Long Boyd Poems

"Barefoot in the Bushfires of the Vanities"



Heat rises slowly to rapture flames licking and teasing
Blue Ghostgums to stretch and crack wide open
as Fire spreads molten sweet sap bleeding burgundy all over 
amber gold wild bush...

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Eric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Canadian WWII soldier in England.
His grandparents mostly raised him.
He...

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"Black Molasses"



Black Molasses 
holds to ransom 
footprints 
sucked into 
Tropic of Capricorn mud
as bushfires bleed
sugar from cane
like molten glucose 
shot into the veins
of Mother Earth gone all
libertine sour 
like Lemon Grass
crushed and burnt 
acrid smoke...

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Stop! The violent protests and leave peaceful protesters out to make a difference strictly along.  Whether you are in law enforcement or the national guard. You need to pray for peaceful solutions!  But...

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Boyd and I graduated from high school 
Then college roommates; we thought that was cool  
Texas A and M became our new home 
Bunk beds in a dorm room without any phone

It’s a military...

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Just because we wish it so, means not that it will pass;
this lesson’s one we all must learn in the Gamecock class. 
Runs my blood, it’s red and black---garnet the deepest hue,
any orange is anathema,...

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Why can't I run(Sarina Is Her Name)

by kierra boyd

Why can't I run away from this dream that I am living.
Why can't I cut away the pain?
The blood that spills from the wounds of darkness.
Are the...

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what happens when a hit it and quit it guy, realizes that this is not the way he wants to live his life because its to short and its passing him by, he's sick of...

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Sweetheart, you’ve turned my world upside down
I’ve ran so long, so far I don’t know right from wrong
I’ve ran ten thousand miles and I can’t find the noun
That can accurately describe this little song

But Baby,...

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If I touched the lid on the  candy dish in the living room                     ...

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Whatcha gonna do if’n Famous Jameis goes pro?
‘tain’t nottin ya can do ‘bout it, Coach Jimbo
Dontcha know, da freshman Heisman winner’s caught da eye
Even da Giants’ Eli ain’t a-rankin’ too high

Butcha ya got ta give...

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I saw a teenager on the 42 bus, 
An older teenager, tall and thin, 
He boarded a few stops after me, 
And i thought i knew his journey in. 

He looked like a CS student,...

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To many things unknown to me
So many realities I fail to see

To love and it's boundless effects
Which leaves many with confusion and deep regrets

To the search for answers in places unthinkable
In light of harsh and...

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HOPALONG CASSIDY 
AN AMERICAN LEGEND 

Hopalong Cassidy, Was Mr. Good Guy! 
Born in Hendrysburg, Ohio 1895. 
William Boyd, his given name. 
A friend to all when rose to fame. 
Immortal hero of the silver screen....

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You perch on a low stool
of my presence unmindful, 
guitar cradled on your lap,
fingers each string loving.

While you delicately pluck, 
mesmerizing, hypnotizing,
with slow, flowing arpeggio,
my heartstring you touch.

Who are you to affect me so, 
just...

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Death comes to all of us but it's sad when a life is destroyed.
I recently learned that I lost an old friend and his name was Bobby Boyd.
It had been about thirty years since I...

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It's Valentine's Day so we will celebrate.
As Love devours and conquers hate.
When two become one, it's wonderful and great.
Love is in the air and there's no debate. 
When Cupid shoots his arrow in each person's...

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