At the Graves Gate
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"A grave wherever found preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Categories:
hauler, fate, grave, hate, love,
Form: Rhyme
Hoss hockey
...Mint Julip and Pimento Cheese
Smith Island Cake and Beef Pit BBQ
Hot Pastrami on Rye and Cheesecake
She offered him the meal
and smiled at him
without saying much more.
he frowned and ate.
ask...
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Categories:
hauler, character,
Form: Ballad
Ups and Downs
...we all have our ups and downs
enjoyed in lesser detail on the upswing
and greater granularity on the corresponding
and subsequent regress to various terrors
the trick is to not obsess and get con...
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Categories:
hauler, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Eagle Says Thanks
...Above most Wele, unmade maker
My architect and, my own repairer
Hauler of my spare parts, my contraption of life
Quota of my breath, controller of my edges
No reason to bolt the beak, no reason...
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Categories:
hauler, appreciation, blessing, feelings,
Form: Personification
The Sea
...*The Sea*
Blue and deep, home for some wish for others,
A lot soul lost in it; The Coward The Coward less,
The Brave and The Unscrupulous Adventurer
Blue and deep, the cause o...
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Categories:
hauler, lost, sea, together, trust,
Form: Free verse
The Ballad of Nelly and Me
...Rolled about a bit I’d say
Since Nell and I first met
Denver down to Old Fort Lauderdale
Flatland fever hit one day and
Drowning in our sweat
Mountains pulled us up a dusty trail
Cut down t...
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Categories:
hauler, cute love, friendship, happiness,
Form: Ballad