Best Arkansas Poems

I've  been a lot of  places in this land, 
From sea to shining sea. 
There's a  place in the hills of Arkansas
That...

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In our little Arkansas Dover town, we never clown around, about the sacrifice
Christmas is about Christ, and his great love, which suffices 

We live and...

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*Dedicated to Andrea Dietrich, Caleb Smith, Isaiah Zerbst, Anne Currin, and Eileen Ghali

I'll start with illustrious Andrea,
our talented sonneteer.
She peppers our poems with kindness, 
with...

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You say: Wrong place—wrong time,
Maybe: Wrong place—not right time,
Not right place—but wrong time?
I say: This's right place—right time, 
In times and places,
What is the time?
Where...

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When children are taught never to forget
conflicts’ lessons, to love all humans,
to honor those through history
who, selfless, wrought liberty. . .
Then will spangled dreams for
our...

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“The finest poetry
     is the most feigning.”
           —William Shakespeare


Smelling scent soothe...

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negativity
peel away layers
behold emptiness

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© Joseph S. Spence, Sr., (Epulaeryu Master) 5/15/09
All Rights Reserved, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Senior Advisor, to Founder of Motivational Strips
Ambassador De Literature
Noble Star...

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I’ve been to every corner of this good old U.S.A.
From New York to Miami; from Seattle to L.A.

I’ve visited state parks from the east coast...

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"Caleb, go fetch me some dewberries from the fence row," Momma says, 
as I polish off my Saturday morning breakfast. "I'll make us a cobbler."...

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How

nice are

Etherees.

You simply add

a syllable to

each new line you write till

you finish with line ten. .  . or

start with ten syllables, ending

with one. ...

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 Hee haw, hee haw, I'm Bill from Arkansas,
 I don't know what y'all are mad at me for.
    That woman, Miss...

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~In His Eyes~
(The Minute poem)


In His eyes precious you know
He loves you so
Jesus can save
For you life gave.

God in His goodness  gives option
With God...

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 I remember a riding pony I had as a lad which was born blind. A filly she was born during an 
Arkansas blizzard and...

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“Ole Brownie”

The meanest and the best,
Proven among the rest,
My dog in Arkansas, pope county,
I present, ole Brownie,

With first cold front,
Arkansans begin the hunt,
Razorback hogs,
with their...

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This is a mostly true story!

A few years ago in central Arkansas
I planted a garden among rich fertile soil
Followed seed packet directions as though written...

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Five thousand pairs of black wings halt
And fell from the cold Arkansas sky
In one district alone the default
In Beebe did the feathered creatures die
And while...

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Meat in my smokehouse a bit light,
With the weather about right,
One morning at first light,
I headed to buzzard roost hollow,
A leash on Brownie’s collar,

But Brownie...

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As a Kid, I never wanted to be viewed as Black. There were always negative connotations that came with that.
Death and Evil, things like the...

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Glen Campbell – A Special Person
      It was September 4th, 1968 and I threw an empty suitcase into the trunk...

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Maud, the meek poverty stricken seventy year old matriarch
 of the people spoke proudly as the relief shown on her face. 
“Two weeks ago I...

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ain't it a shame

when hate lynches 
a 14 year old Colored boy
in 1955 Mississippi
and blows away the dreams of
four innocent little Negro girls 
in 1963...

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"Poetry is a way of 
               taking life by the throat."
...

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My Mother In Law Just Did Die

Lee McCarroll Webster died around
One AM today. We were just notified
b the Batesville, Arkansas care home
near the Whitewater River....

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America is an idea
that "all men are created equal,"
before we cared to define "human", "created", or "equal."
America is freedom for our grandchildren
in a manner we...

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