Hummocks of Glimmering Sand
...The sun was newly risen above the Earth
His golden smile warmed amber desert sands
The grand landscape resembled barren lands
as sepia grains were slathered in rippling waves
That's what ...
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Categories:
final payment, environment,
Form: Rhyme
How Far Down Do You Need To Go
...How far down do you need to go_
~to stand face to face and toe to toe_
~with that no-good son of a so and so?
Taking not only yourself but all you know.
Descending from on high to deep below_
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Categories:
final payment, conflict, corruption, courage, emotions,
Form: List
The Dark Curse, the Monster and His Act of Vengeance Averted
...The Dark Curse, The Monster and His Act Of Vengeance Averted
He killed a loud squirrel, hungry hawk and silent mouse
Tossed them in a black bag along with six dead toads
By midnight moon took al...
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Categories:
final payment, dark, evil, grief, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Final Payment
...It was fifteen below
when the gas ran out;
It was fifteen below
and the snow knee high.
And the wind did sing,
"I'll take everything!"
He stepped into the blast
(his name...
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Categories:
final payment, hope
Form: Narrative
Paying the Fiddler
...I was nineteen that summer
when I met him at a buck-out,
and I was totally smitten
by all the Cowboy charm he had.
I thought that he was rugged,
(and undeniably handsome),
then that...
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Categories:
final payment, cowboy-western, introspection, life, lost
Form: Cowboy Poetry