Long Rattler Poems
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The Legend of Justin Case - Both Audio and TextJustin Case - the weirdest guy in the all of Buxton county - did a lot o’ crazy things that most would never try,
And even weirder - just before he’d do the things he did...
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Categories:
rattler, hilarious,
Form:
Narrative
Thomas Found the Philosopher's StoneThomas was walking through his favorite part of the forest,
where the overturned giant oak tree has been a sitting spot
for him since childhood, the part of the forest that is lit
a little bit thanks to...
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Categories:
rattler, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Narrative
MirmanthaWhat once was a peaceful, delightful place
Joyful and friendly creatures in God’s grace
A stunning morning, a soulful sunrise
A village heaven has gifted, a prize
The most grandiose of rainbow arches
The villagers, spirited because March is
The...
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Categories:
rattler, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Narrative
The Universe Is ImmenseHow many people with foreboding palpitations
have I seen slip from middle age and slide into old age?
They slither into their last refuge, the dirt hole,
and ignorantly nestle into the forever unknown life stream
The ones who...
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Categories:
rattler, death, life, metaphor, peace, political, truth,
Form:
Prose
Crazy On a ThursdayEveryday is a new day
Except Thursday the symptom always replay
Madness, mental instability, psychological disorder.
Call it what you may
It’s the same thing every Thursday
Her frienenemies taunted and teased her all day long
But on Thursday, they singing...
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Categories:
rattler, adventure, bullying, crazy, discrimination, humorous,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
A Good Day to Die(A little slice of paradise, 2021)
A Good Day to Die
Every time I go climbing I think, “This could be the day I die.”
I also think this when driving in really bad conditions
or when flying on...
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Categories:
rattler, appreciation, death, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
The Confession of Dodge MartinA lonely rider traversed the sand upon his sturdy mount,
Beneath a sky so filled with stars that no man might ever count.
A dangerous dash across open land on a night without a moon,...
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Categories:
rattler, cowboy-western, death, house, brother, night, brother, house,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Speak Your Mind, But Ride A Fast HorseThat be cold sun rose yonder, our heads be hot, I'd declare,
I'll get Whitey my critter, worked all night, best she nicker.
'Bout saddlin' her real tight, or I'll headlong out of sight,
I want movin' nice...
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Categories:
rattler, analogy, animal, appreciation, best friend, horse, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
The Tumbleweed LullabyOh lord hear the lonesome cowboys lullaby, singing beneath
The vast prairie open sky.
Hush, do they not lull the restless cattle to sleep, by a soft
Undertones sweet melody.
Drifting plains men, singing of the sorrows broken hearted,
And...
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Categories:
rattler, history, imagination, inspirational, international, longing, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Bat and Gat: Unwelcome Picnic GuestThe picnic was set for today:
A cause for two hips and hooray.
With Split and Blueberry,
Their time would be merry
That’s if nothing got in their way…
The deviled eggs had to come first,
‘Cause a picnic without...
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Categories:
rattler, animal, hero, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Snake ChessThe night was dark an stormy,
The Billy goat went blind,
It flew into a barbed wire fence
and tore its never mind, {anonomous?}
Ole Don he drove the A model Ford,
At least it was a ute…{utility/pickup}
He...
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Categories:
rattler, adventure,
Form:
Ballad
That DayShe lives in the desert
with skin the color of sandstone
and the texture of an orange.
She’s a man’s man if you ever saw one.
Her carbine seems to have a mind of it’s own,
never knowing, when in...
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Categories:
rattler, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Even the Snakes and the Bloody Moonsweet pungent odor
fermented hay
dark and warm
slithers of light spit
through the cracks of the
warped weathered wood
old pie tin lies in the dirt
in its corner
where the mean old bull snake
drank milk with the cats
and kept...
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Categories:
rattler, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
The WalkAs I walk through the misty rain drenched woods
I hear the whispers of my ancestors drifting through the trees
I have past here time and again, physically and mentally
The ghosts of deer and many rabbits...
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Categories:
rattler, death, mystery, me, old, time, sound, me,
Form:
Couplet
Rattler of Diet Tips and WarningsA strange woman blasted into the family reunion
Came in loud and crass; obnoxious. Showing off.
No one knew her.
I was selected to ask her to leave.
Mom! She said.
It was one of my foster children from way...
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Categories:
rattler, humorous,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Old RedOld Red
There was this old dog that hung around our neighborhood.
Everybody just called him old Red, ugly as could be, but his temperament was good.
Old Red had a nose that could sniff out...
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Categories:
rattler, animals, caregiving, friendship, happiness, love, pets, old,
Form:
Verse
Earth PraiseRocky, high lofty mountains do stand tall and
boisterous waves continuously applaud
The rooster crows to commence:
musicians of dolphins, humpbacks and orcas,
vibe with sonic vibrations and
voice their vocal orchestras
Ravens, seagulls and doves chirp the song
The...
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Categories:
rattler, animal, beauty, christian, creation, earth, imagery, nature,
Form:
Imagism
Language of SummerSummer speaks to me by waking me up early
Playing tunes of beautiful song bird melodies
Blowing cool breezes in early mornings
Creating chimes of rustling tree leaves
She speaks to me through marvels of elaborate spider webs
Through...
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Categories:
rattler, giving, growth, happiness, summer,
Form:
Personification
Snake 101Since the Garden of Eden and Cleopatra,
snakes strike great fear in man
I have it—ophidiophobia---
legless lizards equal repulsion
Slithering, sliding as they move
something about friction and scales
like goose bumps on human flesh
more than I want to...
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Categories:
rattler, animal, fear,
Form:
Free verse
D. H. Lawrence Was a Better ManD. H. Lawrence was a Better Man
I read about his snake
And was quite impressed with the
Alliteration and symbolism he used
To express that moment
As they met at the “stone trough.”
I appreciated his struggle...
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Categories:
rattler, animals, education, introspectioneducation, voice, voice,
Form:
Free verse
A Cowboy's Last WillA Cowboy's Last Will
The old cowboy struggled for breath,
Heartbeat faint, his eyes set
He whispered softly before death -
"Wait! I ain't finished yet! "
"Don't lay me where my feet are cold
Or where the lightnin' plays.
Keep me...
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Categories:
rattler,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
The Day Old Queenie DiedWe were having a chivaree for Bob
And his brand new wife, little Laurie Lee,
When Betsy ran up from the barn and sobbed
That old Queenie was as sick as could be.
Old Queenie was a horse long...
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Categories:
rattler, animals, cowboy-western, death, life, pets, old, old,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
The Nefarious Scream- the Dark and Twisted ContestThe Nefarios Scream
Camping in isolated lands of parks and creeks
Untold experiences of adventurous beauty
Nefarious acts eclipse joys of freedom
Blowing up cars to bar any escape
Tents knifed through in the darkness of the night
Wakening...
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Categories:
rattler, adventure, vacation,
Form:
Elegy
Blackbird PieWhat do you need right now?
I feel like I would enjoy a long retreat
from human voices,
a free to reverse
get out of jail vacation
from inside voices,
especially my own.
Who would keep you entertained?
Who would you listen to
with...
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Categories:
rattler, appreciation, earth, environment, happiness, health, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
Mountain Meaning Iii - Death of AnthropoceneAs I hike
The winding Rattler paths of Green Mountain
It’s tempting to think
Beneath my skidding leather shoes
These marbles of red stones
Were scattered and tossed here
Just today
Laid out
While I was still eating breakfast
Though I know
The mountain is...
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Categories:
rattler, creation, earth, religion, spiritual, time, truth, universe,
Form:
Free verse