Wild Hair Poems

How lucky can one man be
To have the love and friendship
Of so many sweet adorable people
Here on the Soup... male and female
It's like a love-in...

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  Slick it down with wax
     It fits a crook

  Tho' it could also be 
   ...

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Every Spring there’s a battle cry 
from deep within the South;
It raises the hair of millions for miles;
Tempers rise and just continue to climb 
brushes...

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I would fly down the cement sidewalk,                  ...

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now

if we don't love now
fall on our knees, now
if we don't cry out loud, now, if we don't tear apart our clothes  right now,
if...

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Your fingers are in my hair,
while whispering softly.
Wild, latent passion flows from a glass of wine.
*
Hands are on the body;
I tremble at your touch.
A bite...

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I was named Paulette,                     ...

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I once had that Afro hair you now rock, oh yes i once had it.   
Not in the 40s, not in the 50s...

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My hair has always 
had a mind of its own
Stays doing whatever
it wants whenever 
it pleases
Just never bothers to do 
any of it, at my...

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Rubik's Cube, I am so square 
use me to have some fun
boys and girls of all ages love me
i will make you pull your hair...

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I sat in front of his mirror - 
my long locks looking askew.
It brought me significant anguish.
Atrocious means horrible in my book
and my book spelled...

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Floating
by Michael R. Burch
 
Memories flood the sand’s unfolding scroll;
they pour in with the long, cursive tides of night.
 
Memories of revenant blue eyes and...

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Your hair,

Wild lavender dancing in the wind,
Throwing Scents of heaven into our life,

Your Eyes,
Streams of running water,

Tears that flow across the landscape,
and across our hearts,

Your...

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I see you walkin’ in 
long hair tied up 
lookin’ like you own it 
Honey, just leave your hair down

It’s like your hiding the light...

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Homeward Bound


Land of mango and avocado 
Sweet , mild and refreshing 
Cassava bread with tea, coffee and hot cocoa 

Fresh meaty young coconut 
It’s water...

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