Barry A. Lanier Poems

When I head out over the pasture
The morning after the first winter frost
Seeing the strain in the Bermuda
Sensing the life that was lost
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All of the exercises in going green-
shingling the roof with solar cells, turning down the thermostat,
installing an economy flush toilet, walk and don't ride, replace
the incandescents, plant a tree every week, a windmill to generate
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Going beyond a place in me
That does not think out loud.
I am a dreamer
Hitching my wagon to a star
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If I could only............................................
Really if I only could................................
Get my foot out of my mouth..................
I could write more effectively.................
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Of course being a fifty-something student,
In Counseling Theory class with twenty something females.
Tactfullness being superior to modesty,
Honesty supreme over misdirection,
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Bowing to landlords
Kicking them out on the street
Turning off the gazes
At the scoffers they meet
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