Long Duane Poems

We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when...

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The radio plays their song
And two hearts beat as one
To the rhythm of a tune they call their own.
The gold and platinum vinyl spins
Creating the sound where love begins.
If only for the moment, they have...

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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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Native, Liteskin, sun kissed
smiles
sit, talk, get to know me 
a while
for I am not my skin and 
even though the tan pigment
runs deep
I am my heart, thoughts
and actions,reflection of
company
I keep
A car accident took
my Homies brother...

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I am all alone in this great big world
My destiny is being unfurled
I am responsible for my plight
And what I may do tonight

There is no one else to put my shame
Only me, myself, and I...

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I have spent most my life on ships of steel
Things of fiction now so real
I pray for my brothers who have passed
From every nation that laid their wrath

Under the water these ships can go
Where they...

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1960 and the world was changing
A time for living and rearranging
Baseball in the school yard with a sponge ball and a fist
Donnie Brooks sang Mission Bell and Chubby did The Twist
Bobbie sox and ponytails, school...

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Have you ever listened to the talks of an old man?
Who was getting ready to go to never-never land
He sits and talks about his extensive life
And if married he talks about his wife

She was a...

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I was thinking back to better days 
When you could sing along to the songs they played
We’d all tune in on Friday night
To see when Lucky Strike brought you the Hit Parade
Cindy Oh Cindy and...

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Civilian life is such a change of pace
No longer running in a rat race
No more setting the watch out to sea
Yet I still feel as I am not free

I worked many an hour in my...

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Its that time a year again, the time of year I feel artistic
Every Spring makes me feel terrific
I get out my thinking cap and write a brand new rap
A rap for all to hear, a...

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Through graveyard
meandering, just
me and Dad
stories sad
abbreviated down to
mostly names and dates

So we tell
their stories by turns
like poor Duane
Dinwiddie
died at age thirty-three of
bee sting allergy

So tragic
how she caught a chill
Angeline
age nineteen
who died before her wedding
day, her...

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I have watched in fascination... 
Witnessed errors in their ways...
I’ve even written poems bout 
The endless games they plays.
I’m talking strictly politics
As politicians come and go,
What their motives and their metal
Represent to men like Joe...
Joe...

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
My name is Duane and welcome to my world.
I live with my family and friends in the hood;
I'm not Denzel, but I still look good.
I love classic cartoons, video games,
Cooking...

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On a cool October breeze in 1973,
A child was born with a blanket worn;
That baby was cute, little me.

Two days before Halloween,
The first things I have seen
Is nurses in white, hospital lights,
And my parents behind...

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As I traveled through the years
There were many long, sometimes difficult days that were my Life.
I had grown tired, and as I became weary I had realized
My life seemed empty, but was often full of...

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Your eyes caught me by surprise
And your beauty, I did not realize
I did not realize until it was too late
I was yours period, no need to mitigate

For every moment we are together
You can tell it...

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I sit here staring into space
Black and white is common place
Many see reds and browns
And other colors as seen on clowns

Black and white is all I can see
Other colors are so empty
I can see clearer...

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Memorial Day is a day to remember those that have past
Keeping the pursuit of happiness in our grasp
They paid the ultimate sacrifice so willingly
Allowing all of us to have that barbeque under the tree

Take the...

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You all were taken way to soon
To go and listen to an angel's tune
As you sit and listen to their song
You are not where you belong

You belong with your loved ones
Enjoying the thoughts of days...

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When it’s time for me to go into the ground
I don’t want you to make a weeping sound
I have lived my life alive and free
Protecting this land, our country
If you could grant me this last...

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Here is another poem for you to ponder
As I sit here and let my mind wander
Are you all you think you can be?
Or are you a drain on society?

Look in the mirror and stare at...

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My Love, Today you are a year older
Our love has grown stronger and bolder
Today is a special day for you, I must express
It’s the day you were born into this world of mess

We met only...

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This is not a masterpiece not a big surprise
To see these words appear before my eyes
Do I continue to write these little notes?
Or go back to being a normal bloke
It is a huge surprise to...

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I often wonder where life began
Was it in the water or from a grain of sand
I sit and ponder this world of ours
As I sit and sip this beer in this bar

As I sit and...

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