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"Don't Wanna Ride The Train No More"

    I woke up To a familiar sound It was coal train And it was bearing down Running down the tracks Like they always do It made me think about.... Me and you..   I layed there Like a frightened child As the truth overtook me Drove me wild... Tried to ponder The ne …

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"I Miss My Cherokee Home"

    Maw Maw used to tell me As a Cherokee child You've got the wolf spirit That's why you run wild I'm giving you this name Waya Adanvdo Now run through this world And go at it full throttle.   I used to help her Fill the pot bellied stove With coal from the  …

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Listenin Here

Where's your word I'm listenin for it. I spray mine out there with a fine mist. I may not like your word, but you got a right to say it. so, where is it, this word of yours. Only ask that it be yours and not some replication. you know, from someone who says they got something for …

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Rain, Sun, Fun

This week we had heavy rain Somehow I still had fun Last week we had Sun for days You know I still had fun The ever changing weather Can't put a stop to joy In fact it gives you reason To all the more enjoy Splash in a puddle Walk in the sand Build a snowman Just sit and blow bu …

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Zany and Zelalous Zebras Zero in on the Zenith it's Zero hour With Zestful Zig Zags their Zinc white stripes Zip like a Zip code Zippering forth like Zithers in the Zodiac Zone It's almost Zoological how they Zoom and then eat Zucchini ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz …

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Appalachian Mountain Girl

She bent her head, her hair falling, to covermake a veil of glossy, tangled auburn hairas she peeked between the strands, seeinghow the world around her, looked from beneath through this veil grown long to hide her eyeseyes of blue, the color of a morning sky, shywondering at th …

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To All poet's in The World Seen Through Poetry If I find that any member of the group has 'borrowed' from a poet from the Internet from another Website, I will report it & boot them from the group. No excuses for Plagiarism in this group or any other group. If anyone has any …

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"Father Sky"

  I saw a light in my eye last night It was a vision from Father Sky He grabbed my soul And asked me why..... We've left our Mother to die?   Winds of truth began to blow I realized there was nowhere to go He had me captive And wanted to know......  …

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Imitator Of It All

Poems once collected me but I said noleaves of grass are not my wayhaving once seen honor acid etched in innocencefor which six men and one boy diedwhile an old madman, instigator of it all, grinned mirthlesslyas a young girl crouched unheeding bleeding reeling and in shame. Poem …

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MOM

To wish a great day to all moms, Would take forever to single out. To affect many with words of beauty, Would be appropriate no doubt.   Instead of words of delight, Let truth be passed between us instead. You shake way down deep each night, Each time you go to bed.   Y …

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