Long Highwaymen Poems

I.
Korlan lived in the Kingdom of Bellteer,
in the capital city of Magoss,
working as a guard on the city walls,
even better, they stationed him up top.

Didn’t have to talk to those who came in,
just walked his...

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II.
When the abbot came to the iron gate
he made no move to invite me in,
said,”I’ve seen fell creatures before this night,
you are a monster of death and of sin.”

I said to him,”Yes, that’s what I’ve...

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Legend of Fosse Way

Riding hard under a moonlight high 
not a leaf rustling and it troubles my mind
In the distance there's music of the lyre and flute 
rippling over the moors
Serenading the stars  
The...

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The pen is greater than the sword or so it’s often said.
A poet’s word still stirs the heart long after he is dead.
The "Elegy" of Thomas Gray can still provoke a thought.
And Campbell’s "Ullin’s Daughter"...

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 Continued from Part 1

The orphans and widows lean into the breeze
watching horrified hangmen descend to their knees 
for the angel of mercy’s no longer inclined
to forgive vengeful  phantoms (oh Furies of night!) ,
...

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The Highwaymen softly play
Me And Bobby Magee
And for the next four hours 
Every single drink is free.
Order what you like friend
And stick it on the slate
Tonight we’re saying goodbye
To my best and oldest mate.

On the...

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" Shall I Ever Be Free"

Alas, my child you shan't!
Get used to a world of can't!
Our brains are fully scrubbed
Like kids in a foaming bath.
Rub-y-dee, rub-y-dee dub.


We've been 'brain-spanked' to
not ask any questions.
We don't dare...

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A life four score and five short years
Of tender hearts and happy tears
Memories of yesteryear he's crafted into song
Each album paved , a stepping stone
The craftsmanship shaped a happy home
The Wordsmiths scribed a worthy tome,...

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LIFES’ ROAD HOGS


You’ll find them on the highways and all along life’s' byways 
And they refuse to see they’re the cause of all the problems 
They ride along the fast lane and make you feel...

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The Pirates
 
Pirates were around in the 16th century, they flew the 
Jolly Roger/Scull & Crossbones and would loot and pillage
Ships at sea, for their rich cargo and gold doubloons
Over the years they have moved...

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Painting by the Florida Highwaymen
 


Take me home to where joy resides. I am most thankfuL
Here. My gifts bestowed by God are strewn like confettI  
Around me! The salty breeze is like a warm...

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Dedicated to the little group of Fort  Pierce ,Florida artists who became known to 
the public as The Highwaymen for their indomitable spirit.

     Paint brush flashes a chill blue shine...

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Etched across unyielding flesh
One red line
Crimson tears wept
Upon linen fresh

Flitting steel
Lay two red lines
Side by side
Odious reminders of hope denied

Chaotic confusion hidden behind
Penniless pronouns
He, she, him or her
Artless words held by Cruelty's Captor

Three red lines
Blood...

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cold wars
and silvery spoons
make me solemn
in the self-closing eyes

always priggish
as a desolate diver
I blindly follow
the northbound shoals

hoarse in the black iris
I'm a tipsy toad
howling in heaven
with frigid manners

resurrected again
in a parquet parlour
of colliding sighs

the highland...

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