The Night the Truth Stayed Silent
...The road was long, the night was cold,
A stranger walked into the town.
His coat was torn, his hat pulled low,
His weary eyes fixed on the ground.
The streets lay still, the lamps burned low,
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Categories:
barkeep, anger, evil, hero, hurt,
Form: Free verse
The Notebook
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An early wintry storm hit late last night on this date, September 11th, 2035. There was strangeness in the air like a stale aftermath of partying. Frigid. Strange that people still celebrate Freed...
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Categories:
barkeep, nostalgia,
Form: Narrative
spaceboy tries strawberry margarita
...miniature spaceboy was not as young as he looked
he found a drink on the table and it looked well cooked
he had a tiny taste out of a straw that was sitting alone
strawberry margarita packed a wal...
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Categories:
barkeep, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
spaceboy tries strawberry margarita
...miniature spaceboy was not as young as he looked
he found a drink on the table and it looked well cooked
he had a tiny taste out of a straw that was sitting alone
strawberry margarita packed a wal...
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Categories:
barkeep, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
I Cannot Serve You
...He bellied up to the bar
All cuddly-wuddly thought the barkeep
He ignored the pup
The pup began to whine
I cannot serve you! The barkeep said
You are a baby
The puppy showed him ID
It said he ...
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Categories:
barkeep, dog,
Form: Light Verse
Darling I Am An Theatrical Actor Dont You Know
...I lurch and crawl from
Bar to Bar
As most of all regulars and barkeep alike
Unfortunately can vouch and attest for
As i am well known or shall I say infamous
Far and wide in these es...
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Categories:
barkeep, giggle,
Form: Free verse
The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part I
...I.
He was riding south from Boise,
having split from the other men,
they’d got together for this job,
would not see each other again.
It was much safer doing that,
thought Reg as he sat on hi...
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Categories:
barkeep, history, lost, love, myth,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Demon 'Punchers, Part V
...V.
He could hold his breath over a minute,
bullets hit water, didn’t penetrate it,
he’d used this trick before against his foes,
water stopped slugs fast, not many did know.
When he rose again...
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Categories:
barkeep, conflict, corruption, evil, god,
Form: Narrative
Cowboy Conversation With Barkeep
...Charley my wheel horse says that Jim is a yack, always jawing now.
They are both scrunchers, they nearly swallow their teeth on chow.
Jim is unsalted, but not lazy or slow, although he has trail du...
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Categories:
barkeep, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Grow Together
...At our very first encounter I sat with thirst to pour seriously over our future
By the hour every burst of bewilder would grow stronger as our curiosity grew together
We’ve grown together I’m ...
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Categories:
barkeep, art, child, confidence, cute
Form: Rhyme
Did Your Daddy Smoke a Stogie
...hot cocoa with a marshmallow and a straw stick, please dear.
surprised the bartender, he didn’t get many of this kind in here.
You’re a bovine, right? He asked the calf wearing the jaunty smile.
M...
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Categories:
barkeep, dad, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Mr Slick and the Ladies
...I stroll into the bar one night, pausing at the door
I smooth these luscious locks back, start to strut my stuff
I see all the ladies looking at me, clearly wanting more
I’m pretty dam...
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Categories:
barkeep, drink, funny,
Form: Quatrain
Who Needs It Anyway
...Time is crawling by, it creeps
And this starless sky keeps
Me awake staring at blackness deep.
Perhaps I need some tea to steep
Or some shots from a barkeep.
My wife lays peacefully , rests...
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Categories:
barkeep, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Too Many Rivers
...Rivers ran around her life,
she never crossed them but one.
That one river was narrow and slow
it allowed her to go to another town
where she met a handsome barkeep,
who's life, like hers,
ha...
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Categories:
barkeep, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hindsight
...It was during his winter and before his expiration
When he bade me to come sit beside him.
In between the sounds of a life, enforced,
Those machines were all that controlled
The course of his b...
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Categories:
barkeep, age, allegory, love, retirement,
Form: Free verse
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