D.W. Rodgers Poet Rhyme

Dallas - November 1993

Flyin south to Dallas
in a cold November rain
with this continental climate
weather there may be the same.
There’s money from two countries
janglin in my purse
and stories from two families
caught up in this verse.

The airplane’s almost empty
and I’m stretched across two seats
tryin to connect things
that are always out of reach.
Haven’t yet had time to miss you
and I really won’t be long
though last time I was in Texas
I know I did you wrong.

Now I’ve never stayed in Dallas
seems I’m always passin through
thirty years ago in Dallas
JFK passed this way too.
So you’ve read it in your paper
seen it on your TV screen
but what’s real, what’s illusion
and what’s caught up in-between?

Now when I remember Alice
I think of Texas in the spring
with the wildflowers bloomin
redbud out and warblers sing.
But Alice isn’t here now
smoke and  booze - they took their toil
Messy life and lonely death
now she’s one with Texas soil.

There’s an ice storm now in Dallas
but the plane is coming in
red sun hangin low o’er Dallas
let another record spin.

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Jan Allison November 30, 2014 at 12:21 PM reads like a lyric - great write many congrats:-) Hugs jan xx D.W. Rodgers December 1, 2014 at 7:13 AM Thanks Jan, I'm glad you hear it too.

Carrie Richards November 30, 2014 at 10:02 AM This almost seems as if I'm listening to the lyrics of a folk song......story told to music. Great job, Dave! D.W. Rodgers November 30, 2014 at 10:47 AM Thanks Carie, the line between music and poetry is fine. At that time, the Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Session album was going through my head and in my mind I hear Margo Timmins singing. I dabble at the poetry part but an musically inept since scrawling "I hate piano" in my exercise book as a 10 y old.

Skat A November 30, 2014 at 1:33 AM WOW, yes he did! Awesome, to read Texas Soil..... Congratulation, enjoy your win. ~SKAT~ D.W. Rodgers November 30, 2014 at 9:42 AM Thanks SKAT, great to have you back