Long Draw back Poems

December 14, 1965           

"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You a long way from Chicago, son?"

And Sam said, "What happened
Where...

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"The Recalcitrant Romantico Sends a Love Note to the World"



There was a loophole in the contract
in fine print, when the final page was rolled back,
a sharp paper cut bled a firebrand’s life and a swollen...

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July 4, 1961

           Well HELLO MARY LOU, 

You won’t believe this but I just HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE that someone else was 
getting a...

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It was a long walk, with time heeling at my shadow. 
(and somewhere miles away the garage door closed, and the exhaust flowed,
and a small dog died in her limp arms)
I was friendly with God....

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In my fervent heart,
You knew I treasured you
But you didn’t return those tender feelings
Just see the fumes arise from the consuming fire
Because my wicked desires wasted away into embers
I love you…I love you…These feelings are...

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Such joy I feel as I awaken, a brand new day ahead
My soul so full of expectation leaping from my bed
For today I am pursuing, my greatest love my hobby
With Grandma’s brooch pinned on my...

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My anticipation mounting as I walk into the lobby
A trip to the theatre is my greatest love, my hobby
With feelings of great wonder and excitement overflowing
For only a calamity can really stop me going

With my...

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Murder was the show
And Monday was the goal
Mid night, 
strangers passing by
The scene is set, 
So I gaze at the moon
Call me moon gazer,
Following my foot steps
To Hiding in the forests  
All for Gathering...

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The two hearts can never live in one body
Two souls can never bore one  heart
When two worlds collide they will dance around each other
Testing and pushing
As a person crossing the street sees a car...

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My heart, in a slimey slum of a demon pit. 
Devils, who know me by name, start to taunt.
They mock, "funny how your heart can't take a hit." 
they continue to hackle, "You can't even...

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I am in all a moderate man,  a noted country gentleman'
with all the accoutrements, a house, a farm and gout.
My politics are not extreme, I'm reasonably devout.
 I have my peccadillos but they barely...

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SHENIKA SIMS

going in circles in my mind
jumping over puddles
doing carwheels in multiples of three
thinking of you can't you see
my artwork has more positive themes
my heart medicinally skips beats so it seems
cannot wait to pack suitcases
go...

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Why love and never love again
Tears reach down and drown out memory
My heart pulled down and out in tidal forces  
Raw feelings cause trembling on the lakes sad reaches
Ripplings of waves cause no relief...

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As you walk through this misted valley,
and discover a haze, everything here surreal,
you hear a voice, one out of faerie;
 question what you believe to be real. 

At a loss for words, but compelled to...

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The Ballad of Love Distorted 

The horse’s ears flicker in silent rebuke
His rider is tense, taut, confused. 
Raw frost shining in soft silver rhythm 
And the cutting cold wind is unforgiving, 

A dark house ahead,...

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When I don’t feel safe, I draw back and flinch,
shutter in fear and I can’t seem to calm down. 
Little or big things can set me off in a pinch
and instantly I feel like I...

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It's dark.
Even through closed lids I've perceived the
monotonous treachery 
the day has in store.
I suppress a moan within my chest,
and my bones creak with illusory age.
Another dawn which is not
impedes upon my shallowest slumber.
The persistent...

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Pontius Pilate has washed his hands his mind and heart hoping to erase the true face of Christ
The mob screams louder "Crucify Him" with their fist raised high for they only see 
blaspheme and sin
The...

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Wings black as midnight draw back 
from infernos façade 
Secret devices sharp, 
keen of talons and man-made MAW 
EYES; Scarlet, pumpkin fire orange at the heart, 
sleek silence across an industrial park. 

A Golghota of...

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Throughout his soul there burns an inescapable thrill
For tonight he shall feast on one's flesh that he will kill
A flame of pure blood-lust and hunger sears his mind
As he thinks of all the kills that...

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golden bright light spears into the night
	shattering the darkness and breaking into blue
pinpoint bright colors fading away
	heralding the dawning of the new day

children’s bright laughter sounds on the lane
	girls and boys chasing and running away
too...

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As I draw back the needle
that familiar smell of alcohol
takes me back through the years
this cloudy substance
swirls like the emotions of mind

...I remember the smell
of rubbing alcohol as it mingled
amidst the scents of applesauce
cooking atop...

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I . . . 
will draw back the curtains,
that hide what dwells beyond my sigh;
deep within where I keep the truth in,
             ...

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Be it on a old 8-track tape,
a 33 and a third.
Spinning on a turntable of a phonogragh.

You can't take away from me the day I heard him SANG to me.....
"Cupid, draw back your bow", 
sending...

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She wakes me up,
with a warm smile.
the love and care,
melting in her dark eyes.

my heart fills with hope,
when I look at her face.
her motivational voice,
in a comfy warm embrace.

as she puts me to bed,
my eyelashes...

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