Long Old work Poems
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Thinking Outside the Box When It Comes To PensionsAm I really the only one thinking outside the box,
When it comes to pension costs,
Regardless of whether people are able to work or not,
With some working til they drop.
Let me open my box and tell...
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Categories:
old work, age, appreciation, autumn, blessing, business, change, education,
Form:
Didactic
Death Is Nothing: the True Story of Nat Turner - Part 1The original version of this piece is too long for me
to post in its entirety, so it had to be sectioned off. Of
all that I've written, I am most proud of this work...
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Categories:
old work, historygod, me, old, work, grandmother, day, god,
Form:
Rhyme
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SUN TRAN history
Passenger Pigeons carry messages to people entrenched at
www.wwone/ditched in doughboy britches wearing Army boots of wool
August 3, 1914 special...
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Categories:
old work, death, fantasy, imagination, mystery, science fiction, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
My Ambitions As a WriterI pick my pen up to express myself with hopes that my words will inspire
I bleed on the pad to show how much poetry means to me
I try to write the words so well...
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Categories:
old work, emotions, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational, meaningful, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Folk Dance"The Folk Dance"
On the backs of well formed muscular miners
Working hard in the trenches on a daily basis
For the men who need coal, fat cats and such
Dirty, sweaty and tireless toil try to wear...
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Categories:
old work, happiness, life, old, work, people, old, people,
Form:
Free verse
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"I find it very hard that I should be the only one to suffer the most extreme penalties of the
law." - BILLY the Kid...
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Categories:
old work, cowboy-western, historyold, work, old, work,
Form:
Rhyme
The Curing of Young Fred McpheeOn the outer Paroo where most septics are few
And the outhouse has still pride of place;
Poor old Toby McPhee worked a small property
With his son and his darling wife Grace.
When...
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Categories:
old work, funny, son, old, work, old, son, work,
Form:
Ballad
Our Qt SaviorIn the cold of the morn with a crisp cloudy day…
A flat tire assailed a young girl, as she went on her way.
Young and full of life but definitely overwhelmed…
She was late for work and...
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Categories:
old work, adventure, angst, art, caregiving, faith, fear, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Hungerford[ In the early 1890's, Henry Lawson tramped to Hungerford which inspired him to
write a short story on his reflections. In the 1980's I was part of a team
connecting Hungerford ...
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Categories:
old work, life, people, places, write, old, work, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghetto SantaUpon our roof top did he arrived, two reindeers short and blood shot eyes. With his gray
and black beard with bits of food inside…I thought it was suppose to be white? They...
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Categories:
old work, funny, holiday, old, old, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
The Scythe's Ring Across the FieldsSitting watching a June summer king establish his reign over hazy hills and dusty dales,
I could just hear a sharpened scythe's ring across green fields cutting away at the corn,
With the hustle and bustle of...
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Categories:
old work, nature, old, work, summer, autumn, green, june,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Reminisce, I MissI reminisce, I miss.... ...
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Categories:
old work, child, computer, fun, old, work,
Form:
Free verse
The Vomitif you sit down with that infamous poorly written work of fiction &
you read it cover to cover,
you may not feel a thing---
you may, in fact, simply close the book & toss it in the...
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Categories:
old work, life, old, work, may, old, work,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Man and the MuleA faint outline appeared in the early morn
a full moon still shed its light, dark shadows
spread across the land casting an eerie
shadow over the far distant hills.
An old buckboard clattered along...
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Categories:
old work, life, old, work, old, time, work,
Form:
Free verse
A Special Breed of MenHis old hands were calloused from all the many years of work and toil.
His life seemed to be his work and the never ending search for oil.
Seven days a week with no...
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Categories:
old work, adventure, friendship, life, on work and workingold,
Form:
Verse
Winter SleepMy grandfather
Worked hard all his life
And died
When I was
Away.
I remember him
Sitting in the dark
By the kitchen stove
On cold winter nights
Rubbing his calloused hands
Over and over again
Not saying a word
To anyone
Listening to...
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Categories:
old work, lifeold, work, winter, me, old, winter, work,
Form:
Narrative
Cowboy PhilosopherAn old cowpoke throwed his leg over the well-worn saddle horn,
And tilted back his ten-gallon hat that was sweat-stained and worn.
From his shirt pocket he took a Bull Durham tobacco pouch,
And with one hand made...
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Categories:
old work, day, me, old, work,
Form:
Rhyme
DaveyI heard the bad news Monday morning
Everybody's saying,"Wow, what a drag."
Seems the skin heads had some point to prove
Now little Davey's dead in his sleeping bag
so I found myself a spot with green grass
somewhere way...
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Categories:
old work, death, life, loss, social, urban, old, work,
Form:
Ballad
An Old Man's CrumblesAn old man's crumbles........
I am an old man and no matter I say or do.
But still I am living with my stubbornness heart
I have complications with health history
and hospitals always welcome me
Sometime, my heart beats...
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Categories:
old work, life, old, work, memory, life, me, memory,
Form:
Light Verse
My TricycleWith a smile upon my face and a twinkle in my eye
I rode my sister's tricycle with an accomplished sigh
Traveling as fast as my three year old legs could carry me
Feeling the wind in...
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Categories:
old work, childhood, sister, sister, old, work, old, sister,
Form:
Rhyme
An Old Man's CrumbleAn old man's crumble....
I am an old man and no matter I say or do.
But still I am living with my stubbornness heart
I have complications with health history
and hospitals always welcome me
Sometime, my heart beats...
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Categories:
old work, funny, old, work, memory, life, me, memory,
Form:
Light Verse
Working ManStiff joints,
Tired to the bone,
For mere coins,
I work all alone,
Rough hewn hands,
Tarnished by labor,
While times slipping sands,
... Erode this old trader,
Get a little ahead,
Then quickly fall...
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Categories:
old work, hope, introspection, life, philosophy, social, old, work,
Form:
Ballad
Is Time Continuous Through Existence and Non Existence ( a Case Study)I’m asleep, therefore nothing exists.
Just my mind and a hangover from last night being pissed
Existence is only evident from the point I open my eyes
And the pain I feel from the knife in the back...
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Categories:
old work, funnyme, old, work, wife, me, old, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Unzipped Lips Part IiSo my first lesson taught me, if intellect spawns logic, then of that I want no part!
“Orwell” Had the answer;
in satire the presidium displeased, when he made it plain to everyone,
one cannot rule with...
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Categories:
old work, day, life, old, work,
Form:
Free verse
Tucson To TexasShe says she feels the safest standing in the pouring rain
But it could rain for forty years and never wash away the pain
The bitter taste of grief will always be hers to swallow
Since she lost...
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Categories:
old work, cowboy-western, death, life, loss, love, people, sad,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry