Long Covered wagon Poems

I'd just checked out of a hotel in the town of Santa Fe 
Went to the store to collect supplies and went on my way
I was heading for the gold rush in the state of...

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Morning Coffee With The Lord
By: Tom Wright
5/25/99

As I neared the old gent's campsite
a faint voice I could hear.
It seemed to sound distressed
and I could detect a twinge of fear.

I heard him say, "Why is it...

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For today’s easy drive from Duluth, MInnesota to Bayfield, Wisconsin
as is our nature we took the scenic route
ready to discover what Wisconsin is all about.

We stopped often along the way…(we never drive anywhere straight )
so...

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Your life when but a youngster
A hard and rocky road
At times a covered wagon
Was the place that you called home
But in years as you grew older
You met the man you loved
You married, bore his children
Together...

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There's Dasher and Dancer
Then Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid
Then Donner and Blitzen

If you think these are reindeer
Then you would be wrong
And it's not crazy words
In some Christmassy song

See, they are my brothers
Don't anybody laugh
For these...

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Ghosts Of Times Past
Miracle Man
6/25/2022

As winds of time whisper through me,
my ancestors breath caresses my face.
Visions of a lone covered wagon I see,
that carried them to an unknown place.

Ten children were birthed to work the...

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In a covered wagon he travelled west 
For every ailment he had a cure
His miracle oil he claimed was the best 
People he conned were the sick and the poor.

In remote towns he would set...

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