Folsom Poems - Poems about Folsom

...Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again - updated Steely Dan sing queen (me) outdid himself on sixtieth anniversary after Grahame Wood determined to meet the evolving needs of the communi......

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...Entry for the Golden Age of Music Poetry Contest, sponsored by Oliver McKeithan, March 2025, Second Place. I dreamed of Johnny Cash last night, his music spoke to me, I said I thought that you......

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...Ray Charles on a lonely night Feel it mostly in his fingertips. He play in every shade of blue. His touch be intimate and true. Ray Charles on a lonely night Come to Harlem like a fool for you......

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...The Scales of Justice didn't tip my way, I figure from the dues I've had to pay. While thumbing down to Shaky Town I thought I turn my luck around, At a drugstore in Salinas on a cold September......

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...It is 9:17am on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. As I was leaving Folsom after an early morning doctor's appointment, I crossed a very familiar intersection that I have traversed many times before. Bu......

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...Can I declare a duty poetic, orating of a love alphabetic? No honorable intentions, free-venting my notions… Escapes in a mere write, reshaping joys, or spite… Echoing wordy sashays, nuance......

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... Dragon eyes with breathless skin, that was him. Lips that could taste like strawberries, but he makes all the women swoon when he walks into the room. He blew me away as if he was melting my m......

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...Johnny Cash surely paid for his crime Singing the blues while he served his time Sang his heart out in prison Till his spirits had risen Joined the "Outlaw" singers in his prime Written ......

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...Sow Old Slim Whitman saddened , When he sang of prison walls, Wings of angels would fly him, Did they hear an heed the call. Yep Had Slim on a 78 record, And Jonny Cash was hot, A sin......

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...Nobody writes train songs anymore No one sings about them like they did before Sometimes I get lonely when I hear that engine roar Nobody writes train songs any more Those old train songs always ......

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