Upstate Poems - Poems about Upstate

...Gagged by the navy neck-tie crowned upon him by the last soldier, the businessman precariously waltzes the death march down into “Sam’s Greens and Grains”, a specialty salad shop that locally sources......Read the rest...

...I like my vegetable women raw, raw, raw This was sung by the local lah-dee-dah He is a jokester from upstate near McCaw We did not know if he meant “rah rah rah” Or did he mean rather “raw raw ra......Read the rest...

...Horse meat’s tender and horse meat’s lean. Makes the best damn meal that you ever did eat. It’s cheaper than beef and bigger than goat. Horse meat is the way to go. You can fry it on up, and yo......Read the rest...

...Away to Vermont on a Dr's appointment. Coming back and riding the Ferry to New York my wife Judy and I decided to stop off at Panera Bread for lunch thru the Drive thru. I notice a man counting his f......Read the rest...

...Billboard named him the year finest blues musician. Joe Bonamassa is a blues-rock musician, He was designed to be a famous musician. His family owns a guitar store in upstate New York......Read the rest...

...Joe Bonamassa is famous for more than just guitar skills. but as for the lovely array of ancient antiques, His "Nerdville" house is filled with tools and artifacts. Joe Bonamassa han......Read the rest...

...My father lent his car to me, My driving skills brand-new, To take a weekend trip with friends, Which I was shocked he’d do. We went upstate and stopped for gas Where we were most surprised ......Read the rest...

...RISKING REPUTATIONS (written in Samantha's invented form, a poetic trinitas) Lipstick smears, Pillows stain. Lack of forethought? Surprising tears – A cleansing rain. ......Read the rest...

...WHERE I AM! “Where am I?” I ask, an aging citizen in a small cold place in Upstate New York …..but my fellow citizens in the suburban towns have given up on my City and its proud but stru......Read the rest...

...A crude young fellow from upstate New York He never learned to handle a fork He jabbed at his food In fact, he was quite rude And he behaved like a back country dork. ......Read the rest...

...THE VISIT Our son has flown west to visit his sister Left the steel-gray landscape of a snowy Thanksgiving in Upstate New York for the hazel brown mountains above the sunny Rio Grande in dis......Read the rest...

...HIGH SUMMER End of July The ridges, moraines, mountains and valleys, the meadows and farms of Upstate New York are a living mosaic of yellows and tans, vermilions and browns framed by the f......Read the rest...

...The rec was where we dug sandy tunnel dens in danger of collapse.There I fired my catapult on a group of three children some distance away as I hid behind a willow tree not far from the passa......Read the rest...

...Howami? hmm... good question, but for some unknown reason more tired than usual..., without daily twenty four hours proper rest, I feel haggard. I strongly suspect (a hunch acquired upon retu......Read the rest...

...Piece of calm In this World of chaos Breath of relief While grasping For a single gulp Of air The grounded green of Spring Of hope rising Of life reborn To the burning passions Of the fla......Read the rest...