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Premium Member Road Unknown

We've passed it by........so many times 
Along this twisted........ asphalt highway
A sign that's nailed,....... so crudely fashioned
       To peeling bark.......upon the yoke of gnarled, old cottonwood tree.
It marks a fork of the ....backwood road                                                                             
Where gravel branches....bends and sways                                                                         
  And meanders through......the glade                                                                >>.....???
                  Where lies a ...... dry creek bed                                                    >...
     And poison oak thrives ......and secrets hide                                            >...
   Home for an old battered mailbox.......lonely and bereft                        >...
            So many times,.......so many other days in passing by             >...
      Catching glimpse of........peeling painted evidence                     >...
     Of something which lies....... beyond our view                      >...
     Have I wondered.........  pondered, what lies beyond...         >... 
        What course if  .........we followed....                              >...  
      If just this once ........we turned and broke away          >....
                             .......... ......................................>.....>
                          .......... ...................................>......
Changed our course....... followed the unknown.
Where the creek ......... runs dry,
And banks are rife........
   With chokecherry....... and willow scrub
The leaves layered.......  with chalk white dust
                            ........
Will we ever know .............
                                 ......... What lies beyond the fork in the road?
                                   .........    Will we ever know?.....
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Form: Shape


Premium Member Dreamtime: State Fair of Mind

DREAMTIME: STATE FAIR OF MIND 

the barren vendor 
 sold wishes 
 to those 

 hoping 
 to 
 forget 

 at the back of the room 
 wizened old men 
 sat together on a bench 
 across from old fur hats 

 tricornes and hamburgs 
 bowlers and fedoras 
 high hats, admiral hats 
 and others 
 too rare 
 for my knowledge 
 or experience 
 all positioned firmly 
 on 
 head stretchers 
 covered in dust 

 a reminder 
 linking the past 

 now 
  the old Black man 
 who governed this booth 
 sold large 
 round chocolate bars 
 handmade 
 of finest quality 

 he offered my friend one 
 but 
 strangely 
 ignored me 

 everyone 
 gathered in the field 
 as wagons passed by 
 on parade 

 the 
 atmosphere 
 was quite gay 
 carnival like 

 friends 
 waving to each other 

 no 
 one 
 recognized 
 me
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Premium Member Moon People

When others sleep 
I lie awake
Waiting
For night
To become day.

Rubbing 
The sun
From my eyes
Everything I 
Tried to forget
Comes back
Like an angry wave.

Hearing about the hurricane
And the neglect
I went to New Orleans
Barely knew the place
Only what I heard
Creoles and Mardi Gras 
The Big Easy and 
Good times
A distant city singing
Its own sad song
From the South.
 
Long days and 
Months later
A fever came round 
From damp nights and bad food
A public health doctor
Looked at me
With an innocence
And worry
I haven’t seen 
Since childhood. 
 
Restless
One night
I set out 
Towards the outskirts 
Of the city.
 
Fires burned everywhere
Violence 
Lay waiting
In gaping holes
Of empty houses
And abandoned cars
The spider web of
Death
Hovered above
Waiting for its next victim 
I thought I saw the worst
But I hadn’t.
 
On a garbage strewn road
Was an old woman
Patiently 
Stirring some sort of gumbo
In a beat up tin pot
I approached her
In the darkness
We were
Two solitary 
Figures on a dirt road
The space between us 
No more than a foot
From the fire 
The veins on the back of her hands 
Stood out
Her face hidden in the flickering shadows
“I’m noticing you 
You’re a stranger
You don’t belong here.”
 
Looking past me
She asked,
“Tell me mister
If they put a man on the moon
Can't they rescue people in a flood?’
I had no answer 
Tapping the spoon
Against the side of the pot
She spoke to no one in particular, 
“Must be
We got to be people
On the moon
Before anyone can help us”.
Behind us
Shadows moved
Heavy voices were heard.

A sudden downpour came 
The rain turning
The dirt road to mud
The old woman shrugged and left
I walked back to camp
Leaving as lost 
As I came.
 
The night
Became a faint memory
I slept forever
Exhausted
I opened my eyes
To see wet clothes
And muddy boots 
In the corner
Of my room
Then I knew
The night
Hadn’t been
A dream after all.
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Form: Narrative

Premium Member Old Barns, Old Folks and Old Wine

Old barns, old folks and old wine - an unlikely trio upon which to muse,
But the analogies will become manifest as upon each I proffer my views.
Though the vicissitudes of life have taken their toll on each (that is very clear),
They tend to become more beautiful and majestic with each passing year!

Old barns once sported crimson paint and were so handsome in their day,
But o'er the years the scorching sun turned their boards to a silvery gray.
A fragile framework of hand-hewn oak and wooden pegs holds them together.
They lean precariously but despite the howling gales, they resisted raging weather!

Like old barns, old folks may wear a few scars and wrinkles here and there,
And lean upon a cane to steady themselves and wear crowns of silver hair,
But 'tis the inner beauty of their very souls that shines in all they do,
Having overcome the storms of life and the seasons they've struggled through!

Alas, old barns and old folks lose their sap as their years steadily decline,
But they gracefully mellow as they age like a splendid vintage wine!
They've both maintained their dignity through many trials untold,
But each of them must ruefully face the fact that they are growing old!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Form: Rhyme

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