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Yanks Poems - Poems about Yanks

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Premium Member AWAY
...Sitting on a bench Of your own making Feeding pigeons Who are there for taking ...sustenance Walking down a worn path Where others have left a mark Though you hear a voice To come up yonder......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Silly Old Duffer
...Silly old duffer, this Canadian dude His name is Jester Jack Ellison Those guys in white coats try real hard To keep him sedated and bedridden Don't dare let him let loose in public Fo......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, funny love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Seriously
...Deadly, Gravity is, Yanks us back to earth Thrust down in our graves Wiggle and wriggle out! Lighten up! Get away! Fly high! Whew! Close shave!......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, courage, earth, power, space,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Silly Old Duffer
...Silly old duffer, this Canadian dude His name is Jester Jack Ellison Those guys in white coats try real hard To keep him sedated and bedridden Don't dare let him loose in public For fe......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Larry, Moe and Curly
...Helter-skelter, upper-downer, Bigger smaller, richer poorer Bitter sweeter, kinder meaner Sifter opener, thicker thinner. Meek or dumb, pinky and thumb Top or bottom, height and fathom. Head......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, hilarious,
Form: Alliteration



Part 2: As English As Sausage, Egg, Chips and Peas
...Then the guns roared!! and it was hard to distinguish the Hush from the roaring; the two seemed almost Indistinguishable. Was it the roaring, I wondered, or was it the hush that was The more ......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Halloween
...We did not dress up for Halloween In England, when I was of that age. Movies revealed what fun it was; the sheer joy in that, and other things American kids had, which we did not; comic book......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, halloween, memory,
Form: Free verse
Not Quite Gi Blues
...Elvis has left the building. West Berlin, a significant place Where life was lived at a frantic pace. Me and Old Elvis together through the night In those days when I saw things In stark black o......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, imagination, military, music, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Courier Run - West Berlin
...A VW Beetle An unloaded thirty eight In the passenger seat And out through the gate A briefcase of secrets Chained to the wrist Memorized instructions From an unwritten list. In the event ......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, military, nostalgia, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Pinnochio
...You wake up and feel the harsh cold of the metal table. Someone is observing you, observing your head, arms, and legs. The man in the white coat speaks, “You’re awake,” Awake? Youve just he......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, discrimination, native american,
Form: Free verse
It's Tough Being a Dodger Fan
...A baseball team hard to follow Failures really tough to swallow Many problems from stem to stern Fans' frustration in a slow burn Managers don't know what to do To get the Dodgers out of......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, baseball, celebration, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That Marmite Stuff
...That marmite stuff I’ve never had: I’ve never had it in a jar. Never had it in a car. How could I? UK is so far! Not on land and not afloat, nor paired with cheese like from a goat. I haven’......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, food,
Form: List
Premium Member War of Independence
...King George was fast running out of money Tried to squeeze more out of the colony Thirteen states said no Told George where to go Saying "thank you, but we'll run our own country"... Paul ......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, america, humor, independence day,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Whos the Daddy
...Those yanks in their tanks never got many thanks The locals moaned, ‘they’re over here’ * We Brits had the ration, those yanks sought out passion With cigarettes, chocolate and beer Girls cou......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 2021 First Saturday In May
...Derek Will you be able to bear it? First weekend in May And who the Yankees will play, Bringing slugging Louisville woods Tigers score if they could. In the Bronx Bo......Read the rest...
Categories: yanks, america, celebrity, horse, race,
Form: Rhyme

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