Look Within
...2/4/23
No ifs ands or maybes
Daily
I'm seeing hatred
People still extremely racist
Meanwhile food and materials being wasted
I understand the messages these mummies meant
Continually mon...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
...Snug in the corner I saw the lad lie,
Fire in his belly, a cork in his eye;
And wordlessly sleeping, a-snooze in his bed,
His words, when awakened, go straight to your head.
Alluring to look at...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, addiction, drink,
Form: Rhyme
Ocie
...Outspoken mom to eight
Ornery little boys
Omelets for dinner
Only drank rye whiskey
Orchids, her private love~
Old letters in the hand
Of my great grandmother.
4/05/21
Pleiades O contest
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Categories:
rye whiskey, appreciation, grandmother, history,
Form: Verse
Are Horses As Brave As Cowboys
...Their bridled haunt, each day may be their last; yeehaw.*
The narrow way, down mountainside, and clop of shoes.
The saddlebags dip left and right in gait and gnaw.
The spirit wind and pouring r...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, animal, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Six Men Dead - Part 1
...© 2011 (by Jim Sularz)
(The true story of Frank Eaton – AKA “Pistol Pete”)
At the headwaters of the Red Woods Branch,
near a gentle slope on a dusty trail.
On an iron gate, at the Twin Mounds c...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, history,
Form: Ballad
In Miami
...I went to Miami to find the beach
The beach was sandy and warm
It tasted like rye whiskey
Smooth and hard to forget
I went to New York to find a vacant bench
But there were too many bums who’...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, allegory, identity,
Form: Free verse
Drowning
...John was losing his mind over Mary.
For days by her house he would tarry.
But she knew him not
Giving him no thought.
Now he lives on rye whiskey and sherry....
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Categories:
rye whiskey, crush, drink, love hurts,
Form: Limerick
Real Cowboys Don'T Sing Honky-Tonk Songs
...When cowboys sprawl 'round the camp fire after the days work is done,
They strum guitars and tootle harmonicas and sing to have fun.
Real cowboys don't sing Honky-Tonk or She Done Me Wrong stuff.
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Categories:
rye whiskey, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Rye Whiskey!
...My Grandpa used to dance and sing,
Joy to my heart he always would bring;
Just a few bars, not the whole song,
Pretty soon I’d be singing along;
“Rye whiskey, rye whiskey” you’d hear us both ...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, death, hope, inspirational, life,
Form: Couplet
A Cowboy's Toilet
...There’s been a lot of speculatin’
‘Bout the cologne some cowboys wear,
And the toothpaste and the sweet mouthwash
And the way he combs his long hair!
I’s here to clear up the confusion
‘Bout t...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, cowboy-western, funny, philosophy,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Hold On To What You Got
...You’re nineteen years old and fancy
That you’re fast as that Wild Bill—
You ride and shoot and go crazy—
Drink rye whiskey to your fill.
You bet that you’ll live forever
And never see a sick d...
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Categories:
rye whiskey, cowboy-western, death, nostalgia, sad,
Form: Cowboy Poetry