Long Rifle Poems
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An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
rifle, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
This Is Feminist UsIt's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.
A veteran,
about...
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Categories:
rifle, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form:
Political Verse
EcclesiaAn old Greek word, ecclesia,
is often translated as church,
but could also be thought of as a civilization
acting civilly,
as a citizenry
acting as responsible citizens.
The noun side of Ecclesia
casts residents as consumers
of democratic and economic cooperative systems,
while...
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Categories:
rifle, culture, fear, health,
Form:
Political Verse
The Escape"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
rifle, history,
Form:
Rhyme
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CONFIDENTIAL HUMANS SOURCE CRISIS TEAMCRISIS TEAM:HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: HELLO I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN THREE OR FOUR AM I CANNOT BREATHE PANTING HEARING MY FETUS HEARTBEAT SO LOUDLY
CRISIS TEAM: YOU ARE...
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Categories:
rifle, america, analogy, anxiety, art, career, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION CRISIS TEAM OF CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCESCRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FEARING FOR MINE AND MY CHILDREN...
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Categories:
rifle, america, analogy, anxiety, forgiveness, hero,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Today In Billy the Kid History - April 28, 1881"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
rifle, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 25-33, Poet's NotesNote to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved footnotes...
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Categories:
rifle, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Rhyme
In This Taoist's ViewCould we be doing our best
to invest in Earth's cooperative health markets?
While you sell our most competitive killing machines
to our Saudi Arabian cousins.
Referencing this touchstone as an ecopolitical WinWin,
unlike Parisian multicultural investments in climate health,
as...
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Categories:
rifle, destiny, earth, fear, hate, health, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate time, usually when someone was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We got out...
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Categories:
rifle, death, faith, god, war,
Form:
Free verse
Ending In a Deadly Minor KeySo here's my question for this dawning day,
like a WinWin ruminating message in a bottle
floating through a LoseLose climate sea
felt still foggy from last night,
some mysterious how now;
One of many
health related strategic WinLose issues
tuning out...
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Categories:
rifle, anger, anti bullying, dark, fear, green, grief,
Form:
Political Verse
Billy the Kid's Great Escape*
Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away.
*
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
rifle, history, horse, humorous, love, me, old,
Form:
Rhyme
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate of times, usually when some c**t was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We...
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Categories:
rifle, death, god, war, women,
Form:
Free verse
Hope For RespectMy thought for this day,
although still early,
is respect for hope.
Respect for our interdependence
and respect for our challenging differences,
important, yet hopefully not as powerful
as our interdependent love for healthy life.
Yesterday
I noticed a brown cardboard box
in the...
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Categories:
rifle, bible, caregiving, culture, health, hope, integrity, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
Winter, 1948WINTER, 1948 [40 Saxton Street]
for W.W
The winter nights that pass now
are so unlike the winter nights
that passed before, that I often
struggle back in those suspended moments
when sleep grapples for a hold,
to once again hear the...
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Categories:
rifle, age, childhood, family, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Raid Versus WoeRaid versus woe
Black flag(s) show up
on social media platforms
when potential homicidal maniac(s)
communicate(s) intent to strike
with ambush and ready
read - able, eager, and willing
to embark upon murderous rampage.
Prospective killer armed to the teeth
usually a young bucking...
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Categories:
rifle, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Rhyme
Speaking With Donald JohnI was speaking with my good friend
Donald John
the Evangelist for AntiChrist
the other day.
And I had to ask,
Donald John,
Why are you so against health care
for all our not yet slaughtered
and otherwise dead already?
Except perhaps health services...
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Categories:
rifle, earth, education, faith, health, integrity, psychological, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Jesus Told MeJesus taught and lived
Those who follow the Way
Truth
Life, rather than punishing death,
would be known
by our love,
especially for our enemies.
He did not say, or live,
Those who punish themselves and others with death threats
and war planning
and technology...
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Categories:
rifle, community, culture, health, history, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
A Rum n Raisin Special - Seeking MiltonTheir human ma and pa were spark out in reclining chairs
But Rum and Raisin watched the TV with enraptured stares
The western had just ended with the credits rolling past
And Raisin said, “That gunslinger was super...
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Categories:
rifle, cat, remember,
Form:
Narrative
A Trick My Father Learned In PrisonI’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth...
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Categories:
rifle, ireland, prison, war, , western,
Form:
Prose
Phantom MechanismsMechanism 1
Part #1
The things outside of my window dry out my eyes. The egg that I saturated has mold on it. The moon decays when I speak. The stars are all just God’s germs. Lately...
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Categories:
rifle, mystery, me, night, people, me, moon, night,
Form:
Free verse
Cloud of KnowingI believe it was Buckminster Fuller
who first posited
a prime appositional,
like Yang and Yin,
but his was:
Energy is to physical nature
as Information is to metaphysically languaged systems.
And,
if we were to add the Yin and Yang
of this positivist-regenerative...
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Categories:
rifle, health, humor, language, leadership, love, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
Teachers Conference the FBI and meThere was no easy day going under cover
with four kids riding along with the FBI supervisor
I was just a young mother of four actually expecting
again seven months pregnant the FBI installed wires...
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Categories:
rifle, art, beautiful, caregiving, chicago, feelings, journey, school,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Categories:
rifle, emotions, friend, god, humanity, inspirational, peace, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Promised Release From the Very Darkest EvilThe Promised Release From The Very Darkest Evil
( Free verse, narrative, horror)
After she had finished hurting John, she saw bright stars.
No, not the first time but as...
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Categories:
rifle, art, creation, dark, death, horror, imagination, lust,
Form:
Free verse