Short Montana Poems

the sand forgot me
a man's struggle's,hold thee hand
grandchild,i need thee...

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I don’t write for you,
I don’t write for me
—I write for them

(Cooke City Montana: September, 2021)...

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The snow upon the mountains
and the wind across the plains
These are the sparks that ignite
my inspiration’s flame...

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Bravery and recklessness
 riding together

Death as the arbiter
—glory abused

(Crow Agency Montana: July, 2009)...

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The road is your only 
companion
When the memories won’t kill you
—but the lingering will

(Highway 93 Lolo Montana: September, 1990)...

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cicada magic
supersonic xlophone
sumertime music

Magicicada Poetry Contest - Sponsored by Maureen McGreavy

05/26/18...

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Crossing Montana for the first time…
everything was changed

My heart no longer my own
—my spirit there reclaimed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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Frank had
a ranch in
Montana

he'd ride
his pygmy
pony as i

try to sing
along my
voice is 

a little hoarse
as i ride my
porcelain

horse
into
the

sun
set...

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Too big to absorb
Montana at hand
Its distance won’t focus
Montana at hand
Two eyes not enough
Montana at hand
Forever illusive
—Montana at hand

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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Decisions that last forever…
choices made every day

To commit with our hearts,
our heads in the wind

—the difference for Poets to say

(St. Mary’s Montana: August, 2020)...

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Mama Martha at Maranatha 

had been a mama
would go to Maranatha
they called her Martha

Was Martha middle name 
of Rosalyn Carter?

when we ate manna 
in shape of bannana
was in Montana...

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On a barstool
somewhere
in a lost America
with a stranger
who calls me friend
All options 
dwindling
my fate in his hands
—and nearly at the end

(Choteau Montana: Ranger Jacks Bar, August 2004)...

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Oh great father
give this child a home,
give him the love of a good family
and a lover of his own,
give him a fire in his spirit
and hope in his heart,
my the heavens bless him,
under the wild Montana sky....

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So much lost…
 so little gained

Prairies in judgment,
our destiny framed

So little gained
for what we lost

Spirits now orphaned
—tomorrow the cost

(Browning Montana: Blackfoot Reservation - May, 1995)....

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DENVER SKIES UNSURPASSED

countryfied with Thompson Square
gueetar and bobbing heads
beach balls floating

not upbeat
enough for me

8/9/2019

*My favorite John Denver song is Wild Montana Skies...

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Sitting outside the firelight
I share this valley with the moon
The stars twinkle overhead
and the bullfrogs begin to croon
My fire sparks its own starlight
drifting up into the night sky
To God I give a prayer
as a wolf starts a lonely cry...

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A young tennis brat from Indiana
Dressed in a psychedelic bandana
   When he put it on
   It glowed bright neon
Lit up the court from here to Montana


           
    Inspired by Kevin Shaw's
 State Limerick Poetry Contest
     But not a contest entry...

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The feared bounty hunter Frankie McGill
Was tracking bank robber , Montana Bill
Frankie caught him by surprise 
Shot him dead between the eyes
Now Montana's on his way to Boot Hill... 


Written 3rd May 2022. 

High Noon Poetry Contest

Sponsored By Joseph May....

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The calendar says spring has arrived
through the window the sun shines 
Outside the weather does not agree
But I still ride the fence and look through
the narrow slit between my hat and scarf
looking for signs that the world might be changing
I don't think spring in Montana can read...

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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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There was a lady from Montana
Who fell in love with a banana,                
Which had such an appeal 
She felt urged to reveal
They planned to elope to Havana.

She rented a seaside cabana
Nested between beach and savanna.
At a party she threw
Came a Chiquita new
And the new two flew to Montana....

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Open 
Close
1,2,3
High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
Hannah Montana Forever 
Shake it up: Live 2 dance
Disc Ex-Change 

Crash my Party 
The Incredible Machine
The Outsiders
Open 
Close

The many faces of ACDC
Theory of a Deadman
Shinedown
Open
Close

Display
Unable to play disc


24 October 2019...

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i read
it said
7,000
seven
thousand
votes
voted
to sell
the state
Montana

the buyer
being where
not to beware
friendly folks
lots of beavers
legalized marijuana
wanted to move
anyway
to
Canada

a lifetime
vacation
get away
give away
away from
it all
but where
would Zappa
grow
dental floss...

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Those motel memories return.
The colored comic pages opened first
And water bubbling in an urn
And powdered coffee slaking my communion thirst.

Montana windswept plains outside.
Stark desolation’s existential rites within.
But earth I’ve trekked since then rolls wide:
And prayer, not newsprint, now assuages sin....

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Your mountains and prairies are safe from me,
it’s only your roads I want
89 in Utah, 191 in Montana,
route 50 cutting Nevada in half
I’m not looking to stay or upset your order,
like New Yorkers and Californians do
I just want to ride to tomorrow and back
—the view and the memories my home

(Dewey Montana: September, 1996)...

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