Country Dance Poems

Born wearing ballet shoes
without knowing,
far in the deep nature, 
in the Sakhalin Islands,
a ballet star opened his eyes
for the first time.

Warmed by the love of...

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Shake it up baby, twist and shout.
Swing your partner round and round,
dip down spin around do-si-doe.
Rock back to your heals, 
drop down to your knees,
stick...

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As a baby we first hear music as a lovely lullaby,
in loving arms as we are rocked to sleep.
As a toddler we learn to dance...

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I fear for Nigeria my country
I fear for the giant of Africa
I fear for God’s Master piece
I fear for a country that is always
Trapped in...

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Timelike and the decaying bodies piled high cease to amuse the vultures now

 

Single shots give the rebels confidence

 

They attack in force

 

Heavy machine...

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From pirouettes to guitar frets
    ballet to country crooners

  Enchanted elegance poached
    by bluegrass sand-duners...

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Kenya is a really poor country and you can easily buy any police person to kill someone..When some strong officials were threatening a senior journalist...

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In recent years I had grown so forgetful, like noon without memory of night.
I forgot special events and sundry items, like books, my phone, or...

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The discovery at aged seventy
Explained to me at last
The source of my problems 
From way way back in my past.
Not just a clumsy country idiot,
All...

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Charlatans and chameleons prancing in a country western dancing line
If Charlatans had stayed in place, all would have been quite fine
Charls are used to being...

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Reclaimation
Recyclation
Drilling into
stone to
manage water
waters to be
reclaimed 
stored and
reused.
Then how might
I speak such when
My existence can
be questioned in
opposition to my
Claim.
Fro. Stranger to
Less strained.
Might the freindly
way of...

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The fall of the west

Easy, abortion worrying, call for an appointment at five.
A well-educated woman has a career to consider
 this is her right to...

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Billy Dean was a famous man
A country singer – I was a fan
It happened that I met him
He was all handsome and trim

When he embraced...

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I think that he understood it, but refused to accept it.
He was past getting old, but he was still full of life and love.
He said...

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Wales 
 
I used to live in Chester, a beautiful town
and often walked along the Roman wall and, in my mind,
I saw Roman soldiers sitting...

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