VEHICLE POEMS

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A Little Road Not Made Man

A little road not made of man,
Enabled of the eye,
Accessible to thill of bee,
Or cart of butterfly.
.....
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson
From A German War Primer

AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED
It is considered low to talk about food.
The fact is: they have
Already eaten.
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Bertolt Brecht
1st Chorus Mexico City Blues

Butte Magic of Ignorance
Butte Magic
Is the same as no-Butte
All one light
.....

Jack Kerouac
The Twenty Hoss-power Shay

You have heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay
That was built in such a logical way
It ran a hundred years to a day.
And then, of a sudden, it up and bust,
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Ellis Parker Butler
The Stage-driver's Story

It was the stage-driver's story, as he stood with his back to the
wheelers,
Quietly flecking his whip, and turning his quid of tobacco;
While on the dusty road, and blent with the rays of the moonlight,
.....
Bret Harte

Bret Harte
Sordello: Book The Fifth

Is it the same Sordello in the dusk
As at the dawn? merely a perished husk
Now, that arose a power fit to build
Up Rome again? The proud conception chilled
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Robert Browning

Robert Browning
Sordello: Book The Second

The woods were long austere with snow: at last
Pink leaflets budded on the beech, and fast
Larches, scattered through pine-tree solitudes,
Brightened, "as in the slumbrous heart o' the woods
.....
Robert Browning

Robert Browning
Elijah's Wagon Knew No Thill

1254

Elijah's Wagon knew no thill
Was innocent of Wheel
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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson
The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion

I will bring fire to thee.

Euripides.-'Androm'.

.....
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe
At The Station Of The Versailles Railway

I WAITED for the train unto Versailles.
I hung with bonnes and gamins on the bridge
Watching the gravelled road where, ridge with ridge,
Under black arches gleam the iron rails
.....
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Allegory: A Moral Vehicle

I had a gig-horse, and I called him Pleasure
Because on Sundays for a little jaunt
He was so fast and showy, quite a treasure;
Although he sometimes kicked and shied aslant.
.....
Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood
The Stage-driver's Story

It was the stage-driver's story, as he stood with his back to the wheelers,
Quietly flecking his whip, and turning his quid of tobacco;
While on the dusty road, and blent with the rays of the moonlight,
We saw the long curl of his lash and the juice of tobacco descending.
.....

Bret Harte (francis)
I Met A King This Afternoon!

166

I met a King this afternoon!
He had not on a Crown indeed,
.....
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson
The Voices Of The City

The voices of the city-merged and swelled
Into a mighty dissonance of sound,
And from the medley rose these broken strains
In changing time and ever-changing keys.
.....
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Epitaph On Johnson

Here Johnson lies, a sage by all allowed,
Whom to have bred, may well make England proud;
Whose prose was eloquence, by wisdom taught,
The graceful vehicle of virtuous thought;
.....
William Cowper

William Cowper
The Prelude - Book Eighth

RETROSPECT LOVE OF NATURE LEADING TO LOVE OF MAN

What sounds are those, Helvellyn, that are heard
Up to thy summit, through the depth of air
.....
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth
The Egyptian Maid

While Merlin paced the Cornish sands,
Forth-looking toward the rocks of Scilly,
The pleased Enchanter was aware
Of a bright Ship that seemed to hang in air,
.....
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth
The Romance Of The Water Lily

While Merlin paced the Cornish sands,
Forth-looking toward the rocks of Scilly,
The pleased Enchanter was aware
Of a bright Ship that seemed to hang in air,
.....
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth
The Stage-coach - Prose

Omne bene
Sine poena
Tempus est ludendi.
Venit hora
.....

Washington Irving
"a Little Road Not Made Of Man,"

A little road not made of man,
Enabled of the eye,
Accessible to thill of bee,
Or cart of butterfly.
.....

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Born Before His Time

Brown was weeping; likewise cursing; and with amplitude of reason;
For a letter had been handed him that very afternoon
Which proved he had been cruelly begotten out of season,
That, in fact, he had been born a hundred centuries too soon.
.....

James Brunton Stephens
America Politica Historia, In Spontaneity

O this political air so heavy with the bells
and motors of a slow night, and no place to rest
but rain to walkâ??How it rings the Washington streets!
The umbrellaâ??d congressmen; the rapping tires
.....

Gregory Corso
In A Township Of Asia Minor

The news about the outcome of the sea-battle at Actium
was of course unexpected.
But there's no need for us to draft a new proclamation.
The name's the only thing that has to be changed.
.....

Constantine P. Cavafy
The Truth Is Blind

The light fell from the window and the day was done
Another day of thinking and distractions
Love wrapped in its wings passed by and coal-black Hate
Paused on the edge of the cliff and dropped a stone
.....

David Gascoyne
The Trucker's Horn

Honk, honk, honk
Loud and thundering
From a semi-truck trucker
Rocking that air horn
.....

Rose Marie Juan Austin
Gotham - Book Ii

How much mistaken are the men who think
That all who will, without restraint may drink,
May largely drink, e'en till their bowels burst,
Pleading no right but merely that of thirst,
.....

Charles Churchill
There Is A Country

There is a country

Where Graduates flood the labour market yearly,
With the hope of getting employed one day.
.....
Taofeeq B. Ajadi

Taofeeq B. Ajadi
Reform

The time has come when men with hearts and brains
Must rise and take the misdirected reins
Of government; too long left in the hands
Of aliens and of lackeys. He who stands
.....
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Epitaph On Dr. Johnson

Here Johnson lies--a sage by all allow'd,
Whom to have bred may well make England proud,
Whose prose was eloquence, by wisdom taught,
The graceful vehicle of virtuous thought;
.....
William Cowper

William Cowper
Home Town

Where garments like white lies
If a child goes for years,
Home,will he return
During festive
.....
Michael D\'poet

Michael D\'poet
Free Us Freeman

Mister,
O sorry
His excellency
I apologise
.....
Wegolonyo Erick

Wegolonyo Erick
Tanker Driver

Ever seen one devoted to his calling
Like that of a tanker driver
Call him at noon or in the morning
He is always there to deliver
.....
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu

Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
The Airport

I’m at the Norman Manley International Airport.
It’s around midday and we have a delay.
The other members of the team just left for the security post.
We must obtain a visitor pass to enter certain areas.
.....
Marlon Pitter

Marlon Pitter
Life Plans

Rome,they say was not built in a day
A systematic plan of life yields a better pay
Formula for successes are not written on tablets nor in motivational shelves
They're coded in hard work and target setting
.....
Owura Aquasi Nkrumah

Owura Aquasi Nkrumah
Life Without A Father

Forgetting old stories I tread
Vallies of imagination. I felt my
Heart lost in abject thoughts.
Is it my fault I found myself here?
.....
Olufemi Aanuoluwa

Olufemi Aanuoluwa
Automobile Soft Legs

"The world's smallest painting ... Our Beautiful Canada was painted with a single hair and the aid of a microscope. The artist considers his price of seven million dollars not too high."

The Globe and Mail, January 25, 1979.

.....

Paul Cameron Brown
Occasional Lines Repeated At An Elegant Entertainment

Given By Lieutenant-Colonel D ---- To His Friends In The Ruins Of Berry Castle, Devonshire.[A]


By your permission, Ladies! I address ye,
.....

John Carr (sir)
Live Happy.

Sitting in my vehicle, I look around,
I see many people, walking on the ground.
They all seem tensed,
They all seem hurried,
.....
Gopal Krishnan

Gopal Krishnan
Talking Envelope

The Society is mad
Rejoicing in her madness
Abnormality is now normal,
Good and evil are in a wrestling contest.
.....
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke

Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
The Sensuous Spell

Adoration and the forbidden fruits are deceiving,
anticipations of whishing fields delusion.
Knowing that the anticlimax comes with a frost,
above the wisdom of true believes just tossed.
.....
Robert Rittel

Robert Rittel