Long Rear window Poems

THE DRAGLINE  for Pete Brett 

One hundred foot boom 
 7-½-yard bucket 
The tracks are like 
 Ones on the tracks of a tank
They go chunk clunk and clank  

Arm of the boom...

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I can still remember
back when I was a kid
I had a friend called Millie
and we were made for each other
just like peanut butter and jelly
on a piece of crusty bread

on a Sunday afternoon
I'd go round...

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Driving South Dakota in December
Means you’re a “Stupid Club” member
I’d never even heard of a “White Out”
That’s what this story’s all about

Cruising along and relaxed as can be
My three daughters, my wife and me
You could...

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It had been a hot and dusty week chasin' them wily steers thro' the chaparral.
And, later, sweatin, cussin' and brandin' them wild critters in the old corral!
It was Saturday night and he was headin' for...

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A Lollipop Day

A swing stalls mid swings
kicked dirt strewed a ground
a swing seat goes empty
a boy whacks away at clung dirt
     ~~lawn trails a dusty path,

Blue jeans stand at attention
further treatment...

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Seven years old-
I learned about her Easter Sunday Night-
on the Channel 9 news.
It was to have been a very special Easter-
not that all Easters aren’t special-
to most children.
But this one was different-
not in the normal...

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In Philadelphia, in the year 1929,
an actress was born that had a career that was fine.
Grace Kelly, the daughter of Jack and Margaret Kelly,
came from quite a distinguished Irish Catholic family.
Her father was successful as...

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She calls, I follow to the windowsill
I smile, knowing just what there is to come,
a rainy day, a cat with time to kill
but all the same I'm well 'under her thumb'.
Open the window, she sticks...

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The Wagon

                       The Radio Flyer that carried my friend
    ...

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(To my sweet husband that I miss so very much)

I still have all of your pictures, stashed neatly
away in a box.
I also have keepsakes from that camping trip,...
yes, I still have those rocks.

I have all...

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Road Rage
By: Tom Wright
8/2/2006

The latest phenomenon
Of “Britches” day and age,
Was his life’s first encounter?
With the tag Road Rage;

It had happened one night
Or was it early morning?
It began without inkling,
Thought, plan, or warning.

“Britches” couldn’t recall
If hour...

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His years spanned 1908-1997
reaching the grand age of 89
played many a character in his life
giving each one his special shine

My memories of Jimmy Stewart
goes back many a year for me
'Dear Brigitte' was the first I...

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It was a short drive, but through it all
Spring came, then Summer, then Autumn, then Winter.
The car had six windows,
in each window a girl peered inward;
one was named ‘love’, the other ‘fear’,
the other ‘loathing’, then...

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sharing a slice of pizza
sharing our dreams like a butterscotch milkshake
all out of napkins
bathroom paper towels as a substitute
waterfront booth vibe
barry manilow made it through the rain again
air supply is always all out of love
christopher...

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kindney stone children out from god
  passing through blood and blindfolded 
angels.

Passing on the left with turn signals
flashing from different angles..

 now im pretty sure there is a proverb
 in the headlights of a...

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path on foot of miles away
tender snowy air starting to play
of all my years i started to see
the fighting roaring falling rain.

almost the people of desert sand
raised their hands blessing had come
I just wish to...

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I stare through the rear window as 
the car begins to move away  
With tears running the gamut of my 
Face my body trembling and wet with 
Sweat 
I choke with anger as the...

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They say they know the point of life, 
That it’s different from just love, 
They say they’re only fishers of men, 
That they’re de Principa and gov. 

Their fish symbol annoyed me so, 
In the...

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D   AND   PB : THE SEQUEL



My dog went out one day	
You’ve  often heard me say
Just me and him…buddies….us
Till he started to chase a bus
Leapt in the door and was shut...

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Life is a short drive,
though the ways be long.
A journey twists and turns
before it can be made straight.

He drove many cars,
most had six windows.
in each window a girl, or woman
peered inward.
one was named ‘love’,
she looked...

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Did you wonder, why? 
Your child kneels on the back seat,
Watches, out of the rear window, 
as your car, gathers, speed?

Being a follower, 
you honk dip and shout,
To overtake cars ahead, 
for the thrill of...

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In youth I looked at life through my front window
Everything was new and unexplored
Expectations flowed like rushing water
Nothing that I viewed could be ignored

Paths untested prompted me to venture
Inhale the fragrance of discovery
Taste the nectar...

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A beautiful young woman who came from very near,
was off and running with a great acting career.
She starred in a movie with Clark Gable titled "Mogambo".
Later, she was paired with James Stewart in "Rear Window".
A...

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There is a swing hanging on a dead tree
Every evening, a girl sits and plays
Back and forth – from a rear window I see
The swing takes her one step closer to the sky
And brings her...

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Passages trail the utter existence
along brick faced wanderings
with puddles reflecting death
in the vast wasteland that calls
from bled out dreams

I listen to the footsteps,
eager to please, left by the curb
beneath graffiti warnings
in spray painted quotes
dripping with...

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