Golden State Poems - Poems about Golden State

His Name Was Reuben

...I once knew a man who was tall and skinny.
I was 35 at the time with a small family.
If he had a family of his own. I knew not any.
His means was menial and his needs were many.
For this man, we ...

She is a River

...“Women can change better’n a man,” Ma said soothingly. “Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.”
“Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk-gets a fa...

Flood

...
Earthquakes, mudslides, and floods.
The flood came with mudslides and road
closures, causing a major bridge closure.

She brought death and destruction.
She went, but not before changing
the ...

Golden Years In the Golden State

...driving our kids west . . .
our past life vanishing in
the rear view mirror

I don’t recall many details about our move to California. My husband’s job had transferred him two states over to Cali...

No One Does It Better

...
They came
They marched
They honoured

Their newly crowned monarch
on Coronation Day
King Charles the third
and Camilla his Queen
in the Golden State Coach 
the World for to see
  ...

He Calls Me California

..."When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but my faculties are decaying, now, & soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the latter. It is sad to go to pieces li...

Oklahoma Winds

...We all have roots from seeds
In and on the fertile soil of our lives
Where we are planted to need
The place we know as home to thrive
Shaped and harvested we live to die
As the grains of wheat a...

It Is Me

...IT IS ME

                               XXXXXXXX 
With all the adversities in life, became a woman with an
open mind, a kind heart, a care free spirit and a teachable soul.
Oldest sister of six...

America By the Square Foot

...America By the Square Foot

We here in this part of the country, 
love God and stand for the flag. 
We here in this part of the country, 
honor the military, 
help widows and orphans...
and ta...

Third World

...Third World

The mouse is no longer, happy. 
Everything is dirty. 
There is disease. 

The trash cans are full, overflowing…
and the needs…are not met.

Drugs, darkness, and death, 
have co...

They Told Us To Hate, Part Ii

......They told us to hate those people
who take a risk to make profit,
that instead we should idolize
those who say they’re socialist.
Bu t I look a their history,
and it’s utterly insane,
just b...

September Daze Haint Sapphire Away

...Already the month
     of August 2018,
     May never become 
     a je June'm
     (Forget-me-not)
     time of year,
especially for nouveau
     homeless and,
 
     penniless residents,
...

Onerous Ordeal

...(strike while the iron's hot, else...
up prize cold hard steel Goldfinger
rewind: the following case in point).

Believe me you (stranger out there
along the information super highway),
perhaps...

Super Sports

...In 2016, the Golden State Warriors returned from the brink of defeat.                                                                              Down by Oklahoma three games to one, they achieved a...

Time and Space

...Time And Space

In the class rooms from the very first grade,
we played with trucks and toys in the sand box

We learned side by side to read, write, and do math
At recess, we took to the swing...

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