Best Shod Poems

A warm Spring's fragrant wind
lifts leaf shadows as, molten metal
sizzles from the sudden wet plunge
A farrier holds firm the muddy fetlock
while on three legs a...

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A man I am and near my end.
I have other men to call me friend.

And women round me for the lust
And four leaf clover for...

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Hall of Silent Women

in valhala
in a far corner
of this martial paradise
is one small unobtrusive hall
above the heavy iron door
these words are faintly inscribed

“ the war...

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Sounds of summer invite my good cheer
Chirp, chirp, chirping of the gentle sparrow,
Even the roar of the machines mowing near
The clank of tractors making furrows...

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November is a Lady fair
Clad in a russet gown
With copper scattered in her hair
And gold spun in her crown. 

Her rich, red blood is blushing...

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no shoes to wear in today’s race
nubby knees show I’m such a disgrace
but I’ll show them I‘ll keep the pace
its all about regaining if that’s...

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Three Who We Love and Laud

There are three we do love and laud;
Spirit with Son whose father is God;


Together all our sins they have shod.

Jim...

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Wettened by the mornings dew 
Closely spaced where rows of roses grew 
Footprints stained the cobblestone 
Where my love and I had walked, alone 

Hand...

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Wise are all those who heed the call of God, 
"Repent, for the kingdom of God is near", 
With the Gospel of peace, you must...

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When I was just a teenage lad, and growing up out west
I never wore a cowboy hat or fancy leather vests,
never put on cowboy boots...

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As a little girl she loved western boots

Loved to pretend she was riding a giant horse

Pictures were all over the home of her and the...

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Incredible, the eyes of panthers, 
Cats with human skin, stare out at you 
From flowers, and rainbows stretch 
Like reins attached to some green beast...

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So many people and the various sores
Intoxicated in such a way my eyes,
That wanted open to crying their doors.

But Virgil told : “What for you...

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The moon dripped like wax through 
the canopy of the pines, light and 
shadow were scattered across the
ground like playing cards.
The air was still, the...

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Wild Horses

I want wild horses and my funeral bright
prancing in hooves shod in solid gold
Even wilder horses at my grave site
I beg this end when...

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