Dakota Poems - Poems about Dakota

They bore the winds of time as they rose from arid lands. They sun poked past one peak while my work crew waited to move to another place on the highway, and we knew the day would fade. We knew highways must always be mended and the same with our lives. We spoke in hushed voices among these hills made when the earth shifted. Somewhere beyond rested a...

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TV news broadcasts the motel dark, she lies flat, belly soft with rabbit tattoos, ash smudged into the sheets. My boots drip clay and pesticide, fingers stained from counting nickels. Outside, a pumpjack bows to the ground, over and over, like it’s praying. She whispers something about escape. I kiss the scar beneath her jaw, taste motel soap and Marlboro light. The window rattles an oil train...

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He took a plane to Rapid City Hoped the bike trip would be pretty Took a cab to where the trail began— He had the spark of a younger man. Next day he cycled on the Mickelson Trail Though he knew he was in a moving jail Higher ups told us he must be kept down If left alone, he'd gain a...

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Katie’s ribs pressed against her skin, the sharp angles of a body once soft. She lifted her blouse, let me see— the stubs, the little bumps, two perfect incisions smooth as marble. I swallowed. Physically lubricious—I couldn’t do it. Her perfume fought the chemo stench. Coiffed mascara, a careful face, a practiced smile, teeth too straight. She asked if I still wrote poetry. I said nothing. Once,...

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Idea of profit hope for snowflake March and November rain. Are you leading back to Rapid City or Pine Ridge? I was in the halfway house in Mitchell. Did you visit the Corn Palace or the doll shop? I heard you are in Aberdeen. I am still your dream? Symmetrical preponderance stopwatch courthouse cuckoo clock Spitting on...

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Idea of profit hope for snowflake March and November rain. Are you leading back to Rapid City or Pine Ridge? I was in the halfway house in Mitchell. Did you visit the Corn Palace or the doll shop? I heard you are in Aberdeen. I am still your dream? Symmetrical preponderance stopwatch courthouse cuckoo clock Spitting on...

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Oval day broke and hunger looking for $5 meal Walk into the discount store. Food fossils line the shelves, with beverages stacked in dusty years and bread petrified with mold, hard for two weeks. Jesus sings to shoppers from the boombox. Nero mocks Biden for losing to Caesar. They ban weed and *********** but hand...

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Steel insulation warm thin hot smooth downy shepherd smoothness. Pistol clasps palms crystal misses birching basket weavers. Fluffy firm pedestals release hard deniers. Doldrum office charts demonstrating Appendages conceal resistance. Halcyon boogie board heroes. Greek play rehearsal. ...

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Steel insulation warm thin hot smooth downy shepherd smoothness. Pistol clasps palms crystal misses birching basket weavers. Fluffy firm pedestals release hard deniers. Doldrum office charts demonstrating Appendages conceal resistance. Halcyon boogie board heroes. Greek play rehearsal. ...

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Spoon and smacks, a sweet screw and strap, Skank cucumbers, sugar's hammer bed; The donut hotdog, sausage swing to lap, A slide of neck, a drum of meat and head. Fur, nipples, pickles, bear, and bull do juice, The twine, pole, grab leather boots; Belts, handcuffs, laces, panties, and the noose, Sword, slave, lipstick, eel, antler, and the hoot. *****, tunnel, clam, purr,...

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Spoon and smacks, a sweet screw and strap, Skank cucumbers, sugar's hammer bed; The donut hotdog, sausage swing to lap, A slide of neck, a drum of meat and head. Fur, nipples, pickles, bear, and bull do juice, The twine, pole, grab leather boots; Belts, handcuffs, laces, panties, and the noose, Sword, slave, lipstick, eel, antler, and the hoot. *****, tunnel, clam, purr,...

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Four faces ten cows 40 people a river runs through it Aberdeen Rapid City Sioux Falls crops of corn soybeans hog factory ethanol highway interstate flat plains shadow of Rockies sparse vast country music cowboy hats pickups tractors American flag whackos jacks coyotes buffalo paddlefish grasshoppers deer crows vulture walleye pheasants otters cattle grain green sky derecho buffalo ghost towns railroad Homestake mine caves peaks tribes...

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snaps cowgirl Indian boyfriend The sound of buffalo meat on her teeth, Taste the smell of sleep, Cannabis wafting, Chew the diamond, steal the slipper, Call the captain and skinny dipper. The palm fronds climb. Squaw walks whiskey hills Eyes cracked wide shut Gripped by the hunger of a world, chasing visions The moon bleeds through the window The stars hum a song of youth. ...

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Whisper is jealous of Josh's black leather boots and Katie's fur lined boots, so they have a threesome to make up for it. They frolic in the moonlight, playing the oboe, xylophone, and vacuum, drooling and spanking each other. Then, the platypus, jackal, and whale join in, hammering out a rhythm on the pajamas, racing...

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Made a cuppa coffee this morning Forgot about it I think I ate breakfast Can’t remember what I combed my hair Singular Musta brushed my teeth They’re back in my mouth I wear a shirt that reads “IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN” Socks that disagree with each other Shirts that read like a virtual menu Shoes that tie themselves The best place to look for my glasses Is in the...

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