Boy Ballad Poems

He wore no mask of murder’s face,
No blade was in his hand,
But still they called his love a crime,
And could not understand.
He kissed a boy...

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Ruffles of sand that flash before my eyes in every waking moment
Oceans of blue that briefly lift and meet mine
My plain, brown eyes, that would...

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I loved a woman named Sophia—
Not a name, but a flame,
A living scripture written in curves and silk,
In her eyes, the ache of ancient saints,
In...

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During the surpossium I heard his voice
as if he were talking only to me: she said, 
in a conversation with a group of women.
 You...

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Once upon a tear
A woman loved a boy.
The boy, not me I fear,
Had grown to be annoyed.

The boy had thought her pretty
Then did not after...

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Sings the story at twilight 
When the moon is just rising, 
Sings a simple troubadour 
The short tale of life. 

How a fine boy, 
Born...

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The Lost Boy
He Runs through the woods trembling with fear
As darkness falls, shadows arise
 He screams with loneliness and loss.
With no one around to hear...

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I - Barley Pettigrew

I'll tell you a story, outstandingly true, 
of the young lad called Barley Pettigrew.
He was born with nine fingers on his hands.
For...

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Tire Town USA - An old flour mill with opportunistic metalwork; 
windowless, wooden building with last century's red paint and
an open garage with Able Men clad in baggy skins of oil stained overalls.  

No clear link between their tools and their linguistic barks.
Babbling as they dance around the wheel rim popper
Until a clean, white skinned maiden walks through the swinging doors.   


Check out the hottie in the lobby! yells some charming shark.
The blond goddess, wearing a braless tanktop and white summer 
pants draping seductively over her buttocks, stands behind her twin brother.   

Used tires, her brother ask the young Able Man by the broken kiosk. 
"Hey Boss" the young Able Man shouts as he steps toward the girl. 
The young Able Man offers the girl a bottle of water, which she declines.

An older Able Man escorts the boy deeper into the cavernous warehouse. 
"It's cold" the young Able Man says to her butt as she walks away and
then his shoulders slump as if the bottle weighs a ton.

This modern young caveman, a grease-smeared untouchable to this filly,
furrows his brows until they nearly meet over his nose and 
realizes he can never touch the likes of her....

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(Verse 2 - B) I'm feelin' like a queen, got the crown on my head Got the music playin', got the love in my bed...

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(Verse 1 - Young) Yo, it's so crazy right now, I'm feelin' like a star Got the spotlight on me, and it's shinin' near and...

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There once was a boy who fell in a well
Trying to impress the girl who was swell
He stumble and tumbled and and took a big...

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My dear Mama, oh so dear,
A mother true, always near.
From childhood's dawn till present day,
You guided us, showed the way.

With "Sugar Boy" by your side,
Together...

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He never found love,
You found he.
He didn’t know how to find you again…
But he found why you left.

You reached out from the void,
Showed him compassion,...

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Ownla won’t let it go
She won’t let it go
Her rhythm break steps are
 Certainly a characteristic Oh! could Ownla could sing
Man she could dance dance...

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