Long Thet Poems

A Whistling Girl and a Crowing Hen
 
By Elton Camp
 
 
	“We keep thet big flock o’ chickens fer eggs and meat,” Milas explained to his niece Elvira visiting from the city.  “We git...

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Kit

Before I opened the carton,
   I’d chose the name Kit,
      Thinking of strong Wild West women.

Our little girl, Gigi, ran to my bedside, barking
   Excitedly, “A...

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 The "Worlds Gang of Countries"are on "The look out for Putin! The worlds "Gang of Countries" in the  North,South,East and West sees "The Brutality" of Putin who is "In The Son Of Perdition"!Putin...

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Yet with the recent collapse of the garden estate, Abe knew
The devil had appeared down, in, up out the chimney flue
As a result Eve had lost the Rose, petals fallin' to the ground
His brother Cain...

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TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION   *  
( 16 FEB  1882,  DURHAM,  ENGLAND )

Noo March is heor and the wind she’s cowld  *
But the sixty nine sowls divvent feel it ...

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THE BULLET TREE

No one knows how long the bullet has been lodged in the big    old maple tree
Mr. Ailey claims he knows    but    Mr. Ailey is...

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THE BULLET TREE

No one knows how long the bullet has been lodged in the big    old maple tree
Mr. Ailey claims he knows    but    Mr. Ailey is...

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Love, feeling, and excitement!
Are exactly what I'm dealing with
And without you, I'm powerless... so powerless...

You're constantly on my mind
And you're embedded in my heart
What would I do with you?
I would be nothing!
Even if I clear...

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Beware of those who would solicit your political or economic loyalty
by attributing to you
fear, anger, and/or hate motivations,
concerns,
issues you presumably share.

Loyalty,
potentially sustainable through multiple regenerations,
follows the lights and richer-hued darks of your positive motivations,
shared loves...

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When I  be out cuttin mye graiss befo,
Duh Lawd gimmie a sign.
Least ways iffin hit wus not duh Lawd
Maybe sumpthin else, cause
Duh Lawd He don’t want no body
usin His name fur a laiff.
So I...

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THE DRUNK


It’s kinda nice  - 
thet   aste, 
thebuzz, th     e life
Ok, I ofte   n falldo  wn
. . . big  deal
Can’t rem  em ...

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some other thinking not mine
some other thinking not mine
sure they mean well they tell
they hoist the boom and bring it down on you
explaining to you just what you have to do
as iff the gospel is...

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When Polly comes the smart ones take a good tee with lemon the others 
a pen and a Jonny smile seyng to she..,, be my friend I pay you well"

She is Polly she has the...

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Bubba’s Away at College

By Elton Camp

“Howdy, Leroy, how’s you and you’rn?
I ain’t seed you since th’ baby wuz born.
Livin’ way up hear in th’ mountain,
Of  th’ days I sorta lose accountin’.”

“Well, Jim, as fur...

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oh- oh baby/ 
I'm trying my hardest not to go-o crazy/but looking at you just makes my tongue go thet- thet- thet- thet/ my words are tumbling and fumbling while my heart is exploding and...

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By Elton Camp

Howdy, Leroy, how’s you and you’rn?
I ain’t seed you since th' baby was born.

Livin’ way up hear in th’ mountain,
Of th’ days I sorta lose accountin’.

Well, Jim, as fur as I kin tell
We’se...

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Who so love us for ourselves
                      In spite of our iniquities they care for
But...

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What that removes the dark?
What's that lightens the world?
What's that red round?
Which on the early east is only found?

Why it's so cold?
When the weather is moulded by hazy fog.
And why is it so hot?
When big...

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  'They' tell me, now,
A husky-mix dog won't stay.
Tie 'em up, pen 'em,
Or the neighbor's complain.
So, I didn't even Look for another Cain.

But let me tell you, 
My Cain dog was Husky.
Silver and grey...

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Heck, never was much of a one fer romance,
Mostly shy ‘round a lady,
Never learnt how to proper dance,
couldn’t do it if’n ya paid me.

Course er’er times I got all likkered up
And jumped and kicked ‘till...

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Well they done took away ma pension
whilst I waren’t payin no tention.
Never thought thet thar could happen,
Seems ma face they keep a slappin'.

Ah trusted all them folk thet said ah could,
ah took their word like...

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You come home from work tired,wornout, beat.
Your body aches all over from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet
The radio blaring, theT.V is full blast
Your oldest son wants to borrow the...

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By Elton Camp

Old Bubba had spent his life in the hills
Plain food and drink from whiskey stills

So to the big city he decided he’d go
For about other things he’d like to know

He spent the night...

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A Redneck’s First Bagel

By Elton Camp

Old Bubba had spent his life in the hills
Plain food and drink from whiskey stills

So to the big city he decided he’d go 
For about other things he’d like to...

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Everyone has an escape,
A place thet go to get away and think.
Mine may not be Paradise, 
but it's calming, natural as possible and beautiful.

If you see it,
you may, or may not think it is beautiful.
But...

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