Monday, July 18, 2005

oklahoma

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grand lake downpour blinds
all but those who know by heart
road to fishin' hole
(9-08)




his fourth - tales of old
ragtown, anadarko, tribes
whose lands were taken
(11-13)




dog days in lawton
'f you thought soldiers would be out
you were mistaken
(12-11)





okemah native
knows well your sultry welcome -
completely ignored
(12-11)





blazing lawton sun
keeps folks off streets and hiding
in army's air-con
(1-07)





ain't the first outlaw
these ouachitas ever hid
on a summer night
(8-05)





near judy ranch - dusk,
marsh grass - southbound whooping cranes
also stop to rest
(11-13)





road to stillwater -

sunset on rust-colored fields,

hawk scans for his prey
(1-15)






piercing eyes, pumpkin
patch, anadarko back road -
our worlds, so different
(11-13)





lifted weights in barn,
play'n for th'sooners, tornado
took all but the weights
(11-13)





near ada, coffee's
weak, stuffing's dry - in a booth,
an old man says grace
(11-13)





clinton mcdonald's -

exchange of hot tea, cold hiker

'n' cheyenne arapahoe
(1-15)






panhandle ranchers
on windswept plain - another
bag of sand in truck
(8-05)






kaw nation's coffee -

at th'border sign, he spills some

on th'icy gravel
(1-15)




kids with happy meals,
below, m'ssouri-bound cars
swerve on sleeted lanes
(11-13)




rest stops near tulsa
march tornado blows semi
westbound to eastbound
(1-07)






'don't drive through smoke' sign
asks what kinds of fires you'd see-
spring in green country
(1-07)





ouachita mountain
backroad leads down into fog -
blossoms still hiding
(9-08)





may rains grip tulsa -
docent listens to tramp's tale
of storming auschwitz
(12-11)





bois' city founders
sold dreams with no more substance
'n these spring tumbleweeds
(1-13)




june wedding – guymon
groom shows th’cowboy boots he’ll wear,
‘n’ th’bit he made for th’bride
(6-15)

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