Long Sunburns Poems

As Cole rode across the Dakota prairie,
sweating a bit under the suns harsh bite,
he saw ahead of him a slight woman’s form,
she walked bare-footed, naked, and pale white.

Sunburns had reddened her shoulders and neck,
and her...

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Leaving the last days of August
          memories of the sea waves crashing 
        Tides that leave shells broken to...

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I should have known when I saw the condition of my fingerfickerfly caster
The day fishing for cat fish on Magnifico Lake might turn into a disaster.
Hey! There’s a wrigglewormlipsmaker on my breaker, yelled the baker.
My...

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Where I’m From

I’m from tea parties and tutu’s,
From fingernail painting and Oreo cookies.
I’m from jumping on the trampoline,
And water sprinklers in the front yard.
I’m from summer days and sleepovers,
From zoo trips with momma,
And long car...

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Cat Facts 

Cats have been known to bark at night in Indonesia
People there don’t like them and find them pretentious
For insomnia cats count lives, 9 if I’m not mistaken
If you throw cats from airplanes they...

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Slowly stretching Monday grunts
rubs its eyes, rolls slightly left, farts.
An achy sun shuffles about the room,
shields itself from the mirror’s reflection,
mutters to itself “Clouds!  Where are the clouds?”
“Oh, how I hate those five o’clock...

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Snowfall in July
David J Walker


What if today 
Is just the extension of
Another summers day to
Remember a Decembers snowfall

The subtle absurdity of snow
Shaking like the glitter 
Of a snow globe on
A sunny summer Sunday
That could be...

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Only Eileen 
Dares to tell me 
How much I weight 
... My self-worth 
In pounds, 
And In pennies; 
In the black market, 
In EBay, 
Wall Street, 
Antic shops, 
And in cheap and cheek, 
Bazaars. 

Only...

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This farmer’s porch wraps up the house,
pitching shade along all four sides,
with simple posts and long, flat spans,
and pressure-treated floor-boards, wide.

My wife may have gotten closets,
decorated the inside space,
but this long porch is my retreat,
I’m...

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Yesterday I turned thirteen 
Welcome to teenage, they said
A new adventure
A new journey
Almost a lady
I am independent
I will be free
And today I turned nineteen
And I am still there
I am still here,
Like a tide
From the sea...

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I will love you 

          I will love you as long as the sunburns in the Sky,
       As long as...

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I’m sick of needing to choose
Between grass stains and sunburns 
All the kids these days think
It’s cool to drink alcohol and sit
In the back seat of limousines.
My dad always told me when
He was young he...

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As I stare into the night,
I admire the star-packed sky.
The bright twinkling stars give out light,
Piercing the darkness for us to see by.

How different it is from the day,
When I enjoy the fresh morning air.
During...

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The joy of Motherhood cannot be measured
Raising a child as a mom is treasured
The skinned knees, the sunburns, the social issues
The runny nose, mom just happens to have a tissue
The mother part comes first, then...

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SUMMERTIME

Summertime, most glorious time, short lived
intense season, in which God’s glorified.
Nature is firing on all cylinders,
flora, fauna flourishing … not denied.

Time to savor fresh air, breath barefooted,
notice, clear babbling brooks calming sound.
The multitude of fragrances...

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Song of the Four Seasons 2-16-24
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Song of the Four Seasons

Jagged steel gray skies
Compose barren bough sculptures
Midnight days, Orion nights
White fire crystal symphonies.

Spring wriggles adagio toes,
Sunbeams thaw tuneless meadows,
Daffodils dream yellow melodies
Blossoms burst fragrant ballads.

Downbeats of...

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I will always


       
             I will love you as long as the sunburns in the sky,
 ...

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