Banned Book Club VII- 1984
...Midtone grey surrounds what’s left of a man’s soul
Scenes of biblical abominations troll
Inky are the hellish horizons appalled
An okay is needed for anything at all
Manipulating truth determin...
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Categories:
englanders, anxiety, books,
Form: Dramatic Verse
GNRT DAY 45 COREA OUR LAST STOP
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The final leg of this journey…the last 50 miles that remained
took us from the city Bangor to the town of Corea, Maine.
On the way we stopped at Pat’s for pizza and Helen’s for blueberry pie…
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Categories:
englanders, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Terrifying Snowflake
...An app on my phone says they’ll be snow tonight - we can expect .2 inches in New Haven. I can’t wait because where I come from snow is an event.
In Georgia, the mere suggestion of a snowflake in a...
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Categories:
englanders, courage, deep, humor, snow,
Form: Free verse
Australia
...Australia
When I first came to Australia
it reminded me of a colonial outpost.
The officials were pompous and behaved
like little Englanders.
I thoroughly disliked the country, it didn`t
help...
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Categories:
englanders, absence, anti bullying, blessing,
Form: Blank verse
Southern Comforts'
...I watched a show on TV as we brought in the New Year in,
Full of guitar, banjo, fiddle, dolbro, mandolin.
Recorded at the Reimann down there in in 'ol Nashville,
Home-grown country pickin' for a t...
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Categories:
englanders, faithlove, new year,
Form: Rhyme