Best 1967 Poems

CANCER circa 1967

It ate away at compassion
chewed ragged the edges of love
hard breath drawn through clenched teeth
fighting the whisper
denying the thought
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Again I write to someone
Who is like myself.
I find her saying what is in my mind.
Strange it is to hear your words
As someone else does speak.
I look down into her eyes
And see the life within her burn.
Her skin is soft and warm to feel,
And smooth...

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We learn to talk and speak.
Then to sing.
Then to express our views,
And what is in our heart.
We put what we have learned to one,
Our songs of love and protest,...

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A little life,
Springing from a stagnate pool,
Beautyand, to some, ugliness....

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Twisted matter within my mind,
Calling, screaming, struggling to be free.
It knows not what it has to find,
Or what it has to be.
Turned loose, it runs, a life it found.
To be a force of mind and thought,
Then to find it lost and bound 
To it with...

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The day has just started,
It lies ahead like a mountain,
With trails that must be followed
And pitfalls that must be overcome.
But I look toward the coming day,
For I will see you,
And I will have many thoughts
Of you today....

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Surveying over her kingdom,
In silent flight on hushed wings,
With eyes that search the field for life
Her ears detect the slightest sound.
She kills her prey and tears it too-
And feeds her hungry one....

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Sinai Campaign, 1967

“Operation Focus” sees Israeli jets streaking, 1
Attacking Arab fighter jets and air force bases, 2
Thus attaining dominance over Middle Eastern skies,
While IDF ground divisions launch into action. 3

Israeli tanks (Pattons, Shermans, and Centurions)
Blitzkrieg Arab defensive installations, 4
Cloud sands bellow in their wake as...

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I once knew a man
Named
Peter
Hughes

He
Was
A
Biker

He
Was
A
Barber
Too

He
Said
Never use
A
Comb
When
You
Get
Out
Of
The
Shower

Always
Use
A
Brush

When
He
Got
Back
To
The
House
That afternoon
And asked me
What’s up?

In
A
Rare mood
I was
Silent

He
Said
I’m
All
Easy-rode-out...

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screams
 running
 from commons
 protests turn red
 scared
 fear
 colors 
 oozing from
 Vietnam's hushed
 cries...

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Las Vegas 1967
Harrah’s, free drinks
Circus Circus, bring the kids
Frontier, win a Chevy

Golden Nugget, best slots
Flamingo Capri, Elvis impersonator
Caesar’s Palace, world’s best buffet

Tropicana, win big
Sahara, all day breakfast
Dunes, best shrimp cocktail thirty cents
Golden Nugget, live girls
I would certainly hope so....

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I smell a darker age
I fear a fiercer rage
the conflagration will begin a new page
in the history of a country once named.

More 'saints' would die
birds of bullets would fly
and there'll be no barricades to hide,
nature will cry!

Have you long forgotten
the excruciating pains of 1967?
Art thou...

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When we met, you were 
So much younger; back stage, 
You were sitting on a stool 
With your guitar.
We spoke about music, 
Your fans and travel
And how tough the road was, 
How you’d come so far.

Even then you were a legend, 
Though then your hair...

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I remember 
so well 
the friends 
that I made
when childhood 
was wrapped 
in blue sky

but I cannot
remember 
the last time 
we played
 - and whether 
we all said 
goodbye....

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I am a sports car
round and sheik
I flash my headlights for him to see
I'm a caramel classic on new black streets
67 model cushiony satin seats

I'm not bragging that's not my style
Reveal my grill is to steal his smile
I've got speed still and make him proud
Not...

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