Long Corrals Poems

Today we want to give a shout out,
and maybe within yin,
to both Group Mathematic Eco-TheoLogians
concerned with sacred ecology
of the big ClayMath Quiz.

Can we choose to develop an organic-iconic language
capable of ecologically distinguishing
while predicting secular health
articulating...

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“Pale Words Riding the Revolution”

it takes a woman
to bear the pain 
of a world ripping
wide open, apart

a part,

the child 
crowns crimson 
marked forehead
cheeks and lips, bloodied 

kissed awake
readied for the hunt
their tribal screams 
heard sweetly,...

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V.
Reg did nothing but embrace her,
it seemed like the right thing to do,
she said, “Let’s just go back to bed,
it’s much nicer lying with you.”

The next day, while he was dressing
ro hit the ranches for...

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"Ignition"



Magic sits with you 
you wait and you listen 
for messages from the other side

this is true
this addiction impressive

you write her your gift
you whisper words as you write,
she sees you, she listens

very close
always present
you can't...

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(French terms to know: arabesque (ar-a-besk) stand on one leg, other leg extended back
with knee straight, arms out; pirouette (peer-oo-et) a full turn of the body on the top of
the toe or the ball of...

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A BALLAD TO THE ANCESTORS

Like ripened fruits plucked from a flourishing tree,
They were stolen from a lush paradise garden;
A self sustained dwelling having no need of a warden;
A beautiful paradise where all could work and...

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Smokey hillside, offers flavors 
of privacy bared open.
Reading like futuristic three, 
maybe fourth dimensional sign 
that says "open".
The neighbors business blabbed
all around by "Miss social, "the "original", organic-loving and down to earth hippie.
She corrals Betty's...

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I keep all kinds of small plastic people and a variety of small plastic animals
In my room, along with three treasure chests, a little bit of sand, an island, and a
Bunch of pre-Legos that can...

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Me and Ben were fresh-scrubbed farm boys
Come to Wyoming fer the thrill,
We had twenty dollars twixt us,
But knew we’d climb the highest hill.

Then Ben got suckered in card games
And I spent the rest on bar...

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has a two story part,
a one story part,
a new part,
an old part
and an antique part.

Gables and pediments facing all directions of the compass
Tie all the parts together.

There are some concave outside walls;
There are some convex...

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A boy can drop everything for girls, his initial joy,
kissing lips, most now only playing, quickly run, 
some take upsets very weakly except you, Zebulon.
		~//~
T he little boy always brought his toy truck
H e had...

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My odds feel slim as a stick figure but my desire thicker than Monique and three golden 
corrals, the competition is higher up than Yao on Shaq's shoulders but who can write 
with deeper meaning...

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Not even an answer

Not even an Answer,
Just one single hard lesson.
One that must have been watching me all day long. 
Waiting, there in the shadows
While I picked up rocks in the corrals,
or maybe when I...

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Mind all that your pa says
And don’t give him no reputes,
Sit quiet on the wood rail
Down by the corrals and chutes.

Don’t dally your digits
Or dive head long from a horse,
Listen to all your elders
And run...

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I look up at the sun, yellow streaks of light dancing – twirling with the red and orange beams
Golden and glorious high up in the sky, but to your beauty it does not compare
So I...

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Fort Worth to El Paso, a long stretch of tracks
Deputies securing Wells Fargo money sacks,
With reins in hand, stagecoach en route
Jessie’s gang kicks dust, chasing the loot.

Oil lamps hanging on the tavern’s post
Saloons filled with...

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A split rail fence sits 
along the edge of a field 
holding back the past 

An old wagon wheel 
leans lazy against a post 
Weathered by the sun 

A battered mailbox 
with it’s red flag...

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There was a sheriff, mayor, and Marshall.
Lots of saloons, pleasure rooms, and corrals.
Ladies of ill repute, and coward men
who feared the dreadful 'Cowboys' back then.

Lots of gambling, plenty of alcohol.
This western town had live stage-shows...

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A split rail fence sits along the edge of a field 
Holding back the past 

An old wagon wheel leans lazy against a post 
Weathered by the sun 

A battered mail box with it's red...

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Acrostic Memory

Acrostics introduced in fifth grade on a rainy winter afternoon
Careful crafted choice of words written in lyric cadence hues
Rhythmic flow like music class - songs of skaters waltzes spin
Out of tumbling imagination’s chaos form...

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OK, maybe he is right. Maybe a cowboy he's not. He is a mechanic, a 
pediatrician, an obstetrician, a veterinary, a plumber (wells), a house keeper 
(stalls), a blacksmith, a dietician, a truck driver, a...

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She is uppercase, Her within the within
out shines the sun, out paces the moon.

Thoughts of a ham sandwich come to a squealing halt
as I recall my low sodium diet -
She (too often to count) plays...

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There always come that certain day
You round them up in a herd--
Make sure some don't wander away
And you're still good for your word.

It seems just such a simple task
That any old fool could do--
But you're...

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I live in the gray area
Where there exists no right from wrong 
Only observation, absorption 
The vain attempts to make something profound 
Of the myriad of opinions shoved in your face
To contribute something to a...

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Sandakan bay by the legendary sea
The sea of the living currents
The sailors maritime space
Balhala Island buffed the guns
The guns from the European hands

Elopura set up in its front
Anchored the wooden boat of sailors
By the stars...

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