Long Palmetto Poems

Earth         was a perfumed garden
residing in a single                   ...

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At nights we’d sit out on the balcony drinkin
Breathin
That thick mug air
Of a New Orleans summer evening.
Livin as easy
As they’d let us
In the bowels of the Irish Channel
Where magnolias bloom all year long
Amidst the cracked...

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Why An Imam with a mobile 
is the last thing you will want  
For today, 
Has many reasons, 
many more to come in days to come! 

As your palm is already junk  
in...

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The everyday struggle of a young black man
Just the thought of being broke
Trying to get him to understand
If you don't work You don't eat
But these young black men in today's generation
have their own understandin about...

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AR 15 was found in one of the airplane's black boxes

News about AR-15 And Southport, NC

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He speaks with measured dignity,
one silent word at a time
His palmetto pen tells us: 
Tune out the cosmic background noise,
and focus your mind
on the sound of the silent voice
You most certainly will hear this ...
......

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Sweet heart my passion dear pumpkin
Sweeter than a cabbage you are my sweet corn
somewhat louder than the bourn
Deep into that darkness sprouting
Liken a flower blossoming
How they were shouting, touting - flouting
those the farmers and gardeners
They...

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That’s not my elephant, Miss Ella,
I said when she was two.
Mine has panache, wears couture, eats ganache;
That one is missing a shoe.

That's not my elephant, Miss Ella,
I said when she was three.
Mine eats spaghetti, macaroni,...

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I WISH I WEREN’T A COCKROACH
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I wish I weren’t a cockroach, its no fun at all
People stomp on me, if they find me in the hall
I need to hide in gloomy spots, niches...

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Turn east your eyes, oér the brimming blue of mountains
And see the morning sky serving feast of fervent gold
And through the hills climbing a heart like festive fountains
A man with tattered trousers, shirt stained and...

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Melodious tides serenade along a foam dipped coast line,
we drift as a single composed symphony,
seduced by a pounding surf, its sensuous rhythm pulsates
flooding our hearts, aching to collide 
in the tempo of a lone torrent’s...

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I've seen Carolina cry and oh have I seen her smile

And even though its been a while, I can still see her sun shine.

Small as a child no more than 4ft  from the ground,

I...

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She comes in just before 6:30 
Donald's ride will never be early 
Their relationship is not kept under cover 
She calls him her big brother 
Now they both drive a 300, Donald says his is...

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She comes in just before 6:30 
Donald's ride will never be early 
Their relationship is not kept under cover 
She calls him her big brother 
Now they both drive a 300, Donald says his is...

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I heard a Heavenly sound today,
I heard it so loud and clear.
It was so beautiful and so peaceful,
That the presence of God was near.

The sound was so very comforting,
With the altos and the tenors and...

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Carolina home
In the great Palmetto State
Place where I was born

Boy was free to roam
On a ninety-acre farm
Free from fear and harm

In dirt, sand or mud
We sandlappers had it all
To work, play, or brawl

Turning the dark...

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Write me a way out of sadness and pain
Make it a whimsical , happy refrain.
Pen my way down to the old berry patch
Where we built a house of palmetto thatch
Write  me a path back...

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Palmetto fronds
Just before Easter
Will stick out in my mind.
Sand dunes, sun and boiled peanuts
Will all be left behind.
Ticking clocks on the mantle
Count down my return.
Meanwhile, I miss the sea most
Bubbling up as my friends all...

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New Hampshire Has Spoken
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Romney is choice of the republican elite
With thirty-nine percent he’ll be hard to delete.

Paul’s crowd is excited and nipping at his heels
They’ve made monetary policy issues real.

Huntsman says third...

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Once while visiting my wife's mom
There was a disruption to the calm
When a very large palmetto bug
Went quickly scurrying across the rug

My wife was shaken down to her core
But her mother had seen them before
When...

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I am not ashamed of my scars
they are unique
they are a part of me
they are memories
and battle wounds
different shapes
odd sizes
each with its own tale to tell
they are a road map of my life
a sharp left...

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A beautiful attraction
Like the coral reef
A beautiful fall
Like the autumn leaf

Beautiful words
A beautiful sound
A great experience
All around

A palm tree
An ocean crashing
The hot summer sun
Summer bashing

Or what about winter
Snow upon the ground
There is only one place
All...

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A COUNTRY BOIL

Get some fresh swamp cabbage,
And get yerself some ham,
Get yerself some snap peas,
And the biggest pot on hand.

Boil it up together,
Over a nice slow fire,
Until it's all real tender,
Then take it from the...

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I wove myself a basket

     Out of my Palmetto Palm.

Everyone said that weaving

     would surely make me calm.

When starting on this project
 
    ...

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