Progress of Pilgrims
...Progress of Pilgrims
David J Walker
Poverties refugees
In portions of wealth
for the making
Sunbaked promises
Cotton spun gold
Such are the
stories told
For the taking
In the sli...
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Categories:
caliche, allegory, life,
Form: Rhyme
Walk Your Line
...Walk your Line
A word to the blind:
From the day your first mount and ride
Till the moment you die
Walk your line
Walk proud and high
Through each and every wreck your stride unwinds
Walk y...
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Categories:
caliche, metaphor, strength, stress, true
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Dusty Boots
...The Hill Country is dry and you can forget about California
Filled with dying live oak and mesquite
There’s a seven-year drought upon us
And momma says it’s going to get worse
Red ants on the tir...
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Categories:
caliche, nature, strength,
Form: Free verse
Keep It Turnin' To the Right
...Oklahoma cowboy, tough coal miner’s son
Born in Henryetta, south of Tulsa some
Raised by daddy’s momma, taught him wrong from right
Daddy taught him ropin’, taught him how to fight
Herding mad...
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Categories:
caliche, day, earth, funny, life,
Form: Rhyme
Mexico Lindo
...Mi Mexico lindo:
Burnt orange and ochre --
color de cafe --
pineapple, lime, red pajaritos...
land of mananas, grace in mantillas...
balanced canastas, ojos expresivos.
Sunshine and heat, fie...
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Categories:
caliche, devotion, friendship, i love
Form: Free verse