Long Front(a) Poems

Bands of sunlight
Streamed through the curtains
Woke up to a glorious spring day
In Lowndes County Georgia 1918
Little Sara and Clint jumped in our bed
For morning hugs around
A day to remember
Filled with love, legacy
Our people

Slipped on my...

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Vinyl (3/1/19)

“Wow, everybody just cleared out.
“That’s what happens when you leave a
“Bookstore with vinyl.”

I haven’t a clue what she meant
And to be perfectly honest, I’m not
Sure she knew either. She also
Carried some vinyl from the...

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 narrative 

Old Rinzburger was dead, 
only his wife has doubts. 
Death certificate had been signed.
by the banker, his best friend, 
He will soon take bids on his property.

An ancient once busy windmill 
dominates the...

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I met an old man in Atlantic City, in a library by the shore  
Through the glass, the ocean shimmered, he couldn't ask for more  
He said he'd been retired since his wife...

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Readers note; Wrote this story concept five years ago. Have an additional fifty pages if interest spikes.

The Charcoal Man; Part One

Cohen & I were sitting in class whilst Mrs. Knooman picked up a withered piece...

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A Hero’s Story

She was an old lady an Aunt I remembered well
Sitting chatting with my mother on the subjects they didn’t dwell
Looking at her face and into her eyes
I saw pain that could not be...

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A McMansion for Sale

By Elton Camp

It’s a deal that can’t be beat.
Why, it has 4,000 square feet.
The ceilings are ten feet high.
In this extraordinary house buy.

The garage will hold four cars.
It has two dens, both...

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There is something I notice about women
That has me quite amuse
And the more I think about it
I am becoming more and more confuse

While walking down the street yesterday
In front a beauty saloon I stop
And when...

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Yesterday before the sun awoke as odd as this may be
I paused while I was walking to have a conversation with a tree.

Now you might think it crazy conversing with a tree
but, in my defense,...

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I dance his Caribbean music i wrote lyrics to his tropical beats harmony we met after night classes business and real estate funny how we met i was dancing in front a giant picture window...

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I read a notice in the paper about a free Church dinner
“I’m going, this will be a winner”
Saturday morning I sped out to eat
Thinking this is really a big treat.

I walked thru the big arch...

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The Boys in The Back
By Sy Roth

The right hand turned the waters 360 degrees
Then another willful rotation
Until the bubbling chicken-fatty waters splashed over the sides
While the boys in the back did their algebraic calculations
Considering the...

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The British traded with Major Murfree,
a galling fire the redcoats did see,
while Wayne waded through the deep swampland,
at the front a corps of axemen did walk,
to cut down abbatis that might still block,
the slogging pace...

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Many broken souls are going to church today.
The bell’s are ringing and mass is ready to begin.
An old man sits in the back with his head facing down.
Hands are held tightly together in front praying...

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The sweet scent of sea salt across your face
 The million miles between our hearts both time and space
 Memories of laughter, dancing and love together in one place
 Do you remember the dress I...

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OLD BOB

Tell ya bout old Bob
Long bout O-One he lost his job
Twernt much ova job    I fear
Hadn’t been fer many a year
Standin out front a this here super store
Welcoming folk in ...

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Defeated by Time
By: Tom Wright
2/8/03

His perch, a wagon seat high above the highway.
Directly in front----a four up; directly behind------a chuck wagon.
I've often wondered, what portion of life,
"Wagon John" has spent looking at the north end...

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Will Not Bow

Having inner strength comes with a price, as you will see I've had to roll the dice, but with sweat upon brow, you'll see i didn't bow.

I have had a struggle for two,...

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Old Lord Harry put up a good front.
He hid socks in his pants as a stunt.                   ...

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Humpty Dumpty through a pass
Back and forth he broke like glass
I’m at the finish I watch him crumble
inch away dam I stumble

Cinderella called  me out 
Her curves so hot
Out on the spot
Asked her to...

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In the dark of the night, on an All Hallows' Eve,
as I lay down my head and got snugged in the bed,
'twas a shadow that bloomed, caused all senses to leave,
as a huge hairy spider...

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I start to discover and explore..
I have known someone by worldwide end..

We start to chat..
exchanging informations witout VAT or Bath..

How could i know will be this close..
Sensitive enough to feel..

In high or low pitch tones..
In...

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The black earth just below the moss.
It's headiness held down.
On top a carpet green and soft
The comfort of a crown.

To walk is just a hop of heart
A bounce a joy away.
To feel it is to...

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Ah done cum frum tha ol' times
Whar we's jist roams free
I's gots a gun, a hoss un grub
'Un bedroll 'neath a tree.

Sum times ah jist works fer grub
An theys the tother times
Ah's jist watches tha...

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My Covid hat had a mask on the side.
A mask in the front, a mask in the back.
Each mask had a message. Something sassy.
Something that said Goodbye 2020.
Something to say glad you’ve died 2020.

My Covid...

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