Distant Drums Poems - Poems about Distant Drums

...We chased the wind through gravel lots, told stories in the sun-soft spots. Spoke Spanish in the checkout line, translated fear into “it’s fine.” Held my brother’s hand through crowded space, ......

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......the village shivers a hive of restless souls skin pricklin' with anticipation as costumed runners fixin' to gather — hearts a-thrummin' like trapped hummin' bi......

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...Some people like to dance Some people just like to sing Others can do both by chance A few do neither thing For those that go first class Travel can be a pleasure And so much more they surpas......

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...A child lights our way in life... The greatest gift there is to be. They suppress our selfish inclinations... They set our passions free. They give sense to our mortality. They put narcissism ......

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... Distant drums voice sacred song as didgeridoo drone rings its messages to my awaiting ears; ancient ceremonies flood the canyon in tones of ancestral wisdom. Every rock or boulder......

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...I would love to live forever In the minds and hearts of men As long as I could do it Without doing it again. I’d cherish every sunrise Tuck it in at night Arrest the failing moon For stealin......

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...I love the isolation, God help me but I do Being alone inside my words, neither old nor new The rumbling of the moment, the sound of distant drums My eyes to close upon myself —time now ......

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...The trumpet will play a sweet prelude, to earth's last tired breath but Gabriel shall not call me I shall leave long before his dance of death The distant drums are what I hear playing across ......

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...Dream Theme Andaree Come listen how the thunder rolls with its might Like distant drums it echoes through the night ......

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...The journey here on this good earth Is something dear for life seeks mirth. The poise of cheer now sings of lines Of waves sincere in love divine. The passage greets not one but all In t......

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...You touch my battered heart Like the feathered wings of angels, You burst from my poor eyes Like the tears of awakened love. You flood perfume scarred lungs Like the scent of summer roses, ......

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...as number one "Crying" is still a favorite, played "Candy Man" and "Dream Baby" so loud I was mesmerized the first time I heard Roy Orbison sing "The Crowd" There was "Evergreen", Working For The Man" and "Leah" in the year of 62 "In Dreams" , "Falling" , "Distant Drums" and I still love "Blue Bayou" Roy rocked the house with "Mean Woman Blues" "What'd I Say" made us put on our dancing shoes "Indian Summer", "Indian Wedding", "She Wears My Ring" "O......

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...RAMABIFI HILLS I hear distant drums sounding loud, I hear trumpets echoing tonight, Oh, I can hear their warm and quiet conversations, I guess they are on the way to Ramabifi Hills! It is a clear a......

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...From tottering infantile footsteps Gangly adolescence and vibrant youth Desire to taste forbidden fruits Hobnob with society discards Ever beckoned by distant drums Weird people practising witchcraf......

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...Like distant drums in rhythm pound Endless rows of human kind Marching soldiers cross the ground Towards some battle line Bound to those who went before Obsessed in savage pride Forge blindly to the ......

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