsa Who liked his beans covered with hot salsa More he'd say Hotter some way While his stomach was crying carumba ......Read More

...You died for our equal treatment, and we demand "affirmative action." You died for integration, and we justify segregation when we throw public brawls and destroy property. You died to stop the......Read More

...I knew a rodeo champ in Tulsa He was broad shouldered with shiny blonde hair He was a sight to behold with women And knew all of them at our county fair Then one night in the dead of the Winter......Read More

...I knew a rodeo cowboy in Tulsa Broad shouldered with shiny blonde hair He was a sight to behold with women Knew 'em all at our county fair We’ve got a high school rodeo team now 'Bout the best......Read More

...I'll be gone this time tomorrow I’ll catch a freight at dawn. One goes east, another goes west An' I don't care which way Came to Texas out of Tulsa Lookin' for a future - Got a lot of knots ......Read More