Long Traction Poems
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Just -- Trust Me - 1st Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
traction, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
A Mom, Three Girls, Two Cigarettes, and a SparrowPart I.
Harvest time was winding down,
I was taking lunch in town,
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man,
Guessed he was a harvest hand,
His combine crew, he said,...
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Categories:
traction, faith, loss, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
The Castle On White Otter LakeThe Castle On White Otter Lake
That rustic, old log castle
Stands facing the lake.
Built by hand, by one man
To acknowledge his presence,
In a changing world, he felt
He could not participate in.
And so chose to live like...
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Categories:
traction, endurance, nature, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Neverland(Note: Dedicated to the memory of Michael Jackson,
the legendary music artiste who impacted all who knew
his musical accomplishments, and who love his songs.)
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There once lived a man who made hip music:
MJ made dance grand with...
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Categories:
traction, tribute,
Form:
Quatrain
The Father Day Gift From DragonFather’s Day was coming and Dragon was already, in full mode.
Hubby was his Hero, a true Papa, like in every story ever told.
Everyone was talking about what’s, to be, their Papa’s Day gifts.
Yep, TV salesmanship...
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Categories:
traction, fantasy, fathers day, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Light Verse
The TrialThe barrister had always been a liberal thinker
An uprising star with roaming genes of a tinker
In the court-room she never took of her guard
But in real life she had become a nude poet and bard
When...
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Categories:
traction, endurance,
Form:
Rhyme
Models of Reality In ReligionThe “existence of God” can’t be proven by Science.
Since man’s reasoning seems to run God off the rails.
There’s the alternate view that “the world just exists,”
But whatever your take, devil lives in details.
How can God...
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Categories:
traction, god, universe, , atheist,
Form:
Rhyme
Drag RaceThe day has come, weeks and countless dollars invested in this moment.
All preparations have been made.
A myriad of nuts and bolts, inspected, tightened to torque.
Fluids fresh, topped to level, tire pressure lowered... maximum traction.
In rank...
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Categories:
traction, car, poetry, race,
Form:
Free verse
God and MeGOD & ME
They told me of God, his name, essence, demeanour
Men of knowledge, wisdom and inside information
But I, lacking such arcane wit, being only a gleaner
Inspecting what I discerned from my simple station
Found that...
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Categories:
traction, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Montgomery County Pennsylvania Housing Choice VoucherMontgomery County Pennsylvania housing choice voucher...
eligibility predicated upon mandatory fingerprinting
Courtesy anticipatory anxiety
breeds palmar hyperhidrosis
(i.e. hands adrip
with profuse perspiration)
honest to dog truthfully
most inconvenient malady
holds Earthling (yours truly)
in precarious emotional balance
me silently screaming
against ill fated physiological disorder
also...
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Categories:
traction, angel, celebration, happy, home, husband, miracle, places,
Form:
Free verse
Observations of a Gorilla
I did not know about the world, I grew up on a farm
Into the city I was hurled, it was cause for alarm
I found my solace and retreat, with tenants of the zoo
The animals...
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Categories:
traction, adventure, animal, emotions, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Needle Less Explanation ConcerningNeedle less explanation concerning...
Fabled, faded, and faint scars courtesy varicella,
a highly contagious infection caused
by varicella zoster virus can still be seen
unlike kids today inoculated during childhood,
thus youngsters deprived mild fever and
rash of itchy inflamed blisters yours truly
contracted said...
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Categories:
traction, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, kid,
Form:
Free verse
My TreeMY TREE
Beside the Kinta River still it stands
Colossus of the primal forest panoply
The tree a native of the fecund land
It’s limbs support the graceful arcing canopy
Each arm like a single tree of temperate terre
Forming structure...
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Categories:
traction, nature, tree,
Form:
Narrative
Feast
Candied isle presents herself immodestly,
exposing a proud seduction of
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Categories:
traction, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
Nemesis Bastardsthe heavens had fallen
woe coiled about the earth
excuse my very own tangent world of merriment
you never know what you're going to dream about
one foot in the past the other on the gas
while his muse...
