Best Boyd Poems

If I touched the lid on the  candy dish in the living room           ...

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"Barefoot in the Bushfires of the Vanities"



Heat rises slowly to rapture flames licking and teasing
Blue Ghostgums to stretch and crack wide open
as Fire spreads molten...

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"Black Molasses"



Black Molasses 
holds to ransom 
footprints 
sucked into 
Tropic of Capricorn mud
as bushfires bleed
sugar from cane
like molten glucose 
shot into the veins
of Mother Earth...

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To many things unknown to me
So many realities I fail to see

To love and it's boundless effects
Which leaves many with confusion and deep regrets

To the...

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Stop! The violent protests and leave peaceful protesters out to make a difference strictly along.  Whether you are in law enforcement or the national...

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Whatcha gonna do if’n Famous Jameis goes pro?
‘tain’t nottin ya can do ‘bout it, Coach Jimbo
Dontcha know, da freshman Heisman winner’s caught da eye
Even da...

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Just because we wish it so, means not that it will pass;
this lesson’s one we all must learn in the Gamecock class. 
Runs my blood,...

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HOPALONG CASSIDY 
AN AMERICAN LEGEND 

Hopalong Cassidy, Was Mr. Good Guy! 
Born in Hendrysburg, Ohio 1895. 
William Boyd, his given name. 
A friend to all...

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what happens when a hit it and quit it guy, realizes that this is not the way he wants to live his life because its...

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Boyd and I graduated from high school 
Then college roommates; we thought that was cool  
Texas A and M became our new home 
Bunk...

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I saw a teenager on the 42 bus, 
An older teenager, tall and thin, 
He boarded a few stops after me, 
And i thought i...

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Eric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and...

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My neighbour, her name’s Emma Boyd
Is someone you’d want to avoid
I will succinctly put
She’s a pain in the butt
I’ve renamed this gal Emma Royd


FICTION POEM

03/25/21...

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Sweetheart, you’ve turned my world upside down
I’ve ran so long, so far I don’t know right from wrong
I’ve ran ten thousand miles and I can’t...

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It's Valentine's Day so we will celebrate.
As Love devours and conquers hate.
When two become one, it's wonderful and great.
Love is in the air and there's...

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