Long Crappie Poems

Early last October, on a cool and breezeless morning, one o’ my grandsons, Grant, and I had a half a dozen lines 
Bobbin’ near the cattails, in a small secluded bay…catchin’ perch and crappie…when the...

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Dad was loadin' rods and tackle, I was addin' fuel, as Mom hopped on with a picnic lunch that balmy afternoon.
Another Sunday outing on the lake - our old routine - as sister Susie tossed...

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I was remembering my father,
just the other day.
It’s been a lotta years,
since Daddy passed away.

My name is not important.
My fathers name was Jim.
He never called me by my name!
I was always Butch to him!

Fishing was...

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Out there in the farthest regions
Of emotional distress....I as well as she does
Yearns for love that hasn't been shared
The passionate kisses that has not yet been
Compared
but as the burning sensation in my heart
Devotes to your...

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When In the arms of an ANGEL you are pretected like 
something valuable.

And you're also very cherishable.

In the arms of an ANGEL they listen to what you 
have to share.

And they let you know they...

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I cannot lie, I’m not that spry 
still angling is my game 
but never had luck with walleye
pickerel by Ontario's name.

We're windbound on Wasaksina
waiting for the west wind to wane
We're windbound on Wasaksina
with walleye all...

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COPING WITH POO!

Two young boys left in charge of a baby,
A recipe for disaster that’s no maybe,

Take baby to the local fair,
Without a care, they did dare,

Head for the whip, put baby on one of...

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I've got a dish of killifish
I wish to eat that silly fish
Baked, or fried in peanut oil
Roasted, dried, or let to boil.

Make me a star-gazy pie
Take me to the Catfish Fry
Lead me to the China...

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I was a mere lad of ten living on a prairie farm in Hoosier land,
Roaming the fields in my old straw hat, barefoot, carefree and tanned.
My faithful dog, Spooks, was always with me chasing rabbits,
(And...

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The Great Outdoors

The great outdoors is a place filled with many fuzzy critters. 
Yes, sometimes when I swim in the cold morning the water gives me the jitters.
I love the great outdoors, the great red...

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she is so crazy,
sometimes lazy,
also naughty,
and many a time knotty

she laughs when someone's sad.
I get embarrassed and go mad,
and tackle the situation by saying"laughter,
the best medicine" and I perform like a best actor;

She cries when...

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Skimming through the firmament, looping round the stars
Dancing through the Milky Way, pass and say goodbye to Mars
Whooshing through the galaxy thousands of miles an hour
Ducking the shooting stars, watching the meteorites shower.

For some, they...

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Two young boys and an old man in a metal fishing boat
Got a mess of crappie poles and strings
Headed for the camp house gonna’ fry up a mess of fish
Roll them in flour and cornbread...

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Moving to Lake Shore sites was definitely cool
Our home was so large and faced the water
Cameron fixed up an old boat
We held hands on the dock
He taught me how to cast a line and bait...

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It is morn in the countryside late in the spring,
and the lake is so placid and birds they all sing.
All the flowers in bloom and the air is so clean;
not a day that’s so lovely...

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My boy and I hung over the Elk Rapids dam railing
Shirtless
With lines swung in the churning water
The iron hum of turbines rattling through our elbows

He lands a nice Crappie

And as he rescues the bass
He looks...

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Most evenings, right around supper,
when the sky was streaked red
right before dark, the old man
would talk of Oklahoma-

the first time he hunted squirrel,
down by Coal Creek, and how
you could usually sense the rain,
long before it...

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Fred visits Bill every month at 
the facility he’s been in for years. 
Age and booze brought Bill there.
He's still strapped to his bed
so he can't go wandering again 
when he gets a taste for...

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I'm tired of being blurry
when everthing is so clear
I'm tired of being lost
Living with such fear

I'm tired of being broken
when everthing is whole
I'm tired of being ashamed
and loosing my soul

I'm tired of being depressed
When everthing...

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