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Categories:
traction, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Kaleidoscope GirlKaleidoscope Girl
She is made of glass
of broken pieces
And shattered fragments
She has jagged edges
That splintered my soul
She has wounded me
And my scars healed
With drops of her sealed
Embedded forever
I shouldn’t have peered
Into the hole...
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Categories:
traction, conflict, desire, emotions, hurt, imagery, imagination, senses,
Form:
Free verse
What's Louder than Thunder Yet, Soft As A Whisper's Whisper#THIS DEDICATION SPEAKS TO A PARTICULAR INDICATION...
IT SPEAKS TOO...
SPECIFICALLY WHO???
ANYONE WHO STAYS...
UNDERNEATH
COVERS/SHIELDINGS AND YIELDINGS.
SIRENS IN HIGHEST DECIBELS GOING OFF, CONSTANTLY INSIDE, CAN'T TURN IT OFF YET!
WON'T TURN IT OFF YET???
DON'T FRET...IF YOU TRULY WANT TO,...
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Categories:
traction, anxiety, depression, mental health, senses, spiritual, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Aging In Curious PlacesAs I age in place
into awareness of replaceability
I bow to humbling curiosity,
Whether more anxious
or anticipating,
I remain conflicted
About predicting
a win/win global healthy climate
sustainable outcome
In which my own anthroprivileged species
grows in ecological curiosity
and theological humility
Enough for winning...
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Categories:
traction, age, earth day, health, paradise, peace, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Lenny and Sue Sing and Dance“Lenny”----- Woman who you talking to;
...
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Categories:
traction, husband, wife,
Form:
Rhyme
Her Last Client, Part Iii...See, when she let her guard down, when she looked deep,
she saw things that left her somewhat disturbed,
Roxanne didn’t know her man’s favorite color,
and that fact didn’t really upset her.
She didn’t know that much of...
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Categories:
traction, gender, marriage, political, sad, truth, wisdom, women,
Form:
Narrative
Caught Catching Steelheads - Part 1 of 2
We spent Christmas in Camas, Washington
With Aunt Lil and Uncle Carl on this run
Carl owned the town’s only sporting goods store
He knew local fishing; where to catch more
Carl said, “Steelhead fishing is very...
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Categories:
traction, adventure, nature, boat, day, fish,
Form:
Quatrain
Chopping Away At Damaged WoodChop Chop Chop
Differences in swings
Chop Chop Chop
Change up the tempo
Chop Chop Chop Chop
Ill make a difference in them
Chop Chop Chop
If I trim a couple of edges itll be perfect
Chop chop chop
They’ve been my friend forever
Chop...
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Categories:
traction, christian, inspirational, perspective, philosophy, psychological, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
I Am Part 2I am the wind
beneath the
sparrows wings
as it heavenly sings.
I am the single rose
sitting in a barren land.
I am the the lions voice,
and the partridge voice as they
rejoice.
I am the...
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Categories:
traction, caregiving, faith, inspirational, passion, uplifting, sweet, light,
Form:
Free verse
The Executioner As Scrambled Humoristwithin the under belly of
this hob bull ling Leviathan beast
induced roaring hungry soundcloud issued
within abdominal folds
finding they in creased
never diminishing, matter
whether I turn north, south, west or east
this adult desired,
soon after he envisioned
buttered crispy dish...
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Categories:
traction, appreciation, baptism, dark, farewell, grave, mystery, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
I Awkwardly, Ineptly, and Submissively Fumbled Thru LifeI awkwardly, ineptly, and submissively fumbled thru life...,
whereat purposefulness rarely gained traction
Fatherhood (half my life time ago)
bolstered reasonable rhyme
manifesting itself before
these myopic bespectacled eyes.
Infancy, babyhood, and Childhood
evidenced, noticed, and witnessed
adequate basic provisions,
and no shortage of...
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Categories:
traction, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse