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Premium Member The Saint Patrick's Day Robbery At Milton Creek Bank
In the town of Milton Creek the sun was starting to rise
And Jenna was planning for Ranger David a lovely surprise
Unbeknown to him preparations were...

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Categories: starting out, america, humor, ireland, western,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The Conclusion
It was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...

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Categories: starting out, america, death, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Too Much Sadness For Me
there's too much sorrow...
don't you know
we are all going to die
a starting point always beckons a finish
sooner or later
no matter how
peaceful or painful
that final moment...

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Categories: starting out, sad, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Hundred Springs
Some days I feel so damned old
Like my zest is starting to mold
Seems my feet are always cold
My golden years ran out of gold

I'm sitting...

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Categories: starting out, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Snake Oil Man In Milton Creek
It was about seven in the morn as the sun was starting to rise
Unbeknown to the folks of Milton Creek they were in for a...

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Categories: starting out, america, western,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sleeping With the Enemy
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

See what you want to see
Don't Look at me!
You are staring you are watching;
Eat what you can't be

Come sleep by my side
The...

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Categories: starting out, abuse, adventure, anger, betrayal,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Shattering Rose Glasses
Uncomplicated me
I thought I was coloured blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting 
of the ones I find

Yet my blindness 
Is that of...

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Categories: starting out, education, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hopeful
Time to go home there’s that cursed bell
Excitement for most - for him an impending hell
A torturous journey - that takes him down life’s dark...

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Categories: starting out, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer
Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...

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Categories: starting out, angst, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Terra Incognita
Peering beyond reach of human capacity
I revolve around the sun in a solar orbit,
Looking deep in space for origins of bygone
Going way beyond anyone has...

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Categories: starting out, science, space, stars, universe,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Course Correction
Light the nation a new fire;
Awake the apathetic’s desire;
Like sheep to Shepherd’s crook;
We need a new course, old Book.

Our founders risked it all;
Starting with Lexington’s...

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Categories: starting out, leadership,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Shattering Rose Coloured Glasses
Uncomplicated me
I thought I was colour blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting 
of the ones I find

Yet my blindness 
Is that of...

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Categories: starting out, betrayal, black african american,
Form: Political Verse
Moving On
I'm not selling a house, i'm leaving my home.
Happy times together, months spent alone.
Morning sickness, baby loss, labour and birth
Planting my seeds in good strong...

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Categories: starting out, child, emotions, family, garden,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Time For Us To Sing
I came across a baby bird
And I wondered of its flight
A life had just begun
with a rough starting plight

Along came a gust of wind
as if...

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Categories: starting out, bird, flying, life, song,
Form: Rhyme
Trust
It's so simple,
So basic,
Yet we lack it.
Interaction is nothing without it.
Unable to make a bond because the fact is,
We've missed the point.
The point that connects...

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Categories: starting out, change, fear, inspirational, society,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs