Best Deadwood Poems

DEADWOOD S.D.

deadwood s.d.
built between mountain sides
seated at cards
in that valley of death
wild bill

Dave Austin...

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(At Wild Bill Hickok’s Grave)

Those bold Black Hills of South Dakota,
Darkly murmur of all your Badlands—
You have left now like the Lakota—
On that hillside your monument stands.

Hills pulse under Ponderosa pines—
Strong night breezes have yet much to say—
Legends linger on lips and pale shrines—
They know...

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Acacia tree satel’ the prairie land 
 
townsfolk gather the witnessing stand 
  music man muster the rhythm band... 
    a waltz they played, 
gravedigger prep a solo grave, 

shackles jingle accursed limbs... 
   hands & feet, 
each thwack...

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A living forest,

Where chirping birds chorale and

Butterflies whispers,

Beyond my styled wood door, and 

Timbered home of nailed panels.


Date: 04/28/2019...

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F   A   L   L   
G   U   S   T
T   R   E   E
F   E   L   L...

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SITTING ALONE ON DEADWOOD AIN'T GOOD

Although I wanted her to stay I needed her to do what made her feel best
and so she left me here recalling what it felt like to lay upon her chest
I was setting her free even though I wanted to...

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Mad dog
Dead blog


Odd lot
Dead plot


Old rot
New lot


Freak show
Bad flow


Fad fades
Odd shades


Lost space
Gone case


Zero
Hero


End game
Bad name




Leon Enriquez
25 November 2017
Singapore...

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I'm working off my sins in the usual way, 
A Cornish knight of no worship, 
Languishing amid the aroma 
Of easy women and open bets. 
Don't tell the boss, but I'd do it for free 
So long as the whiskey holds out 
And the law...

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