Long Lead off Poems

She’s rolled up with patience
dedication and faith in the Lord;
her strictness punctuated a shared vision
that focused on learning acquisition.

  Her punctuality, precision, and determination
  to teach her pupils with discipline and right focusing;
...

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Afternoons the sky shuts down around the swamp's warning tapes
propped up with restoration piping and dirt leak fencing.
We’re fleeing toward the wild, seeking the names and shapes, 
the same way the Cedar Waxwing flit and...

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Have you ever had a major itch
Deep inside your brain
Where your whole face does a Chubby Checkers twist
Driving you erratically down crazy lane

You need to find that special something 
To cram far enough up your...

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SHOT AT…
Yes I went shooting with some city fellows to the Moonie
We got a place to shoot that had the wild pigs
So we are walking through a crop of something green and blooming
When a porker...

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I lay here thinking of your questions, and thoughts
how could You not know of what...
would it be like
for me looking at flowers on the streets of New York
at the one of many open store fronts
crowded...

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(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat".)

The Mudville nine and Casey have their chance for sweet revenge;
They play today in Dirtburg, their misfortune to avenge.
Two mighty Casey homers have us...

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San Gabriel Refrain

Take honesty because that's what matters; 
evasion is the truth - suppressed. 
Lies thrive on corrupt laws, noisome splatters
that cannot get past the smell test.
What happens when guilt, gut feelings ensue?
If it serves...

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Baseball and beer and a beautiful woman 

Baseball and beer 
and a beautiful woman
Tonight, such a 
wonderful date

Two teams are playing,
while one love we're sharing,
who cares who is up
at the plate

Her team gets a hit
and...

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Words are always flowing through my mind like a poison
Down my spine
You slip your hand
Purely physical
Then in my brain
Your touch 
Gives me shivers
Something you can’t touch

I’m pretty much untouchable
Subliminal
not imminent
limited to touch
I hate you so...

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RICKEY HENDERSON 
IS ELITE 
HE DID IT ALL 
ON HIS OWN TWO FEET
 
RICKEY'S WELL KNOWN 
FOR STOLEN BASES 
LEAD OFF HOMERS 
AGAINST THE ACES 

SILVER SLUGGER 
GOLDEN GLOVE 
A TALENTED ATHLETE 
AND CUT ABOVE...

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A GREATER LOVE

A greater love, a holy kiss,
     one like the lyrics:
i feel the earth move under my feet
i feel the sky come tumbling down, tumbling down****

the Spirit of God, his...

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It can even be misconstrued as ... A.I. 
Mayhaps 'Creation', hm ... read it again. 
I know Adam was chosen to lead off in that direction and all those after him--and nobody said stop, not...

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The stance of the batter
the pitcher like a hungry hawk eying it's prey
keenly with roving eyes checking those on base
the sun beats down,smells and sounds fill the air
the pitcher begins to prepare
he doesn't seem to...

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