Monday, September 28, 2020

Learning How To Pray Comments

Rating: 4.5

With a pack of Lucky Strikes
and a bucking bronc tattoo on my arm,
early one morning
I walked a mile to the road, hitched a ride
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Smoky Hoss
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Khairul Ahsan 09 October 2020

'but I had more dreams than my head could hold' And this is so common with a seventeen year old! :)

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Glen Kappy 04 October 2020

Smoky, I enjoyed this easy-flowing meditation. Lucky Strikes were my father's brand before he quit smoking after thirty-years. On money, in my case, I haven't been motivated by it much. And I've found I'm better at making money last than making money. On learning to pray, that's an ongoing thing, yes? Be/stay well, brother. -Glen

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Lawerence Mize 28 September 2020

Beautiful. Something we all want to do. One more time might just do it. Love your poetry Smoky.

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Cowboy Ron Williams 28 September 2020

Did you tell your folks you were leavin' or didja just leave 'em greavin'?

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Cowboy Ron Williams 28 September 2020

Forgot to mention in my other comment: This is a great poem!

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Cowboy Ron Williams 28 September 2020

Alone again? Sorry to hear that, Pard, We all need someone to love and to love us back. Might be fun to hit the road again and see some sights you haven't seen, but you have hit on the most important thing (the title of your poem) .

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Deluke Muwanigwa 28 September 2020

Thats a good poem. I suspect it is not how to pray that you need finality. Its prolly something else.

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