Name Riding Poems

“Pale Words Riding the Revolution”

it takes a woman
to bear the pain 
of a world ripping
wide open, apart

a part,

the child 
crowns crimson 
marked forehead
cheeks and lips,...

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We call her gorgeous turquoise riding girl.
She has pretty hair, the ends of it curl.
I think her name is Liz, Mary, Candy or Joan.
Is she...

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There once was a hobo that lived by the tracks
Never age a full meal, just ate lots of snacks
He rode in a boxcar most everywhere...

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It is loyal to its rider
Moves like a flyer
It has rhythm in its stride
Over rocks and planes, it glides 
Intimate with its insistent jockey
Silent in...

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The people were confused
The people were lost
The people were enslaved

But out of the mist
Came a young peasant boy
Name Pedanho

He called out to the people
Of a...

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The people were confused
The people were lost
The people were enslaved

But out of the mist
Came a young peasant boy
Name Pedanho

He called out to the people
Of a...

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I’ve spent my entire life sharpening my bullets
like row upon row upon row of metal teeth
that are shed when the shark is biting
riding the night...

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Lyrics sung by Johnny Cash in "The Long Black Train"

"I said cling to the Father and his Holy name,
And don't go ridin' on that long...

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Riding the winds and rain trying to fly away from the pain I feel inside, the rain falls hard but can't wash it away, so...

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Oh, he shakes out his old blanket
And stirs that dying fire,
Watching dim embers star black sky
As wolves and snakes conspire

To make his sleeping uneasy
With thoughts...

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While I was drinking in the Vic' 
Out Goondiwindi way, 
This burnt out ringer on his horse 
Reined in and said, "G’day!" 
 
We'd all...

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