Tag: Poetry
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Winter Haiku
Written during my years in nothern Ohio Winter Haiku Windswept blades of grass,velcro for decaying leaves —crows hunt for treasure Now warm from walking,‘cept for my frostbitten ears —deep earth-tones and gray. Wet snow all around,parking lot puddles soak shoes —tracking salt inside. Sliding down the road,anti-lock brakes staccato —black ice beckoning. Slamming the car…
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A Confluence of Idiots
This is about 8 years old. Driver’s rage?… Hmm… A Confluence of Idiots A true parody, self righteous, self absorbed,in crowded parking lots both here and abroad,trolling the spaces closest the door,wasting my precious time, and yours. Potential spot sighted… must stop the flow,must have this one, no other will do,creates a bottleneck so no…
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Down Into Mexico
Down Into Mexicoby Delbert McClinton There was a casino out in VegasHad a million dollars on the wallGot my imagination workin’ overtimeI knew I had to have it allI knew I had to have it all Sherrie was a dancer, she was a schemerWe came up with a fool-proof planShe was workin’ it from the…
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Youth – A Distant Memory
Originally posted a year ago… Youth – A Distant Memory When very youngGot lost and coldSpanked for runningOut in the roadEscaped fromRope-tied pantsBy taking them off Lived by the radioThe Shadow KnowsSciFi movies andThen TV black and whiteThen came color 78’s became 45’s and 33’s,Went from HiFi to StereoThen 8 track and cassetteThen MP3’s Dog…
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Return of the Snow
This one is about 10 years old… Return of the Snow snow is comingin flurries and squallsin storms and gently fallingclouds of snow-dust swirls, where each flake, an ice crystal,glimmers in moonshine,and under street lights,headlights, and lighted windows, casting long shadows,creates snowscapes — alien,breathtaking, mysteriouslystark, yet somehow warm, a home gently shroudedin glistening shades ofwhite,…
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Startled Coyote
Startled Coyote They can smell a human a mile awaySo they say We came upon him on our ride homeOn the Tucson Loop Soundless except for the hum of bike chainsAnd tires on pavement He rose from the shadows under a MesquiteApparently startled Mangy, thin, hungry looking, surveying usWarily as we approached Quickly veering toward…
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Angry Lake Erie
Angry Lake Erie (a recollection) Nighttime on a north Ohio coastlineDark gray clouds scudding eastwardTwelve-foot luminous gray wavesWashing over the concreteBreakwall No rain … yetMaybe yes, maybe noWind blows cold through my clothesHair whipping over my shouldersAs I face her voracious howl Erie’s angry tirade lastsThe whole nightBut I came down and sleptThrough her final…
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All I Know So Far
All I Know So Far / Pink Haven’t always been this wayI wasn’t born a renegadeI felt alone, still feel afraidI stumble through it anyway I wish someone would have told me that this life is ours to chooseNo one’s handing you the keys or a book with all the rulesThe little that I know…
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A Red Sky
Another reprised poem from the past year of this blog A Red Sky a red sky dripping oozing blood backdrop ofsocietycivilization progressive pretense crusted and smothered in disease ashblackish grayish poverty deathdestroying every natural thing it touches vaunted techno-progress dealing death efficientlyprofoundlyinexorably Earth’s progenyfeed – declinecloth – declinehouse – declinewe’ve chosen asixth major extinctionfor greed’s…
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Morning Darkness
Another reprised poem from the past year of this blog Morning Darkness fadingthe lying angry voicesviolently crying alone again trying sighingdying searing pain againmakes mortality plain constant wishing for healing rain but that’s OKwe’re all to blameonly a gameour claim to famepretty lame goofy even I forgetwhich first man his brianare they same – same…
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