Bud Taylor Poems

Remember there's a mile in every smile
a well in every dwell

Smile before you rise
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One day a stray horse
arrived in the Valley

Tired, beaten they arrived
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Perched on the cliff face
Looking at a brave, new world
I cry from the wilderness, hear it today
Hear it for a thousand years
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Friends three huddled a plan and boarded a tram
crowed and we flew cheeks merry in hues
tall trees mountain vistas, glaciers and lake basins
far and away safe harbour, rocky peaks we seek
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There's a free in freedom
a dominate in dom
dominate implies ownership
terminates empowerment
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There's a river that flows from a glacier of old
and the story told of children bold
catching lov'd life on a cliff on the heights
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My dearest Brother
I heard you were Unable to make plans for the holidays
Breezed into Ottawa to share a cup of coffee
Let us catch up at Tim's in the Market Square
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Look up look around
Look at the deep green surronds
Look at the sea dream on the beach
Look at the mountains birds soaring high out of reach
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FEAR

'False Evidence Appearing Real'
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If my hearing did lose
no melody or chord on piano played
nor sonorous tone on clarinet heard
not one jot of scale or note
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