Home Riding On Poems

The cliffs are being  eaten away 
By the constant pulsing tide.
Now just a short walk from the lane
When it  was once a short...

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It came at the right time
Just before my fragile heart
Was about to burst with the largely
Unnecessary stress of work

Some things have to be completed
The boss's...

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I had an idea, the wind was just right
     It was just enough to lift up my kite
   ...

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I was jogging down a wooden trail, Hoping to lose the extra holiday fat
When I saw my favorite little girl, Sporting her fabled red cape...

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That sandy blond hair, those sky blue eyes.
That smile that made everyone woman sigh.
You captured the essence of that era with such style and grace,
So...

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A Conversation With Little Red Riding Hood

[I’ve always loved the fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood”, and I’ve used it to teach many lessons, especially...

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When I was a kid and school was out, I'd rush home for milk and cookies.
And mom would give me a note and some money...

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I would ride a rhinoceros for you
ride it to Timbuctoo
and bring you back
all the golden sand of the desert in a bottle

I would overcome an...

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I collected the kinetic swirls
of differing shades
in the dizzying reflections
of how you made me feel

Whirling affects
blurred in calliope sonnets
and brass ring reachings
while riding a paisley...

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Riding the Rails

When we reflect
On our life
We might resemble
A train passenger 
Riding and attending to
Clocks and destinations..

The rails on our train
Reveal and restrict and
Guide beliefs...

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When you wake up in the morning 
And it's beautiful outside 
You spiffy up your Harley 
Because you want to take a ride
 
Your woman...

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Grab the keys
The truck is full
Let's head out 
hit the road
It's Friday
Time to party
A teenage
secret code

Tweets are out
Friends are set
It's party time
tonight
We're going
out in secret
We'll...

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Author Dana Redricks
April 14, 2017

When Jesus first came, he came riding on a donkey
Crowds of people standing, cheering him all around
Before they were done 
they...

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The bike was loaded and packed
The duffle bag strapped to the rack
The air was crisp when we started out at dawn
In the early morning hours...

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We might do well
to worry less
about including the grizzly bear population
in our DNA/RNA cooperatively encultured Golden Rule,
after all,
we already would kill and eat them,
if hungry...

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