Long Ryder Poems

Note 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 many new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved...

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Limricks prompted by a comment made by someone today

It's a fact, and no longer just a rumor
Some soup people barf at toilet humor
Have you sniffed your own butt 
It stinks so keep it shut
Pessimism must...

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I lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I was an architectural painter and was very successful too
And after...

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Reservations are made years in advance of the event.
Provisions from suppliers worldwide are globally sent. 
Sponsors enthusiastically devote their resources spent. 
Attendees eager to share stories of when they went.

Seeing the epic golf rivalry as...

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Legend Of The Black Dove  
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P S its POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 13

 Many thanks to you selected poets; Of sharing your whispers from God, tho you didn’t know it; Each letters...

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Can’t believe how many years together. 
As a couple the ups & downs we weather. 
As husband and wife over the past six. 
Loyally accepting flaws we cannot fix. 

I’m not going to sugarcoat how...

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Veronica Sawyer, a rebel in plaid
She joined the Heathers, but they were so bad
They ruled the school with their cruel games and lies
But Veronica had enough of their fake smiles and hair ties

She met a...

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Lord, teach me to achieve.
Teach me to love what I do.
Teach me to do what I love.
Teach me to truly achieve,
but by your standards,
not the worlds',
so that I might achieve 
that which is worthwhile
and lasting,
not...

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A big-blue-eyed Ralphie Parker, coveting a Red Ryder Air Rifle, 
So that he can defend himself against Scut Farkus, that would be a feat.
Beautiful Betty Boop lamp in the window with the fringe skirt, you...

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What would Westerns be without Horses
Would our heroes be as well known
Without their equine companions
They’d chase the bad guys on their own.

Roy would be lost without Trigger
And Gene without Champion - no way
Hoppy relied upon...

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HE WAS ADORNED BY ALL THE LADIES AND HIS RESPONSE WAS VERY LIGHT

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A deluded and deranged miscreant.
Rode in a rented Ryder truck,
Sadistically opposed to his government,
He delivered a two-ton bomb.

After parking the fateful vehicle,
With time fleeting and fuses lit,
He fled to his car,
Parked, not far away.

Hearing the...

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Little girls are shown off simply for being pretty.
Though little boys are just as handsome
as girls are pretty,
boys are in a rut--- but,
they learn how to strut.
They teeter, they totter, they swagger.
They pee farther and...

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Give This Guy a Chance

Throw in
Rowen

The Hypochondriac

Dyin’
Eyan

So Generous is He

Giver
River

The Sneaky One

Wily
Riley

The Parachutist

Glider 
Ryder

Legal in Half the States

Ruby’s
Doobies

Cute as a Lass

Bonny
Ronny

So Sweet

Randy’s
candies

Always at the Beach

Randall’s
Sandals

Swam to Florida

Cuban
Rueben

Too Stocky for His Race Horse

Jockey
Rocky

Give him a Hanky,...

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You were a Man who had a tough exterior, 
Even having street mentality your Heart was superior.

Like a Knight on a shiny steed,
You were there for everyone who 
was in need and treated Women like...

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Beware the Sting
beehive 
behave

Confused Snitch
tattled
addled

Test Pilot
explains
X-planes

Under Her Breath
mother
mutter

Rents Trucks
Ryder
rider

Hungry Surveyor
steak sauce
saw stakes

Lower Branch
entry
in tree

Indecisive
know way
no way

Football
which ball
your call

Three Syllable Error
acquire
a choir

Correction With Echo
acquire
choir

Analysis Paralysis
ad hoc
tick-tock 

Match Point Yessssssssss!
tennis
ten s

Choose Wisely
insight
incite

Power of the Pen
Shakespeare
shakes spear

Save the...

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Ever since the first time i saw ya

Baby i wanted to call ya

Talkin about the things we can do

reminisce about what could be true

you know about me and you

and i know you always thinkin about...

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every time i see you
its like im seein see through
its just another state of mind
its just another thing that i left behind
its like a strong motion
more to devotion
its like dynamite im gonna start an explosion
as...

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i feel like im caught

like i cant find my spot

i thought my sound was hot

but then its like not

its kinda like the wind blow

and then every word i say just start to go

and then i...

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I found a site that helps with grief,
Sue Ryder helps you turn a new leaf, 
People talk they help and listen, 
Every topic you'll find nowt missing, 
With every stage of a personal story
People's problems...

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Roy Rogers and Red Ryder rode on that black and white stage—
It was the best of times, to be a kid of any age.

Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy – that Durango Kid—
They kept us shootin’ outlaws...

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Today is the day of February 14th,
So I'm making this card and it may sound mean.
Let's rip off an arm and beat each other in the head,
So the love we share bleeds out our stumps...

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Lydia in 1988’s movie Beetlejuice was my first Goth experience.
Winona Ryder did a fabulous job of making Goth feel normal.
I adored everything about her character. 
The best movie character since Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s...

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This memory of mine
Reminds me of a movie
A time when little mattered
It was so groovy 
When I was a boy
Christmas time was the buzz
I unwrapped many gifts
About twelve I was
When I was all finished 
Thought I was...

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