Best Skinner Poems

The day was bright and sunny, the sky was clear and blue,
and although it may sound funny, I found him in my shoe,

He was an...

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I wish you had ears, so I could whisper to you how you’ve been on my mind
Ever since i was brought into your world, 
I...

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"Fits the Need" 


All people want 
is a stable house
a place to call their "safe" home

to "LIVE"
outside of all cages -
free

live life 
how "we" 
were...

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"Toe Valley Tom will be right back!"  

Cued the Mule Skinner Blues, as I finally took a break from my Bluegrass Show on WTOE,...

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My old forty fives lie dormant in my attic
There were so many one hit wonders in our time
I lived my youth listening to music
As Troy...

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From north, south, east and west 
This is the town to beat the rest,
Where history and present blend
As through its many streets you wend. 

Where...

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Before it's Too Late
I want to say Thank you 
For the roses you bought home when it was not a man made holiday
For my favorite...

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"In You"  

What more to be said
or thought, when 
poetry flows like water

a never ending tap
of dreams and thoughts
spilling from a full heart

overflowing 

onto...

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I wonder what’s on that untraveled path
It looks detached from the human race
That mud-spattered trail has no footsteps
I wonder if it was ever taken by...

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The meanest man in town,
That everybody feared.
Shot anybody down,
When anybody neared.

The scourge of the West,
And the ultimate sinner.
The Devil gets the best,
From Dirty Dick Skinner.

Had...

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(Dedicated to KEVIN SKINNER, TURF (the Human Knot) 
and to all other individuals who don't have the means 
but have the will) 

I am not...

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BF’s Girl

Man is identified by behavior.
I say man and she demands an
Accounting.  The definitive correlative
Can not be spoken.  The constant common
Can not be...

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How can I get this money for this bill,
How do I fix the wounds that won't heal,
Does the person I love really know the deal,
Are...

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the mistakes i made will soon fade
and with that i will make no more
and with that i will turn 18
ready to walk out that door
i...

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For example a Dachshund dog was thrown 5 floors to his death
The owner photographed this and posted it online
His dog looked like he was sleeping...

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