Eric Clapton Inspiration
...Eric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Cana...
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Categories:
duane, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form: Bio
Clerihew Hanson
...Duane Hanson maker of hypereal
gives his art a distinctive zeal
He loved all things down-to-earth
the common place gave his art its worth...
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Categories:
duane, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Penning Hilda of the Fifties
...Duane Bryers drew up the Hilda cartoons in the fifties
This is one, and she is truly one of the nifties.
You can tell she is a full size woman, comfortable in her skin.
She is an assertive gal in ...
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Categories:
duane, america, art,
Form: Rhyme
Birthday Limerick
...On a cool October breeze in 1973,
A child was born with a blanket worn;
That baby was cute, little me.
Two days before Halloween,
The first things I have seen
Is nurses in white, hospital ligh...
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Categories:
duane, family, growing up, happy
Form: Limerick
Duane's World
...Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
My name is Duane and welcome to my world.
I live with my family and friends in the hood;
I'm not Denzel, but I still look good.
I love classic cartoons, vide...
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Categories:
duane, friendship, fun, humor, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Envious Love
...Your eyes caught me by surprise
And your beauty, I did not realize
I did not realize until it was too late
I was yours period, no need to mitigate
For every moment we are together
You can tell...
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Categories:
duane, love,
Form: Free verse
A Letter To Mom and Dad
...Dear Mom and Dad, it's me, your son;
Out of my brothers, I'm the handsome one.
You've been gone for quite a while;
I'm glad you raised me when I was a child.
There are many things I want us to d...
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Categories:
duane, father, missing you, mother,
Form: Personification
Tombstone Tales
...Through graveyard
meandering, just
me and Dad
stories sad
abbreviated down to
mostly names and dates
So we tell
their stories by turns
like poor Duane
Dinwiddie
died at age thirty-three o...
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Categories:
duane, childhood, family, humor, humorous,
Form: Shadorma
America Wasn'T So Bad Back Then
...We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when the two of us shoot the...
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Categories:
duane, america,
Form: Prose
The Visitor
...my life a shamble
a rumble of dogs
stella and chewy's
on my watch we eat
we pee the stairs
and with bounty
windex come handy
swiffer weeper
where are those eyes
duane reade smell good in the...
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Categories:
duane, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Day Message
...Memorial Day is a day to remember those that have past
Keeping the pursuit of happiness in our grasp
They paid the ultimate sacrifice so willingly
Allowing all of us to have that barbeque under th...
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Categories:
duane, remember, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Classic Vinyl Love Poem
...The radio plays their song
And two hearts beat as one
To the rhythm of a tune they call their own.
The gold and platinum vinyl spins
Creating the sound where love begins.
If only for the moment,...
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Categories:
duane, hope, love, music,
Form: Free verse
Random Thoughts Again
...Its that time a year again, the time of year I feel artistic
Every Spring makes me feel terrific
I get out my thinking cap and write a brand new rap
A rap for all to hear, a rap for all to jeer, o...
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Categories:
duane, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Passing Thoughts
...Civilian life is such a change of pace
No longer running in a rat race
No more setting the watch out to sea
Yet I still feel as I am not free
I worked many an hour in my military day
With meag...
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Categories:
duane, political,
Form: Rhyme
Weeping Willow
...Oh weeping willow now i understand why you weep so much
You weep for all the world and all the people
You weep for the died and the living
You weep for the family of the died
Who have raised this...
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Categories:
duane, death,
Form: Free verse
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