Long Hard man Poems

The range in its majesty gives way to open thoughts of the wild things in taming, I have eaten hard pan and dust as my regular meal to be had.

I to the constant trail beaten...

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For example a Dachshund dog was thrown 5 floors to his death
The owner photographed this and posted it online
His dog looked like he was sleeping but was dead

I tracked the Dachshund Dog’s Killer down and...

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ACE CANNONS' CANON 

Through the morning, shimmering with colors that wavering, fade
from a desert where heat is a hue, and history's due
cactus and trees, knotted and sparse, a portrait some mad god must'f bade
into being,...

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Pop was quite a poet,
though his bio wouldn’t show it,
with the exception of this little poem
which I really do feel I owe him.

He was happiest working in the wood,
and did so when ere he could.
That...

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when was it
the sadness?
did I tell you to forget it
or was it just like the burden
of a thinking man
that thinks before and after
he speaks
who has to open doors without
doorknobs
and when did I realize that everyone
was...

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Holiday Phone Calls,
Bah Humbug!
Written: by Tom Wright
12/3/2014

“Out of area” our machine’s voice did say,
Or “800 SVC” announced in her special way.
The screen displays names I seldom know,
Oft times some politician just wanting to blow;
A Sheriff...

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In the iron grey days of the 1950's change changed everything, good or bad,
Tom, who was the local coal-man for this area, a hard man of steel but kind,
He tried to speak but no words...

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In the iron grey days of the 1950's change changed everything, good or bad,
Tom, who was the local coal-man for this area, a hard man of steel but kind,
He tried to speak but no words...

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My Dad was a pretty hard man I guess,
well that's what I remember of him,
I know more of him through stories I've been told,
very few memories do I have left of my own.

I know he...

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What is the number of heads of families that have been nasty drunk in their homes,
How many drunken rages hang like blisters on chapped lips when cowards abuse wives,
The number of bruises made by a...

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I listen as she slowly breathes

Praying to God this isn't when she will leave

So far she's lasted longer then anyone thought

Now wrapped up in the red tape we are caught

Papers waiting to be signed

Every dotted...

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A new year has rounded the corner,
with grave news hard on its heels.
A father's friend at kinship's dawn,
a clan's family, by life's sudden dusk.

In so many respects my father's twin,
he could look in a mirror...

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Tyson the Cat.

There was a cat, some years ago,
who liked to stand his ground.
Terriers, poodles, mongrels,
He'd fight that type of hound.

I'd watch as dogs raced up to him,
barking fit to bust,
he'd just turn to face...

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With much disdain i say this
That much like we adapt to environments
Our environments molds into us All we experience
We are what we endure.

Wish we, and by we I mean he
could've shaken this tainted water from...

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I once was a farmer
I worked the land
I reaped the corn 
With a scythe in my hand

I ploughed my furrow
I sowed my seed 
I grew my crops
My family to feed

One day hot and thirsty 
With...

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I once was a farmer
 I worked the land
I reaped the corn 
With a scythe in my hand

I ploughed my furrow
I sowed my seed 
I grew my crops
My family to feed

One day hot and thirsty...

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Johnney Ringo a hard man a cowboy a clute
Leads Stallion and mares to the valley and bute
This white rearing beauty looms large on two legs
Call on a price who sells or who begs

Sweep down to...

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Hard man,

sad man in disguise

trying to cover up

what’s behind the lies

look into his face

see behind the eyes

the pain and the hurt

he’s suffered in his life.

Hard man

tries acting like he don’t care

spends his time creating

an atmosphere...

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The poems have been flowing like a river

Must take advantage while it happens

I think they say, “while the iron is hot!”



Other very familiar idioms like...

“A bigger bang for your buck” sure has sexual overtones

“Take the...

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Suffering in silence I feel lost and insecure
thinking about all torment I’ve had to endure. 
I remember how easy life was in my youth, 
I thought days were hard; man wish I knew the truth,
that...

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There are times in a mans life when he knows he's the best
This is the time his mind and body are undoubtedly the hardest

He's focused more then ever on the tasks at hand
Making him shown...

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This is written to the rhythm of the Ballad of the Green Beret
By Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler
And
Robin Moore
***
Let us roam
upon the seas
we dont want
to make history
we're fighting for
the land we love
so let us sail
though we...

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The words of a hard man sitting alone
Lighting fire beneath the hand, beneath him
It’s not his way, to be accident prone

Can he be caught, by the other one slim
Those that bite. can seem to multiply...

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On one of those old black-and-whites 
with Orson "Spendthrift" Welles on board, 
and many memos lying ignored, 
the studio's money men took fright. 

They brought in Stephen "hard man" Fier 
to get the budget back...

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I jump, but can not leap:
entreating you is like two parallel streets
that do not meet.
     My lips, employ straightforward plain words as hidden clues.
Note: I am not a man of eloquent,...

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