Best Butte Poems

I'm on my way to Butte Montana, 
where the mountains reach the sky, 
and the eagles soar way up high, 
folks are friendly and give...

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Elephant Butte Lake,

You see Rattlesnake Island,

Can you swim that far?

You swim as far as you can,

Out to the island and back!


~For Brian's High Fives Contest~...

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The Black Hills wept for Thee

East of the Black Hills of South Dakota, 
On the Pine Ridge Reservation,
Live a proud tribe of Oglala Lakota, 
Part...

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After Vietnam he came right back
To a three bedroom house on a cul de sac
He worked hard to provide for his family
And now it all...

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In tight and busy parking lots
You can easily get perturbed
Should I back out; take the long way,
Or should I just jump the curb?

Jeeportunity!

The well-worn road...

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We Are The Ghost Dance Poets
  by David Lee Herring (The Powwow Poet)

  
We come together from near and far
Like wise men following...

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We've been riding now, for days
On this dry and dusty plain
Headed to a land, that's never tasted rain
The posse has been thinning out
As men head...

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A barn southwest of Central Butte
Could be seen for miles around 
Upon a hill, and that was how
The Mattus place was found

A big and very...

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My Pen
© Ben Burton 1-08-2015

She was young and beautiful
I was hung and comical
Hung with humor found a way to beauty's heart
Though I was never lyrical
That...

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On this peaceful land where we live comfortably 
with the neighboring villagers sharing the sun and moon, 
stars and clouds, winds and waters, rains and...

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TOP   TEN  MOST  BEAUTIFUL   SIGHTS   I  HAVE  SEEN


Photo of my wife  holding a rose...

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Lord, you know that I’m one small seed
Blown across the fields of this world—
You could lose me in a moment
By the power you have unfurled.

But...

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TalLinda and ShorTony

lived on pretzels and baloney.

stayed in northern Minnesota,

drove around  a pink Toyota,

 had two children named Miranda,

    Fed them...

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A grandmother often plays one of the most important roles in a child's life.
My grandma was born way out in the Northumberland Strait.
Born and raised...

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