Little Yellow Bus
...Little Yellow Bus
First day of school yellow bus stopping at the mailbox,
Bouncing down country roads - pausing next to city sidewalks.
Nothing seems to stop you not autumn rain nor sleet
Mo...
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Categories:
brickyard, school,
Form: Rhyme
Before Me Is Another Pile of Bricks
...Before me is a pile of bricks.
Some so handsomely carved from granite and quartz,
Fit for the construction of any deserving community.
And some are made of mud and straw, dried in the sun,
Thumb ...
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Categories:
brickyard, love, marriage, valentines day,
Form: Free verse
Chest of Drawers
...Premiered at Midland Motor Speedway, Odessa, TX – 6/26/1998
ACT 1
Das Lied für Alma
Still Life Instrumental
First Nights
Pain Hurts
Violet
Dancing with the Blues
The Recko...
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Categories:
brickyard, allegory, music,
Form: List
Brickyard Informal
...I got home so late,
It was time to get up.
Poured coffee in the toaster,
Stuffed bread into a cup and I said,
“Here we go again.”
Tied my work boots on
With appropriate haste.
Stood up a b...
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Categories:
brickyard, allegory, repetition, work,
Form: Lyric
Little Yellow Bus
...Little Yellow Bus
First day of school yellow bus stopping at the mailbox,
Bouncing down country roads - pausing next to city sidewalks.
Nothing seems to stop you not autumn rain nor early sle...
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Categories:
brickyard, autumn, school,
Form: Rhyme
Cerulean Odyssey One, 17-20
...17
the narrow path took a sudden turn
I pushed the main sail west
where tiny tugs push giant timbers
portside down shivering rivers
to the end of broken islands
and ravens who fall asleep
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Categories:
brickyard, allegory, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form: Epic
Cerulean Odyssey One, 5-8
...5
morning soon with cobalt sunrise
scarlet banners in the sea
pockets of fog hang in the balance
weights and counterweights prepare
to launch another day of searching
shark infested mine fiel...
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Categories:
brickyard, allegory, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form: Epic