Long Bernardino Poems

William Harrison Hardy

1823 - 1906
 

I believe a fair introduction is in order here.
Not that a handshake from me could ever take place anytime soon.
I was Captain Bill Hardy:
Proud Indian fighter!
And celebrated toll road builder!
I...

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I lay in my hospital bed
knowing in a day or two I’ll be dead
because that’s what the doctor said
my body crushed from toe to head
in the auto accident the other day

you see I drank too...

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(In the early years of the 16th century,
the artist Pinturicchio was employed by
Cardinal Piccolomini to decorate the
library of Siena Cathedral with fresco
scenes from the life of his ancestor, Enea.)

The Contract

The Cardinal requires Ser Bernardino, 
as...

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Lumbar ladies stroll by as the night sedans plunder the ho-dad hostels.
Looking to find nothing except another dozing cigarette beyond the cadenzas.
Another hot afternoon in suburbia with the repeated barkings of a distant dog.
Billy boy...

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ROUND WORLD NO SIDES 

Tragically, while our country's weep,
we'll be nice to Nice, and hold up France. 
We are bruised and beaten bloody red, 
holding down Baton Rouge's dismal stance.

The children fall and forever sleep
in...

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The Horror of San Bernardino
By Franklin Price
12/4/2015

The horror of San Bernardino
With celebration in the air
A pair without good reason
Killed and wounded many there

No doubt the killers Muslim
Part of a rising trend
Must destroy the Muslim radicals
Bring...

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He salutes the mountains Tehachapi to the west
San Gabriel and San Bernardino to the south 
This is his rite of passage
His coming of age
How he’s yearned
For his spiritual journey 
To become a man
Thirsting to prove...

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