Some Arizona Poetry
This is part of a book I wrote called
An
Yes, There is an
With apologies to singer Jamie O’Neil,
Yes, there is an
Yes, there is Sedona,
But no magnolia.
Not a put on,
But there is
Maybe not a puma,
But definitely a
And who would want to abandon the
So yes there is an
And as much as I like your song
Moving to
Things were tough in the Eastern lands.
My friends had come and said come join us.
My family thought me mad,
Said things aren’t that bad,
That you would leave your kith and kin.
I am sorry Mom and Dad,
But things really are that bad.
If I may be so bold, the northland is cold,
And my chances improve with this drastic a move.
Like the pioneers of old,
A white vehicle a horseless wagon,
Riding across the great nation,
To a new promised land,
Called
Ed Schefflein was told, this place will bear your
It has grown the
The shootout at the O.K. Corral reenacted daily.
Show is at 2 P.M. folks, see what happened in fifteen seconds on that fateful day.
The Birdcage Theater, where Big Nose Kate roamed.
Now, but for the tourists, the town would be aptly named,
For the Desert would act as the tomb.
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