The Real Deal
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The Real Deal
By: Tom Wright
10/2/98
Yes, I'm genuine,
this I can honestly say.
I'm the same man this morning,
as I was yesterday.
I'll be the same man tomorrow,
should it...
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Categories:
mule skinner, heart, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme
A Mule Skinners Prayer
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A Mule Skinner’s Prayer
By: Tom Wright
1/15/99
Lord,
May you bless both me
and my string this day.
May our trails be wide,
our oat bin full,
and grass along the way.
May there be...
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Categories:
mule skinner, friend, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Toe Valley Tom
..."Toe Valley Tom will be right back!"
Cued the Mule Skinner Blues, as I finally took a break from my Bluegrass Show on WTOE, the radio station you could hear across the street--if you were lucky!...
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Categories:
mule skinner, adventure, december, humor, jobs,
Form: Haibun
Untraveled Wilderness
...I wonder what’s on that untraveled path
It looks detached from the human race
That mud-spattered trail has no footsteps
I wonder if it was ever taken by anyone
A shepherd and his sheep, a mule sk...
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Categories:
mule skinner, beautiful, heaven, mountains, nature,
Form: Free verse
One Hit Wonders
...My old forty fives lie dormant in my attic
There were so many one hit wonders in our time
I lived my youth listening to music
As Troy Shondell moaned “This Time”
When Robin Luke sang “Susie Darlin’”
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Categories:
mule skinner, music, nostalgialove,
Form: Rhyme