Best Toby Poems

I’m sorry Auntie that your love is now lost
You survived and feel all alone
The pressures in life you must endure
For your children are now grown

We...

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There once was a young girl named Nellie,
Who loved peanut butter and jelly.
She ate till it hurt and extended her girth,
Now they're calling her Nellie...

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Injustice is just an inconvenience until it is proven...
When the sun hit their helmets it startled the very souls of the natives
a signal upon their...

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When Toby removed to Paree
The people all called him Tobee.
   “That’s not me,” he’d plead,
   Then finally concede
To be, not to...

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Dear Cecile, when you upped and left, did you 
happen to notice that someone had poured a can 
of paint over the Bentley’s bonnet?
and the...

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In the deepest river caverns, in the furtherest chambers of my soul,
       There are secrets hidden there that can...

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The Nez Perce Indians who lead lean lives on these knolls and river brooks
have a style of soul that sneaks into the songs of the...

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He told me when he was young and spry,
that life was a destination,
so he let the days fly by.
He now tells me, while forgetful and...

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coffee best describes
papa joe's essence for me
coffee kisses- YES

fertilizer stink
paternal grandaddy smell
famous tomatoes

noxzema only 
for miss toby before bed
shakey hands slicked up

but then grandmama
whew! peach...

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George talks about 'Them Cowgirls,"
While Willie's "Blue Eyes Are Crying In The Rain."

Tim talked about "Back Then"
And Bucky admits "It Was A Different Life."

Toby is...

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On the outer Paroo where most septics are few 
And the outhouse has still pride of place; 
Poor old Toby McPhee worked a small property...

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LITTLE MONSTER

Toby was the kind of boy
Who’d try to break your favorite toy.
He’d flush your hamster down the loo
And tell your mother it was you.
He’d...

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How was the West really won?
Also how a sunset meant you were done
In a town called CENTER GULCH, TEXAS, it was a busy affair of...

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I killed a rattlesnake Toby was barking at . 

10-12-2016




true story 

I was 35 on a camping trip with friends. Toby belonged to my friend...

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"I should have been a cowboy"
Toby Keith sings in his song;
I should have been a cowboy 
breaking horses all too strong...

I could have been a...

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