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Yesterday
Smell of drying tobacco in the barnFresh cut hay, in the warm.Soon summer's heat is endedFirst cold snap, outside play's suspended.Smoke from..
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Worms In A Can - A Poem To Göran Gustafsson
A simple twist of fate -A simple twist of fateis it love or is it hate?You'll come to understand -Life's simpily worms in a canAnd each will wiggle..
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Women's Hats
Why doesn't a woman wear a hat?On the wall, closet or shelfA man has hats to please himself.And on the occasion make a statement.His hat, a personal..
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Winter's Night
I tumbled from my bed,for this is the place where dreams end,with horror's dread.Wet with soaking sweat from the thought,that I wasn't dead,and over..
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Winter Snow
The crunch of snow beneath our feetIs a wintery treatThat reminds us that we shareThe love that is always there.
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Willow Springs Cemetery
A cemetery is more than a resting place for bonesOr where at last silence comesTo quiet the ravages of timeUpon a body past its prime.It's a place..
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William Blake's Poison Tree
Alas, it had to endFor you see, it was my friendThat stole into my garden nearAnd took down the fruit, so dear.A friend, a friend no moreThat..
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Wile E Coyote
A Wile E Coyote moment -When the Road Runner ran him off the cliffBy taking an abrupt turnThe coyote continuted, reality spurn(ed) .Until he ran out..
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Why Do Baseball Players Spit?
Is it for a dry mouth?If tha's the causeThen there's more to the truthThat they fear the knife that falls.When their performance isLess than they..
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Why
Why?Why?Why did she do it?Did the decision come about, bit by bit?*****On Being AloneWhy?Now with friends aboundIs she afraid, she'll be left alone..
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Who's In Favor Of Global Warming?
Those in favor of Global Warming, raise your hand.What no hands? Everyone's bought the environmentalist stand.How can that be? We need to protect the..
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Which Witch?
Which Witch?Is the one that looks over your shoulderAnd gives your back an itchBefore growing bolder.Then the light dimsAnd the sound of musicSummons..
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Where The Gods Sleep
Climbing, climbing ever upwardEntering the kingdom of the GodsThis is where they sleep.First the growth of treesThickness like before never seenThen..
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Wendy Tap-Tap
A good impression, that's her gameKnowing no two people are the same.So she goes about her waySeeking a better fit, for what? Some would say.Hair all..
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Wayward Mouse
First we saw him in the middle of the living room floorQuiet as a mouse is what came to mindWe looked away and he was goneWhat to do?With two..
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Was Once A Poet Named George Hunter
Once was a poet named HunterWho when couldn't rhyme, would punt'erAnd come back next dayAs if to say,Sorry but I just coundn't do'er.So as calendar..
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Walking Up The Down Escalator
Walking Up the Down EscalatorAlong comes John …Ash(k) not what...You remember that today is...Time to do the …Laundry is full of dirty...Secrets that..
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Waitin' For The Cool*
Up at fourAnd out the doorGet things doneFor' th' rising sunDay breakMaking rounds closin' gate(s)Time's comeCattle in pens waitin' for someSelect..
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Visions Of Loveliness
Close your eyesThe vision soon arisesOf the one you left behindWhose smile remindsThat Dreams are madeNot by de SadeBut by the one who seesThe past..
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Visions Of Food
The smell of spring's in the airAnd soon the taste sensations will all be thereBut until the equinox arrives in JuneWe'll all be drooling, it can't..
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Villifying And Denigrating
He's at it againLecturing on a whim,Confusing the issues with wordsThat have no meaning to the assembled herds.Gathered there, hanging on his..
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Varicose Veins
There they bePlain for all to see,Bulging outUnsightly in a rout.Tinged with purpleWithout scruppleEmerging from thin skinBarely containing what's..
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Up Elevator
Up ElevatorWas on my way to my apartment on the thirty-third floor.Pushed the floor button and stepped to the rear, facing door.Just before the doors..
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Unintended Consequences
A country typically raises a trade barrier to protect its ownSo that they can compete more, not against foreigners,but those at home.While an airport..
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