Short Backwoods(A) Poems

Oxes paste mirage
     in semi-árid pasture
     of apparent plant,,,...

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Smoky mountain range 
the smell of backwoods cooking 
barbecue and pies...

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Backwoods, cracked dry land
  yet   exists spring time blooming...
        wild cactus flowers...

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pink rhododendron
sweetening morning shadows
hiking in backwoods


May 20, 2021...

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In stormy backwoods
Windy wail in huff 'n puff
Thus, no leaves rustling
Tumbling to the drizzle ground 
Desolate leaf settle down...

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Ski Trip

skiing
nature's backwoods,
over frozen lakefronts,
among quiet darken patches,
snowfalls

connie pachecho

6/08/17...

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You Linda
ha
no that’s not quite said
she has me
has me bro
so what to do
but fly away
never feel the same
bury her in the
backwoods of main3...

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Way down south in the land of cotton
Love and friendships are not forgotten
They thrive in full bloom
Under the big yellow moon
Some backwoods girls have really big bottoms...

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Way down south in the land of cotton
Love and friendships are not forgotten
They thrive in full bloom
Under the big yellow moon
Some backwoods girls have really big bottoms


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A old doctor hailed from backwoods Kentucky
We all went to Doc Jim when we felt yucky
He gave us some pills,
That cured up our ills
Weren't we country folk exceedingly lucky?

November 8, 2021...

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Tenacious tender turtleman
Touching time in backwoods glory
Turtles in trouble treated with truth
Relocates pesky animals for safety
Fans laugh at his rainbarrel bath
Never saw a bar of soup....?
Natural for the naturalist...

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Have you ever slept overnight in a tent in the woods
An experience to treasure for a lifetime in all likelihood
The thrill can't be explained
It's like survival unchained
Nothing can rival this journey in the backwoods...

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Mary Jo's from the country, a real backwoods lass
Chops wood like a lumberjack they're not in her class 
When Tot yells timber
You'd better be limber
Better run, don't stand there like a silly old ass

© Jack Ellison 2015...

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riding bicycles
along backwoods nature trails
in a caravan
down to the old cut grapevine
swinging the whole day away

FIRST PLACE WINNER
Written August 6, 2022
Submitted to: “Childhood Nostalgia” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: JCB Brul...

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Hairy spiders do not grill
    steaks on consecutive Tuesdays
  due to alternate-side-residency-
    restrictions in bushes on parkways

  Nevertheless, if seeking opportunities
    to slake cracked-throat-thirst
  Welcome to the Wetlands
    where founts of poetry burst...

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Glory be to the newborn December sun
how bravely it drips its frosty shine!

The backwoods bears are snoring,
bleary are the eyes of somnambulant racoons.

Right here and now, where the hedgerow
winks through its own bare-boned branches

the sun that plunged on through
the dim-eyed daybreak, all is now awake!...

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Off the beaten track
red dirt roads,
backwoods cracker country.

She is drunk
and fist fighting her ma.
The old man has pissed his pants
and don't care;
he slurps his cooler beer.

The drunk fat girl
grabs a crow bar
ma hefts a shotgun.

A yellow hound opens one eye
then falls asleep again.
The sun shines bright all day.

So far, just another Sunday....

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Crackles of snow in midlit-air.
This Wrangell fare!
Aflame, the Alaskan forest
of calm and rest.
Salmonberry sparks, deep yellow —
knobbly, mellow.
Raspberry red and mute orange —
berry-torrent.
Tasting its sweet, perfume of life.
Backwoods — no strife.

Cool crunch of footprints at midnight.
Late Spring so bright.

5/28/2019...

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Why does your memory haunt me like a ghost 
I see you when I wake up
I see you around the park
Back in the backwoods with your pretty little smile
You taunt me, teasing my heart, pulling on my strings….
Until I trip over myself
Falling and settling down right next to you
Laying in bed with you
Wanting to touch those beautiful red lips 
I’m wanting you, you girl!
I’m honest 
I’m loving
I’m full of adventure 
Covered in mystery 
Take me away
End the haunting...

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Courage, Man does possess!
Discover the dense forest;
Hike the high mountains;
Lonely sail the vast ocean.

Courage, Man does possess!
Trek in backwoods at night;
Challenge of satanic danger;  
Crusade with global terrors.   

Man doesn’t daunt anything,
Physically decide to dare; 
Mindful activities to defend; 
Combat all outer challenges.

Fight the external obstacles
With full energy to prevail;
But Man’s courage diminishes 
To face the own evil practices...

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The creeping rhythm 
Like a dark bare tree 
Traces your shadow
Hangs relentlessly

Such dreary desire 
Passionate yet not free
Like a murderers lust 
Prone to outburst
In the backwoods it beats
Burning all who dare
Such lonely sensations 
Can be hard to bare

Under it's spell
Confounding, lost
A beatific present 
From the gods

A way sealed and lost
Ancient lore long forgotten
But seal turns to sand
The mask cannot hold
The potent fury
Of the jungle beat...

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Backwoods and homegrown
Country boy is how I'm known
Cowboy boots and faded jeans
A little rough around the seams
Not a fan of foreign cars
I drink Jack while at the bars
I say yes ma'am and hey y'all
I do some huntin every fall
A 30-30 or 30.06
Thats how we do it in these sticks
Lord I love some good moonshine
Y'all city folks can keep your wine
Your opinion just don't matter
To me, its all just useless chatter
Heaven knows I'm just a country boy
But my life is full of joy...

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