Short Alabama Poems

create an image
plenty of clay and mirror's
plenty of jaw talk...

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First come the redbuds
Then we get the tulip trees
Alabama spring...

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farmland with horses (Kentucky)
famous Opryland Hotel (Tennessee)
B-B-Q's galore (Alabama)...

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Share
cropping,
as it was-
a depressing
life

Walker Evans-Tengle Children,Hale County,Alabama...

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Said Forrest Gump
To Donald Trump:
"Do ya think I'm a chump?
Crazy is as crazy does
I'd never vote for such a scuzz"...

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Whoever passed this law must of been high on marijuana.
It's against the law to drive blindfolded and naked in the state of Alabama....

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To most an Alabama clown,
Heavy callipers weighed him down,
Local bullies put him to the test-
Innocence,then came off best,
A simple soul.....yet heaven blessed....

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There once was a Peruvian llama
Whose owner shipped him to Alabama
  Horns blaring, lights flashing
  Folks screaming, cars crashing
All points lookout ~ one llama in trauma...

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That was a massive wild pig indeed,
by a young Alabama boy shot dead,
but he should have let it live instead.
I feel so embarrassed and offended -
the poor animal's name was Fred!...

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Must Admit About It

About Alabama many of us have to admit;
Half of them are not really worth any of it,
Real hot to trot,
Was really not;
More then could chew off Moore had bit.

Jim Horn...

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Doug Jones Came Across

While visiting Senate we came across,
Doug Jones from Alabama a new boss;
We were impressed,
With way he dressed;
Competitor impostor was a complete loss. 

James Horn...

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Tomatos,medium green
 bacon drippings,lean
cornmeal,coated on both sides
Seasoned with pepper
Alabama fried,
Whistle stop
Mean !


Acknowledgements to, in  this tribute to novelist Fannie Flagg...

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Chastity
Daughter,Athletic,Cook,Minister
Sister of Hannah,Chris,Trinity.....
Lover of God, Poems, Sports....
Who feels Pain,Love,And Joy
Would Like to See Paris, Mexico, and Bahamas
Resident of Alabama
Frazier...

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Here football is a religion, "Bless your heart" is the motto, one of Lynard Skynards songs is practically a state anthem, and people panic and hurry to the grocery stores if they know a little snow is on its way.





Northern Alabama 10/3/16...

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Can’t believe these eyes
And what they see
As only blackouts survive
Driving my rig into the northern Alabama night
A twisting hand reaching out of the demon skies
And ripping out the heart 
And giving back ruined lives 
(I know, I was there)...

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I found this man, swimming in my soup,
stepping on rakes, and playing for loot.

Every now and then, he will pop right up,
reading my poems, until he has had enough.

So swim all you want, cause I like it too,
your friend in Alabama, thanks you....

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Oh, you don't like the things I have to say, well okay, just go ahead and kiss my grits!

Alabama native Polly Holliday portrayed Flo, a sassy waitress on the TV show "Alice," in the late 1970s. She coined the phrase "Kiss my grits!" ~Wikipedia...

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If you have a little rock in your shoe,
You will not cross Alabama, 
You will not cross Louisiana,
You’ll have to remove it first,

In poetry, it is the opposite,
If you have a small pebble in your shoe,
Do not remove it, think about it
Make it into a poem....

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Beguiled About Child Defiled

We definitely did know that he beguiled,
And had taken advantage of and defiled;
How absurd,
This occurred;
She was minor considered to be a child.

Jim Horn

Roy Moore running for Senator in Alabama
should drop out of race....

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One school shooting in Alabama
  And another in Louisiana

Here's a protest in the park
  That's gone on and on past dark

There's an angry rising tide 
  Demanding gun-violence to subside  

Courage and Change ~ Where Are You??
  (Ooh, Ooh, America: Wake up!)...

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Rachel
determined, witty, shy, sensitive
sister of Joey, John, and Sydney
lover of animals, writing, and storms
who feels lost, confused, needy
who fears roaches, the dark, elevators
who would like to see ireland, the world, movies
resident of Flomaton, Alabama
Albritton...

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My Alabama visit
and first delicious kisses from
a preacher's son

Dashed dreams when
his sojourn to MY city
included not me

May 11, 2020
written before I realized nette's contest had to be based on a picture, and that inspired my poem about having too many rocks in my brain!...

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I hear a bell, 
ringing so far away.
Such a bright, and shiny bell,
one, with a story to tell,
one, with so much love to share,
one, with a heart that cares,
ring, bell ring, 
such a beautiful sound.
You are my friend.
from Brooklyn to Alabama ring.


Dedicated to my friend, Tom Bell....

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What a place 2 be
So beautiful so majestic are thee
Flowers bloom in the meadows
Harvesters in the fields
Cows mooing in the pasture
As the sun shines over the hills

Country roads that lead to no where
Lil log cabins sitting there
Fog a dew cover the night air
Like a thin blanket hung up there...

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I’ve doodled and dawdled in Delaware,
Piddled in Pennsylvania without care,
I’ve been to New York and Alabama,
Michigan, Missouri and Montana. 
I’ve travelled in every state, my friend. 
And I can tell you that, in the end,
If you lose your mind - see how it can be - 
The very best one is insanity....

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