Kim Barney Poems

Dear Parley,

I know I only met you once,
yet I feel I know you quite well,
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It's so pleasant to know old man Kim.
There are very few people like him.
If you tell him he's funny,
would he give you some money?
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I gave a rotten log a kick,
hoping to find a snake.
Instead I found some angry bees;
I'd made a big mistake!
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This is not a poem. It is a hidden-word puzzle. Hidden are 30 birds, all found in the Rocky Mountains of North America, with one exception.

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Hank
LeeAnn
Smoky Hoss
Sandra Feldman
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It was the year of sixty-eight
and we were deemed the best
of all the greatest relay teams;
we just out-shined the rest.
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They met upon a starry night
and quickly fell in love.
Their future seemed so very bright
beneath those stars above.
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flesh of her flesh
bone of her bone
what one does
so does the other
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I love those verdant mountains;
I want to be there in the trees
among those pines and wild bluebells
and grass up to my knees.
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He's King of kings and Lord of Lords;
He comforts us with just his words.
He has been called The Great I Am;
He is the Shepherd and The Lamb.
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