Best Morton Poems

morton salt girl crying in the rain
   frailly under her umbrella.

   Alkaline blink how she 
crys when I sink.

 a little...

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December 14, 1965           

"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You...

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Long, long ago and longer
When I was but a child
I read of Doctor Livingstone
Who ventured in the wild.
Dr. David had no fear
He went where few...

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Aftermath

You found me naked and alone
You found me unprotected
You fed upon me, your unwilling and unwitting victim
You fed upon me, your unwilling and unwitting prey
You...

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"As early morning thunderstorms"
Bring down a pouring rain
All of nature is silent~still
Snuggled in nest remain

As early morning's lightnings flash
And thunder above rolls
The covers feel comfortable
Deep...

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Apostrophe in time. Mixes twenty foot differences between mice and men. They all fail. But the failure is only a thought a big lie. The...

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The teacher said,

Go home and write 
a poem tonight
And let that poem come out of you---
Then, it will be true.

I wish it were that simple....

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Ocean waters now white capping 
Cool breeze 'pon the shore
Every plant drips rain water
Then like Morton salt pours  

Thursday, June 06, 2013...

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Byron McGovern (true story 1900)

At Denowan near Goodooga,
lived Mc Govern so they say,
At a Church of England mission,
Aubrey lived there anyway,

now Byron McGovern got arrested,
Black...

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a grandfather clock in  the corner of the
 room turns its grayhead and sounds.

it is the hour of salt... it is the hour of...

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The curtain rises on Bumblebee Babineaux walking self-confidently along Chartres Street.

Bumblebee [singing]: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride, nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no,...

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proponents of the american justice system
don’t spend too much time on stories about people
getting let out of prison after being wrongly sentenced &
subsequently festering for...

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it was water way
a day to play
it was fun
as the boat morton run
we rock the boat sock
we were two
old goats
having
SEX ON ABOAT...

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In hindsight, I’ve always kept my mind right, 
I only lose sleep at night over the  that I write,
it’s like the weight on Atlas’...

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Hit 'em up!  Hit 'em up!
Up, out and away

Singles, doubles, triples
and of course, the Big Bombay!

Snitker stoically managing from
the dugout
Ron Washington on third and...

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