Long Range in Poems

*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***

Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests 
No blood in his steak, apple pie with sweet cream. Aces cooks that meal
to perfection...

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Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations

Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass killings
rip across fabric of society
buzzfeeding, jump/kickstarting, 
paradigm of mortality.

Since January first
two...

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Joe Biden was a "Senator and Vice-President of "The United States Of  America" who supports "Justice" and rejects "Injustice"!!!!!!!!Joe Biden as a "Senator" "Rejected" "The Republican Agenda To cut back "82%" in "Funding for...

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Tick tick tick tick boom in an instant 
macerated flesh would be the last images 
of me I never wondered just what damages 
would occur from a car bomb being ignited 
right in my face...

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New Year's Eve 2021

December thirty first
two thousand twenty one countdown
will transparently and seamlessly stream into
simultaneously linkedin January first
two thousand and twenty two,
whereby the Ball a geodesic sphere,
12 feet in diameter,
and weighing 11,875 pounds.

The aforementioned Ball...

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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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Escapees: Accommodating Adversities

                    The subjective state of those who are well in
    ...

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POTD 24TH April 2025


In acknowledgement to Michael Tor for the invitation to collaborate and create a music video on this heart rendering ballad of the Lonesome Whippoorwill. Thank you for the opportunity Michael, it was...

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But the sun beating down was taking its toll
Red started to fade though he'd given his soul
they reached the exchange both were ragged and sore
Tex jumped on Blackie and was ready for more

Blackie was a...

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Everyday and there is another story to be told
Of someone dying other then the old
Because todays headlines
Is yesterdays news
And all over again 
It is another mans pain
And the world reads about it all

A little boy...

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Dear People,
         All units of space and time, in this place, it’s time, to unite in oasis as the one true human race!-Arrive. Together, Awaken in stasis;...

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I see the pain in your eyes, 
i see their hatred in 
disguise.
I can feel the pain hidden in 
your pride, 
and i can see nobody by 
your side.
I can see your face been 
masked...

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The concert Band 
A work of reeds, air, and hands 
Reading sheet music isn’t easy
And our uniforms are anti-sleazy
All instruments must be in tune and time
Otherwise we sound like a broken chime

The flutes sound sweet...

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We are the high altitude sentinels.
Our small groves freckle the high plains.
We keep to ourselves, mostly
upon the snow burdened peaks
where our ashen trunks blend
and our barren branches cling
to icy white glitter.

As the breath of winter...

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Before the bawdy houses all went broke, 
Contented cowboys, flush with cash, would go. 
Fernando with his friends and other folk 
Perused each painted pretty there on show. 

These glitter-gloved young ladies lounged in style;...

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Author Dana Redricks 
April 8, 2024

I'm going to ride with you, pray for you, and be a true friend to you. Just like you have been there for me, don't hold back just let yourself...

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The forest floor stretches drum tight, bound by verdant slopes, a timpani of sound.
First greeters of rain’s onslaught, leaves trill joy, form larger drops, a deeper sound

While tires rumble freeways flowing through suburban sprawl like...

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Not a soldier of war
MIA'S Caught up in a family of no one cares just drive by
MIA-Mother's Involvements Always cries
Raising infant, toddler, teenaged boys alone what for
Cousin Charlie sitting on the steps
Not even knowing it's...

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MY CAR MY BUCOLIC.
    
 The speed of my automobile exclusively,
 Depends on the wheelman which earth born, 
 Crave where the passengers await it's destination,
 Seeing an endless road ahead.
 Every...

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Dedication: For my son Michael Zachary
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Heart knows fond place in soul's good time,
Opt to feel good with lavish cheer;
Moments of grace now match sure chimes,
Etch a warm mood that gathers here;


Charm wears a glow that...

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Africa…. Just the mention of her name creates a range of mixed feelings  
Feelings of joy, disappointment and rage, leave me baffled, exhausted!
So vast and beautiful is this land blessed with amazing contrasts 
From...

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Here comes the rain as sun shines bright,
Streak rainbow plain in radiant light.


Feel thought now hurl a profound think,
Yet sense somehow a causal link.


Indulge your heart as mind plays games,
Begin and start what ego names.


Sure...

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Praise Lord

Let your mind frizz not, in the evil flash of thoughts. 
Embrace within.
 Light of night, his key is king.
 Lock road with joy. 
Neither nor eyes blind switch. 
Seek name let all be...

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The Devil rose from Hades with a roll call in his hand,
the names he’d burned into his list, the worse throughout the land.
They’d lied and stole and cheated, and had cared not who they harmed
and...

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Pay heed to joy,
Joy that sets free,
Free will that toys,
Toys just to see.


Hurl your fine chimes,
Chimes that lines wear,
Wear to hold rhymes,
Rhymes that thought bears.


String words that live,
Live with fond taste,
Taste sounds time gives,
Gives to...

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