Uncle Sam I Am
...Who is this Uncle Sam?
And why ain't he around?
I search from state to state,
But he's nowhere to be found
I've looked in every corner,
Of the good ole USA.
In Shreveport and Chicago,
From ...
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Categories:
shreveport, america,
Form: Rhyme
Zydeco House Party
...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories:
shreveport, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
Car Wreck Psychodrama
...My YouTube Russian car crash wreckophilia
comes from a bad head on in the family car
near rural Shreveport Louisiana in 1947
when I was a tyke whose favorite berth
was the stowage space behind t...
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Categories:
shreveport, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Eating Chocolate In the Dark Taste Better Than Tree Bark-
...I want chocolate in the dark,
but when the sun goes down in,
the moon lights up Shreveport. Now I chew on tree bark;
The Taste is blah!! It hurts my teeth. Now I suck on Maple Leaves;
5...
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Categories:
shreveport, analogy, food, funny,
Form: Limerick
Social Insecurity
...Premiered at The Panic Room, Shreveport, LA – 11/25/2006
ACT 1
Bed of Nails
Typically Brueghel
Got To Be Blue, Boy
State of the Onion
My Cynical Career
Damage Control
ACT 2
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Categories:
shreveport, allegory, social,
Form: List
Last Night On Earth - Strange Is Truthier Than Fiction
...11/4/1991, KENOSHA, WI – Police say a man wearing a fake goatee burst into a restaurant and assaulted a customer. The victim asked, “Why are you wearing a fake goatee?” Police say the attacker answer...
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Categories:
shreveport, extended metaphor, humor, satire,
Form: Light Verse
Siren Cryin'
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She was Shreveport sitting on the front porch
that warm February Louisiana evening
When the cold, shrill code blue siren news
slowly, solemnly
serenade waltzed up the white marbl...
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Categories:
shreveport, bereavement, death, pain, sorrow,
Form: Elegy
Guilty
...He broke into music
When he was just a kid
They sentenced him to trouble
For dancing like he did
How was he supposed to know
He'd sing Jailhouse Rock
When the boy hit the 50's
He stopped the...
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Categories:
shreveport, dance, farewell, film, i
Form: Lyric
Floyd Cramer
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Shreveport, Louisiana was the birthplace of this man.
He could play the piano better than most people can.
Growing up in the small town of Huttig, Arkansas,
Floyd was a big budding talent th...
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Categories:
shreveport, dedication, music, people, people,
Form: Rhyme
Louisiana Support Me Today
...Monroe*,Shreveport, Alexandria*, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge*, New Orleans*,
support the woman who has either visited or lived there before. She's coming straight from
the top of the bo...
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Categories:
shreveport, education, family, holiday, life,
Form: Light Verse