Long Boles Poems

Just Beyond
Boles of Cotton-Fields
Rosethorn ... Where A Few Folks
Stick Together - For Good, For Real

Rosethorn:  Famous For Its First Family's
Annual Ball & Bar-B-Que Grills ...
But Where Most, Barely Make A Living
... Paying Over-Dues and...

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At noon we sat down under a large old oak tree on a wild hillside with masses of rocks,
The day was very warm and I took off my knapsack and rested by the foot of...

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(A saddened heart of  a dying....Piano)
Picture by Alan L Boles

You remind me so much,
Of your grandmother...child,
You have her eyes,
She too...was beautiful,
Just like You!

Yes...I remember them days well,
As though it was yesterday,
We spent so much...

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There's a chill in the mornin' air as autumn in Vermont unfolds.
Splendor is revealed as trees assume their cloaks of reds and golds!
Fodder shocks gleam in the risin' sun and 'punkins' sport a tinge of...

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This sacred soil that once resounded with the musket's rattle,
Imbued with mingled blood of Blue and Gray spilt in brutal battle,
Now stands serene with only whisperings of the restless ghosts,
Of gallant men who sacrificed their...

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Life is a journey, sometimes it's juicy, sometimes stormy,
the more we live, the more we walk inn gloom and glory
some focus on the storm and they end up coming last,
some keep loitering around and the...

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Late for work
Picture by Alan L Boles

Another foggy damp...cold day,
It would be like this...wouldn't it,
When I'm late for work,
Washed my hair this morning as well,
Had to put tons of hair spray on,
To keep it in...

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Grey
Picture by Alan L Boles

Squirrel...flies...
Through the air, 
Like...superwoman
In this life and death...
Situation,

Running for her life,
Speedily...jumping
From tree to tree,
Trying to escape
Vicious clutches 
Of the hawk,

Yes...he's...hot on her trail,
And won't give up,

Oh no...she squeaks,
No time to waste
No...

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(Save her)
Alan L Boles picture

Save her today
And tomorrow...will save you right back!

Can you help...she calls?
My child lays in the gutter,
In need of food and shelter,
Can you spare a penny!

Life had been cruel,
It wasn't her fault,
Her...

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Oh, little chirpy squeaking squirrel
I see you always dressed in grey apparel
Swift as an arrow you can run
Watching you scamper the tree is fun

Is it when you are joyous and hale,
That you are seen flicking...

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The pheasants on the hills were lying in the warm heather within view,
Insects were on the wing or to be found on young foliage in the grass,
The wood-argus's, the peacock and other butterflies enjoyed an...

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Just a Cat's tail....
Photo by Alan L Boles

Think!!!!!.....I'm gonna,
Stay in today,
Hum... bit tired...
Sun's to bright,
Got a bit of a hang over,

Had a busy night...,
You know...how it is....

With the ladies!!!!!! Yeah...
Cannot get enough of me,

Love the...

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Just a Cat's tail....
Photo by Alan L Boles

Think!!!!!.....I'm gonna,
Stay in today,
Hum... bit tired...
Sun's to bright,
Got a bit of a hang over,

Had a busy night...,
You know...how it is....

With the ladies!!!!!! Yeah...
Cannot get enough of me,

Love the...

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Morecambe and wise
Picture by Alan L Boles

Wait for the signal,
Then....
On the count of three,
We'll go!!!!

Yes but...what's the plan?
Please tell me you have a plan-

Haven't got a plan yet...
But all good heroes win their battles!!!!

I don't...

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many prefaces
emphasis on Ephesus 
said on premises

what we do intend
hand of friendship did extend
love of God will lend

had a huge hassle
trying to put on my tassel
to ground will wrestle (wraahstle)

others have been caught
open email rather...

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Robins love song
Picture by Alan L Boles

Come to me...my darling...my love,
My beautiful one,
Look at my colours,
Robin calls....
Whistling his mating songs,

My kisses are sweeter than wine,
I've plumed my feathers,
Put on my best...red breast,
Look how proud I...

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Robins love song
Picture by Alan L Boles

Come to me...my darling...my love,
My beautiful one,
Look at my colours,
Robin calls....
Whistling his mating songs,

My kisses are sweeter than wine,
I've plumed my feathers,
Put on my best...red breast,
Look how proud I...

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Yesterday 
Picture by Alan L Boles

Yesterday...yesterday,
Where have you gone,
Blown away, 
Like the wind,

My heart yearns,
Deep inside my soul,
Come back to me 
My darling yesterday,

I miss the way...you always,
Embraced me,
Keeping me warm,
On dark nights,

We danced 
We...

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Profoundly deaf 
Picture by Alan L boles

Can you imagine,
Someone telling you...no,
Or someone saying...sorry....
Your...not good enough,

Can you imagine....
This little girl's heart
When they told her,
You cannot dance...
Your deaf,

This should have broken,
She should have been in...bits,
Devastated....

Instead...it drove
It pushed...

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(Dream worlds)
Picture by Alan L Boles

Each night...her dreaming
Spirit... travelled,
Beyond worlds
Through...the dark skies,
Light from the moon flickered
Stars shined 
Reflecting rainbows of colour,
It was beautiful and euphoric,
Curiosity and desire wanting more,
But how far could she go,
Each night...

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Eternal granite, crystalline scree, agates, boulders, rise
to hills, towering tors,* mutinous mountains, endlessly growing
rising, lifted,  then toppled by the fiery rebirth of draconic lava**

Like the cracked shell of an avian egg***/ **** both molten...

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The Snowman
Photo by Alan L Boles

I love the world...from my point of view,
The snowman said!

And by the way,
I'm not upside down,
The world is,

Yes really!
And one day...it's going to turn back.

What...you don't believe me,
Lay down,
Come on....i'll...

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Childhood day's
Photo by Alan L Boles

Something about purity,
And innocence,
That enables a special connection
Between human life...and plant life,

A young girl's love for the forest,
Outweighed any fear,
Of the unknown,

Everyday...
Running, swinging and climbing,
Was the best..

Branches welcomed,
Like the hands...

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(Smile)
Photo by Alan L Boles 

Soaked wet...
Was the last straw,
Could life get any worse,

She sat and wondered,
Hoping and wishing 
For better days,
Drenched to the skin,
With saddened heart!

Was this her story?
For the rest of life,
Why do...

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Santa's list
Picture by Alan L Boles

Santa... I don't want any toys
This year,
I've changed my mind!!!

Please...all I want is my daddy,

I've heard mummy crying,
And it makes me sad,

I've left a candle by the window,
So he can...

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