Short Santa Fe Poems

Santa Fe sunset
Magical Mystery Taos
land of enchantment
spirits whisper on lost times
revealing the unreal...

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A lady I know,
Out in New Mexico,
Befriended a calico dragon.
She used to haul him around
Old Santa Fe town,
In her convertible Ford station wagon...

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ringlets of black smoke
released from the throat of 
the Santa Fe Railroad
as she comes
around the bend
full throttled horn
there goes our
time machine
friend...

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Time immortal, the master thief,
  stealing tomorrow from the past

Abducting each moment, all life itself, 
  —today within its grasp

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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“On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe”
This song is rolling round in my brain today
The Modernaires or Pied Pipers
Which group were the blighters
That made us sing along in a hap hap happy way...

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“On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe”
This song is rolling round in my brain today
Was it the Modernaires or Pied Pipers
Which group were the blighters
That made us sing along in a hap hap happy way...

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Does your mind have a second floor
  that’s very seldom used

A place your thoughts can freely roam
  safe from life’s abuse

One story up, your story forms,
  its telling far below

The height of peace and solitude
   —with space for you to grow

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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There a mountain in my rearview mirror
  a magnet for my soul

Pulling on what’s only borrowed  
  its lease to keep me whole

There’s a mountain in my rearview mirror
  calling out my name

Its winds have blown my heart to rest
  —which time cannot reclaim

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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Time is the mask that all memories wear,
  as feelings age within

Time is the bridge where eternity walks,
  each footstep to begin

Time is a voice spoken only inside
  where denial cannot hear

Time is the measure of what’s yet to come
   —in moments far and near

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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in the early month of May
sunsets pink & orange in Santa Fe
in a top down purple Chevrolet
radio rhythm songs do play

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car club cruise is underway
Impalas, Novas, Chevys on display
route 66 rockin' in the U.S.A.
at The End Of Spring Soiree

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are things I should say
so to God do have to pray
bring peace to each day
(remove all dismay)
(all my bills please pay)
(never lead astray)
(with you want to play)
(destroy disarray)
(take two steps you may)
(happiness display)
(see you in Santa Fe)
(help me find ring in hay)
(heard squawking blue jay)
(of hope send a ray)
(with me always stay)
(show me the right way)...

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A lady's bed is of feathers
Cowboys sleep on the ground
A rich man sleeps with the ladies
Poor men sleep all around

He rode his horse from Montana
Stopped in old Santa Fe
Saw her raven hair and dark, dark eyes
It was his lucky day

He took her home to Montana
Raised two sons strong and sound
One of them sleeps with the ladies
One son sleeps on the ground

3-20-20
Contest: Strand Choice L
Sponsor:Brian Strand...

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Son of a soldier lost his friendship ties
From thousands of miles for crunchy fries

Gun toys replaced the ones that he had lost
Talking twister of blended foreign frost

In the arms of almighty God
His dad combated the last blood

Son of a soldier connoted a coyote
Colloquated heroes poetic lyrics note

White flagged exorbitant West wild
Son of a soldier thought he was a child

Born by origin and modern nomadic loffe
Son of a soldier sailed the word of Santa Fe...

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