Long Rushmore Poems

A Thousand Points of Light! ! ! ! !

Once a beacon of democracy
A shining light on the hill
The ‘American Dream’
	Anyone can ‘make it’  
Never more than aspirational
Structurally delusional

Always susceptible to its 
	Achilles heel of...

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Mount Rushmore; Carved In Stone

From deep within the earth’s crust,
An orogeny pushes
The batholith upwards
To become ‘The Shrine of Democracy,’
Of weathered presidential faces
Chiseled in rock in South Dakota;
Representing 150 years of history
(From birth of a nation
To...

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This next nightmare also occurred in the day time as  well. This is what I now refer to
as "my own tribulation dreams" GOD sent me to try and wake me up by stopping my:
habitual...

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Last night, Lisa, Peter, Leeza and I were in her father’s 50th floor study watching New York City. It’s a corner room with glass walls from floor to ceiling. He likes to watch the city...

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The New Colossus-2

Not like that loser green chick with the lamp,
Our New Colossus has his own gold door,
Behind it he tweets out his grand revamp:
Abjuring that which made it great before,
He seeks to make his...

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In the historical archives, many trails have led to
The making of a legend, those born with the pioneer spirit
Of individuality, bred deeply within their soul.
Such was this man we called, Mr. President, Theodore Roosevelt.
A cowboy...

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Livearthia
?
Livearthia is a planet that is full of life.  A place were death has no breath, and nobody knows the meaning of the word.  Here death can't even be made up.  Here...

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Once, a boy dinosaur named Vore wanted to explore outdoors
and not stay in for chores.  Vore thought he dislike nothing more than doing his chores.  So, one morn Vore snuck out while Mom...

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So you’re all probably thinking
that these winter months sure are dull,
and I bet that you are wishing
from something to break the lull.
What if I were to tell you
that it all can end right now,
that there’s...

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When I die will I have known I took a trip to Dubai?
Or when I once sailed along the Caspian Sea
Will that time and place remember me?
Will I have known I toured the African plain?
Or...

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I looked up at the mountain,
the result - I was in awe!
George, Teddy, Tom, and Abe,
were the faces, that I saw!

Faces carved in granite.
Fourteen years, to get it done!
Over 400 people did the stonework,
completed -...

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“Fear Mongers”

Newspapers yelling, 
TVs screaming,
Radios blaring.
Is this what we want?
Is this what we need?

Politicians lying,
Preachers ranting,
Black men dying,
Mothers crying.
Is this what we want?
Is this what we need?

Breaking news,
More breaking news.
Shootings here,
Robberies there,
More mothers crying.
Is this...

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Tho' bore your fate 'tis artless place you lone
Your girth--your hold freedoms--your claims be more
Restrained your gambled trade choice place bemoan
Shewn thee frankly tho' toughened be your core
Afoot they'd maketh treads besought a door
Shameless their...

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We were thrown in the back of a pick-up truck camper in 1964,
My twin sister, my brother, and me. We were all fighting age.
There was a mattress, comic books, three pillows, and an ice chest.
We...

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This statue of four done the American way
For the Black Hills of Dakota, with the Lakota should stay
Carved to commemorate, the first one hundred and fifty years
This new nation built, on Red Indian tears

Washington, Jefferson,...

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~Tribute to A Leader~


        High above Mount Rushmore,
        a man with courage flies.
        His...

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The women's body does not
Belong to the government.
  Once again this, borders,
On personal harassment.

  The woman's body is hers,
It's a personal choice.
  The abortion issue ignites the
Woman and her voice.

  A...

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Human Rights June 27,2015

Human rights for you and me
 Palestinian children living free
 People free without a tear
 Children playing without fear
 Irish children white, orange and green
 A united Ireland without the queen
 A...

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For there is freedom on 
top of the mount,
as I quench my thirst
from the Niagara Falls fount.
I have seen the Rockies 
and the Appalachians,
on journeys to other states
for family vacations. 

Mother Nature calls the
Bald Eagle...

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Some poets rhyme, some poets don't
I prefer to write in rhyme
A personal choice I've had from the start
Quatrains are where I shine

Tried some others, they're not for me
Just a simple kind of a poet
There's a...

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I was supposed to be queen of something by now.
Or king or czar or at least mayor.
Ruling people in such a way that they fawn over me.

I was supposed to be on magazine covers.
With the...

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The sun rose, the moon set
Life's wheels went into reverse
And Mount Rushmore does not have a new face

The groundhog went back into his hole
Santa did not deliver gifts to the poor
Food prices went up ...

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Last summer
We drove across the country
Just the wife and me

10,000 miles
31 states
Three months on the road

I now know why people don’t live 
In South Dakota

Hot, dry dusty
Windy as hell

Black Hills are nice
But after seeing Mt....

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I was running from the man

Or the cops if you please

 I hopped over a fence

Landed funny, scraped my knee

 

Looked around and saw a shack

Hoped for comfort and ease

Like a hooker in church

Sweating on...

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