Long Bottom of the barrel Poems

The land that lies


Happy dancer, singing songs,
Knowing that the end will come;
But which is the end and which new beginnings?
Waiting on the end of the beginning, is this the beginning?
This all started a long, long...

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the list that was a fist
a) it is possible
b) it is inevitable
chained to a million pleasures
an astonishing compendium of compulsions
honed bright with a fool's ardor
the kind you'd wish for in a movie script
undulating at the...

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The Cockies are in trouble, they can’t live off the land
Mortgaged out of existence with the need to expand
Hope like the land eroding, luck just giving out
Bushies fighting continually, fire, floods and drought
And so the...

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Born to the sea


Mind of water, flowing thoughts;
The currents beneath your words could change us all.
River heart, born to the sea;
The solace we seek waves to you and to me.


Join me on this voyage, over...

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It's crazy how we as humans debate these great things
We brave situations daily, with masks on, we hate this
Everyday the same thing, and instead of searchin'
For greatness and we become complacent servants
On a day to...

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I am the root.
I am the green fuse. 
I am the stem, the bud,
the dry twig,
and the stealthy footstep
that snaps it in the night.
I am the rising hair on the back of your neck.
I am...

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Who I'm not 

I'm not who people label me to be 
I am me unapologetically 
I'm not the bottom of the barrel 
I'm not the dirt 
I'm not useless 
I know my worth
I'm not an...

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I am the bottom of the barrel I am the lonely soul you steal they call me the devil yes  I am for real your just in time make a plea deal I can take...

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I am the bottom of the barrel I am the lonely soul you steal they call me the devil yes  I am for real your just in time make a plea deal I can take...

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Imagine a standard barrel of crude oil – 42 gallons.
The barrel unit of measure dates back to 1859
When Pennsylvania oil wells were first drilled
And the wooden ‘tierce’ wine cask
Holding 42 gallons and weighing about 300...

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Let's tell those who spoil us with metaphor
That we're logical enough to understand their error
If turning a rotten situation into a bad one
Is to them a testimonial worthy of approbation

They have simply made it very...

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Out with infighting and lack of general respect,
Let’s restore our Congressional reputation
Rank partisanship and grandstanding
While padding their own coffers, I expect!

Let’s rid ourselves of all the current trolls
“Let’s throw the bums out,” it has been...

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THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

She was scraping the bottom, the barrel was now almost bare.
No meal now to do all the baking, the last meal was now sitting there.
And then came the prophet Elijah who...

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We thought it would last forever,
not a kink in the endless chain of supplies;
Now more than the store shelves
are coming up continuously empty;
Still the menu is good to change,
maybe get out grandma’s old recipe;

No amount...

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Poetry has left me again 
I’ve bled the hills and trees for words
I’ve searched for verbs in the hours

When someone fills the emptiness
I will have no need for pronouns 
No talk or fragments fulfills you

I...

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It is a bad place to be born,
the first breath you breathe
is drawn from dregs of scorn
And you get rolled from day one,
passed around like a bottle of rum
Then they toss you to the curb,
after...

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I know U got another corner to bend
So I’m gonna tell U what I know
It’s my ear I’m about to lend
I’ll share my experiences with U
That I have lived along the way
From the bottom of...

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She's not rich
  but can have money in her pocket
She's not perfect
  but she doesn't do everything wrong
She doesn't have the best attitude
  but she's not the meanest person you'll contact
She may...

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ive been to the bottom of the barrel
it was in my head
the critical self hatred poisoned my well wishing
dare i strive to become whom I want
pasteurized and organized to fit
my odd ways having no polarity
id...

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Seriously thinking of calling it quits

I'm rapidly running out of gas

Dragging up stuff from the bottom of the barrel

Scrounging around looking for inspiration

Can't seem to find any anymore

Think to myself it'll pass

Not quite so sure...

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The moral compass is spinning
Democracy’s light is dimming
The country faces ruin
The lies just keep on coming

No honour, dignity or integrity remains
In this government that fails and wanes
Scraping the bottom of the barrel 
Our leaders are...

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Once again you slide inside
to chiv me, 
to stick me with a blade.

Cold steel is not
when your blood's running hot
but the signals get mixed
then we're fixed
fine? it's dandy.

You don't feel the stiletto
as it tiptoes in...

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people insist on speaking French to me  c’est la vie

smelling salts in a ten gallon vat  that’s not to be sniffed at

the mouse met an elephant so prim  she looked down her...

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Make wudhu', she told her children
Lest you be killed today
And eaten by ravens
As the bodies lay still
The survivors searched for safe haven
And while the oppressor swings around his deadly mace
The people pray that God has...

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