Photo by Amber Yoder
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Please take a moment to check out Art Coelho’s amazing art work at his site
by clicking HERE. The art work is breathtaking. Art Coelho is multi-
talented. He is also a master poet and writer of fiction. You can also read his
bio and see some of his books from Seven Buffaloes Press by clicking the link
above.
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Without The Wild Side of Creation,
The Fire Goes Flat
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For Art Coelho
Mentor, Friend
The Title, His Words
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You taught me how
to poke it, stoke it,
pour whiskey on it,
keep it roaring hot.
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It ain’t pretty, slick
or academic; it learns
lessons from crickets
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coyotes howling
by bedrolls, hoboes,
coal trains in the night.
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Pork and beans
around a ring
sticks ticking
hissing bark–
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nails shooting
popping hot blue
stories after dark.
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A good student,
I will never let
the wild eyed girl
burn out.
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I won’t let the bastards
take the flame; I won’t
let them piss it down
to embers.
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Pistols in my lines,
thunder in my stomach,
thick brown gravy
on an old tin plate.
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Sparks flying
from my lips,
I tip my hat
to the master,
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then pass the flask
to the next
one in line.
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We’ll go down
flinging fire
through the grate.
Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
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This poem was originally posted at Rusty Truck. Hop over and take a look
at all the fine poetry over there. Thanks for reading!
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The Buffaloe Pen 