Best Pass The Hat Poems

Follow down the garden path 
That leads to inner peace.
Plant the seeds of gratitude.
Indulge your best caprice.

Simplify each ritual.
Improve the whole routine.
Stay flexible and balanced.
Fold the laundry once it’s clean.

Clear out all the clutter.
Dust the cobwebs. Brush the cat.
Forgive the unforgiven.
Hand it over; pass the...

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What mighty man shall this cup serve,
Whose power rests on fealty’s nerve,
With certain lust it shames to know,
How upon its charms did grow.

A thousand years did wax and wane,
Until a Dane did ascertain,
That time was ripe for certain news,
A book he wrote with crooked clues....

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He rode in to Santa Fe one summer day on a broken-down, sweaty nag.
All he owned was the clothes on his back and the Bible in his saddle bag.
He wore a suit of black, an old slouch hat, both so dusty and frayed.
He was an...

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I Celebrate My Father
By Franklin Price
6/16/2017

I celebrate my father he was the best of men
He's the reason I'm who I am or who I've ever been
Taught me by example, showed me the man that I should be
Believed in God, earned his pay and loved his...

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Bat Masterson was hired as a gamblin' boss at the Denver Saloon in 1891,
In a town high in the Rockies, Creede by name; he took no guff from anyone!

The rowdy saloon, restaurant and gamblin' hall ran twenty-four hours a day;
Bat patrolled the place with a...

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Caustic fears,
Campaign smears,
A candidate faking tears.

Spewing lies,
Employing spies,
No one willing to compromise.

Platforms,
Reforms,
Recruiting in college dorms.

She’s a bore,
He’s at war,
No one knows what we’re fighting for.

Take a stand,
Shake a hand,
Spreading rumors about the man.

Red states
Blue states
Pregnant chads in debate.

Filibust,
Loosing trust,
Does anyone really care about us?

Socialized,
Criticized,
Citizens are...

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