Best Backyards Poems

Back then,
backyards were big enough
to nurture a growing soul
and provide a space
for the earth to play out
its seasons in full rehearsal.
There were wide tracks 
of...

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A boy lines up plastic soldiers 
In straight rows across his floor.
He knocks them down with callow ease
In a naive game of war.

Far across the...

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My friends come home draped in flags 
I pause at the edge of the airplane door
Facing a tunnel leading me to a muffled joy
Strangers tell...

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I guess I’m more accustomed to the modern sting these days;
the one that comes by e-mail or the phone.
They might hurt the pocket with the...

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Peering down from a window seat,
she closed her eyes and she sensed the heat,
the plane made its final approach,
and she didn’t mind flying coach,
the land...

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I’m from dirt covered knees 
and sweaty faces
I’m from playing in the sun
from dawn ‘til dusk
I’m from “being one of the guys”
playing sports in the...

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Call "It" and "It" will Come 

Imagine "It" and "It" Becomes

All the horrible thoughts Create

Be the Sorrier when it's too Late


Invoke "It" and "It" Appears

A...

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Remember when we used to play
In our backyards every day
We built castles in the sand
And chased each other hand in hand

Remember when we used to...

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Baby let’s take this to the next level
We’ve been together for a while now
You should feel my love flowing through your 
blood vessels
You know I...

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I would like a dream vacation,
     Paris is my destination;
For me this would be a delight,
     ...

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Observe the bending of tree & flower.
To rages; a gale… in tempestuous hours.!
Rain deep in curtain, makes interplay;
Fresh night skies, await the sun in power.

Morn...

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Modus Operandi of psychopaths and sociopaths

They are all around us, seeking to destroy us,
if not to kill us, to maim us, for life
physically, mentally, emotionally
morally,...

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They drift into my mind quite frequently,
those thoughts of summertime when I was free
of  classrooms, books, and teachers. I could be
an unencumbered child. Time...

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ONE HEART, TWO HOMES; (was first written in December of 2011)


Belize of my birth; where my first love bloomed
You've showed me sweet freedom, to grace...

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Why is ANYone surprised by this violence?!?
Our icons, and heroes, and mentors, and 
Example-setters, many of them with visibility
And fame given to them ONLY by...

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