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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2001-01-01 09:15 PM

I am not a cowboy,
...who rides the open range,
I am just a farm boy,
...whose dog once had the mange.
Ain't got no use for city lights,
...nor use for city's din,
I like the plains of Kansas,
...that's where I've always been.
I don't wear no pretty boots,
...a' made of ostrich skin,
Worn out boots or tennis shoes,
...I'll put my flat feet in.
Ain't got no use for French cuisine,
...except for maybe fries,
Big city skylines, neon lights,
...no match for Kansas skies.
I laugh at high-priced pickups,
...I see them all the time,
What's the use to drive a truck,
...not covered with some grime.
Tomato beer and salted nuts,
...that'll suit me fine,
Boone's Farm with a twist of lime,
...now that's a cultured wine.
I got married at eighteen,
...got me a pretty wife,
Had four kids and held a job,
...had not too bad a life.
I went to school, learned fancy words,
...got me a law degree.
And when I get a hankerin',
...I write some poetry.
But then I hit the big four eight,
...my job I up and quit,
Four kids away in college,
...my wife done had a fit.
But things worked out, and we'll make do,
...new job I start next week,
Not bad for Kansas farm boy,
...who is a poetry geek.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2001-01-01 09:28 PM

Mike?
Not bad at all farm-boy-poet !

With a sense of humor like yours -
you're a winner for sure !

Not to mention those gorgeous roses you grow !
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2001-01-01 09:37 PM

Creative poem filled with wonderful humor and descriptions of you! I will be looking forward to reading more of your wonderful work here! Thank you for sharing, my friend!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2001-01-01 10:29 PM

Mike I seem to remember a cowboy poem you wrote a while back..and it was VERY good.

You may not be a cowboy..you may be a poetry geek..but you're OUR poetry geek and we won't trade you in for a million cowboys in tight jeans...(well, could we maybe have just ONE?)

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2001-01-01 10:30 PM

Mike--whoever and whatever you are...I like you...and I'm sure glad to be your friend. (you write great poetry too)

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

5 posted 2001-01-02 07:27 AM

HERE COME DA JUDGE!!!

Congratulations my friend...

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

6 posted 2001-01-02 07:47 AM

Thanks, Mike for the portrait. You are my kind of guy. Now I know where all the beautiful landscapes in your poetry come from. Your wife shouldn't worry. Everything will turn out all right. Just publish a book!
Liz

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

7 posted 2001-01-02 07:52 AM

Not bad at all..loved it mike..

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

8 posted 2001-01-02 07:55 PM

Yep, BIG Congratulations to the nicest lawyer type person I know!! Judicial chambers need more poetic types!

Denise

Gemini
Senior Member

since 1999-12-15

Posts 1203
Wisconsin, USA

9 posted 2001-01-02 09:01 PM

For a Mike you strike a pretty impressive poetry geek, and a sense of humor to boot! Thank you for making me giggle tonight.

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

10 posted 2001-01-02 09:08 PM

wondering.....thinking...have I met Mike before, or is this the first post I read from his hand....oh what a shame than.....love the humor....

and ....hmmm.....nice to meet ya Mike poet geek

((hugs))
Charisma

seraphin
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1004
Michigan

11 posted 2001-01-02 10:08 PM

How wonderful! I love the term Poetry geek! Very nice to meet you, from one "geek" to another!

Snow

Senior Member

since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

12 posted 2001-01-02 11:46 PM

this is just great, and well written also!!!
loved it!

Snow

"...I am a river in winter,
quiet in the eyes of most
but deep,
swift and full of life
to one, lucky enough to fall through the ice.

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

13 posted 2001-01-08 09:33 PM

Glad to know you, Mike! What a wonderful way to write an autobiography--just do it in a poem!

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

14 posted 2001-01-08 11:20 PM

weeeellll..now i know who mike is!

(read nans poem for you before i read this one!)

i like mike

congrats on your new job!

hugs, g

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

15 posted 2001-01-08 11:44 PM

Hi Mike errrrrrr I mean your honor...this is so cute...its nice knowing you

KokoStewartKoomoa
Senior Member

since 2000-12-04

Posts 580
Waikiki, Hawaii

16 posted 2001-01-09 12:08 PM

this was a smiling good poem...an attorney with a sense of humor..yeah that helps..LOL
I enjoyed your poems today. I shall be seeking to read more of what you write! aloha, Koko

Passion,imagination
and intellect
running together...
Poetry in motion~~~

Aloha with
warmest regards, Koko

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

17 posted 2001-01-09 08:31 AM

Hey Mike,
Glad for the introduction and poetry geeks...aren't we all?

Write on
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

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