Hummingbird, hummingbird
what's your hurry?
Darting quickly through the air
I can scarcely
see you coming
In an instant you are there
Of God's creatures
on the wing
in the day or dark of night
None so perfectly
maneuve...
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Sitting and watching the clouds roll by
scattered across a bright blue sky
picturing how much fun it would be
to walk on a cloud, flying free
Standing atop that white fluffy mist
drifting through heaven, by the sun kisse...
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Two tiny dots
on a vast landscape
wandering aimlessly
Ginger and John
Man and his cat
a long time together
on buses and freight trains
hither and yon
Jobs here and there
a few extra dollars
some milk and a hamburger
the...
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O, black and potent beverage
each morning that I rise
you give me greater leverage
you make me strong and wise
O, elixir of higher thought
rejuvenate my mind
I percolate you in my pot
through dark beans that I grind
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In bleak and dreary
time and space
I am a wanderer passing through
I ask for nothing
in my travels
but to sojourn here with you
I will not tarry
very long
for there are many miles hence
By h...
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I release you, fair lady
to the wind whence you came
you never had substance
nor even a name
'Twas all in my mind
and not in the earth
for my own wishful thinking
had given you birth
My high expecta...
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For all this while, I've been alone
it seems my wait shall ever be
Your smile went to someone else
for you took no delight in me
Why did you have to come along
possessing such a lovely face?
How I have longed fo...
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I would write a little poem
if I weren't a little gnome
little gnomes have gnarled fingers
where no pen can ably linger
My writing's done, you see
by my faithful secret'ry
she's twice as large as I
nearly one...
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On the heels of autumn’s flight
Nature draped in winter’s white
The dreariness of brown and grey
Belie the colors found in May
Frosty winds howl through the trees
Made barren by December’s freeze
...
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I am young
and I am old
I am cautious
I am bold
I am first
and I am last
I am slow
and then I'm fast
I am black
and I am white
I forgive
though I am right
I'm the best
and I'm the worst
I am blessed
...
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You loved me, this I know
but then you had to go
and things were never quite the same again
On that January day
I kind of lost my way
and those thoughts and feelings just elude my pen
I was but eleven
when you went off ...
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Thinking all of this time
that I stood next to giants
'til I realized those giants were mad
But what brought me here
was impulsive stupidity
I see now that I have been had
Why seek fame and glory
when those who would give i...
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Through the blinds
the sunlight breaks
reflecting off of
plaster flakes
The music from
the other room
restores me back
into the womb
So safe within
my mother's walls
before I knew
these empty halls
Pieces of
an af...
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I can imagine a great many things
polka dot pandas with gigantic wings
a world without war, a day without death
even the moment I take my last breath
Fabulous worlds of purple and pink
a moment of peace where I don't have ...
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His parents' worst nightmare that left them disheartened
is the sad tragic tale of Dennis Lloyd Martin
On a family outing at Cades Cove park
Dennis, his brother and some friends on a lark
Playing hide and go seek as they alway...
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One night at my house a strange man had got in
When I asked him to leave he gave me a grin
I called the authorities who were of no use
He slipped out the back door, a man on the loose
But then he returned as soon as they'd gone
...
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When someone gives herself to you
it is a gift supreme
Of such an offer don't make light
to most it is a dream
No finer treasure can be found
than another's heart
You would do well to place her first
right from the ver...
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One afternoon
with Ginger and Basil
we met an old sage
whose voice was quite nasal
He told us our lives
were in need of some spice
which got me to thinking
of my favorite rice
So my two friends and I
spent the afternoon l...
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Children playing, picking flowers
on this April afternoon
up and down the grassy hillside
shadows will be fading soon
As the sudden storm approaches
all of nature darkening
the children dashing homeward
to their mother's call...
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Through the schoolyard running as shadows grow long
and the late day sun feeling warm and strong
I'm loving this vision that I am seeing
of children at play and as one in being
They illustrate just how life ought to flow
with...
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I spent a night in Somnia
which put me to the test
The lodgings were luxurious
but I could find no rest
They said it was a quiet town
I fell for all their ploys
And all the stupid sheep I tried to count
made too much noise
...
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I had a disagreement the other day
with my pal Floyd who passed my way
He brought his new sculpture for me to see
Floyd's a fine artist, on that we agree
"Wow" said I, "It's an Iron Butterfly"
"He'll soar with The Eagles righ...
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They dwell in the peripheral
a place I truly dread
Not sure exactly what they are
I think that they are dead
They stalk the corner shadows
in the day or black of night
I sense their movements vaguely
always dashing out of sig...
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In my travels late one night
upon a country road
Across the fields and in the distance
something surely glowed
Perhaps a fire over there?
Though I could smell no smoke
'Go and take a closer look'
a voice inside me spoke
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I'd rather see you joyful
than shedding many tears
I'd rather see you confident
than weighted down with fears
If I am feeling happy
then happiness I'll sow
If I am feeling sadness
then I'd rather you not know
Mik...
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Disconnected from the people
and the things that I hold dear
On a course through time and space
I wonder what I'm doing here
Black miasma overwhelms me
paralyzing life and mind
I feel like I'm the piece that's missing
from a ...
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