Twanging Poems - Poems about Twanging

Smiling Game

...Howdy friend, I'm new in town.
I think I'll jot a few things down,
which, I hope, might take a frown
and turn it upside down. 
OK, now let's play a game,
to see how much we are the same. 
These...

We Don't Like Poetry

...

She said, “I don’t like poetry.”
“Forsooth!” said I, “Really?”

Yet you listen, hour upon breathless hour
To rhythmic verses of country whine,
Endless twanging, chaotic musical notes banging...

My Sleepy Repose

... I was in a slumber repose,
so tired-  I wanted to rest:
then, a guitar vibrating grows,
I love the twanging of my guest;
bringing feeling that I repressed !

The tune...

Schisms

...We are winded and on the ropes. Backwater banjo boys
strum against us. Clouds feed upon a shoaling light.
A bad day for going out or staying in.
A time to be sleepless. We must live timidly,
or p...

Animals Find Comfort In a Skull

...Joyful frog sat on the rock and bellowed his happy song.
His banjo twanging a rhythm that was totally strong.
Isn’t that part of a human? Isn’t it kind of wrong?
Asked a hippie-like toad who was l...

Aye Passively Plead Death To Please Release Me From Agonizing Clutches

...(alternately titled: Typical daily mindset today – 
July 17th, 2020)

The following words
mostly unredacted, nevertheless finessed
for curbed poetic/prosaic appeal
lock, stock and barrel
codif...

Notes From a Guitar --Sq

...I recall June dreams beyond seasons' past
which bring me down lanes where old guitars  waft ;
his fingers twanging notes, our laughter screams   
   beyond seasons' past... I recall June dream...

Bat Doors

...I sat outside the saloon on a bench
just watching the rain muddy the dirt street.
I was in for wet feet or a long wait.
I played my Jew’s Harp with a twanging beat. 

My horse waited across the ...

Thrashing In the Dark

...A glorious sunset in an opening
Never before seen.  Miles from nowhere.
Dimming iridescent sunset.
The forest shines light to the East
Eyes can't adjust to the shadows of the West.
The light of ...

Shulamate

...I watched Shulamate dance, swirling, whirling
my intoxicated mind fast twirling.
Flame of Setif, Algieria burning
great lust deep within as I was drinking.
Legionnaire of “Sidi Bel Abbes”, bless
...

Street Players

...Street players dressed in poverty's finest,
beg for recognition and a few coins.
Their unique rhythm is intoxicating,
seducing me with its audacity.

Trumpets, offset by the twanging of ...

Rog the Funambulist

...Rog the funambulist 



A paragon was Rog, heroic in the air, without airs
One of the most magnificent funambulists at ease
Whether walking a rope or flying on a trapeze,
Though he blessed the...

From Quarrymen

...Paul met John twanging banjo, singing a medley
Awed at what he heard playing by The Quarrymen
Five became four struggling to reach a destiny
Boarding a plane on an eternal trip since then...

Charming

...With this bass chord twanging inside of me
These cries of my heart are heard indistinctly
When close to you my heart pumps like a turbine
My body is so anxious for your body to be mine
It is just lik...

Concerted Struggle

...CONCERTED   STRUGGLE

Armed only with a thin baton to juggle
He faces an orchestrated struggle
Looks at the plan on the rostrum
Begins under breath with  patrem-nostrum 
Then  a thousand tadpol...

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