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The Travelling Medicine Man
Write a poem inspired by this title.
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“Are you here?” Asked the girl.
A cough.
“I am.” Said the man.
A lie.
He was gone.
Jumping over rocks.
Running over train tracks.
Catapulting off of cliffs.
Down.
Down.
And back up again.
He was digging in the dirt.
He was playing with fire.
He was flirting and building, hating and crying…
He was everywhere, but there.
Where he desperately needed to be.
“Are you here?” Asked the gir...
If you’ve an ailment
An issue or three
Hail the traveling
Medicine man
He’ll come to thee
Without nary a delay
Hail the traveling
Medicine man
The townspeople say
What a good fellow is he
Hail the traveling
Medicine man
He has cured me
I shall sing his praise
Hail the traveling
Medicine man
It certainly pays
A magical talent like his
Hail the traveling
Medicine man
A great business
He’s saved...
He comes to my door
With his bag and his disdain
Peddling cures to make me:
Happier, easier, livelier
In my home he sits
Displaying the vials, the tablets
Opening a tome to teach
Me, like a school child,
About what’s wrong with
Me, and how to fix the sadness
I take a tablet from his hand,
Tremble in the worry,
And place it in my mouth
Where it dissolves
Into
…
Happiness
I stand and sh...
The traveling medicine man this morning came to call
So close I was to my demise a way to end it all
He shared ancient wisdom of struggle pain and strife
Challenging times are regular here through out my aging life
I have seen beauty once and again I see but pain
The sun shines bright this morning coming soon more rain
If I am to rise above the sky’s deep sorrow its vibe so cold and gray
Toxicity...
The traveling miracle worker
He travels day and night
He brings you hope and peace
He can give you light
He hears your cries and worries
People will say he is a fake
People will continue to judge
But he will be your attorney
He will feed the hungry from scraps
He’ll turn water into wine
He’ll catch every stone tossed
He’ll heal the blind
He understands your burdens
The curse the fallen casts o...
In towns where whispers weave through air,
And cobblestones tell tales of yore,
There roams a man with silvered hair,
With potions, herbs, and folklore galore.
His wagon creaks through dawn's soft glow,
And down the cobblestones of the lands,
Each vial and jar, a world to know,
Behold the traveling medicine man.
He speaks in tongues of ancient roots,
Of healing leaves and honeyed balm,
His hands...
The travelling medicine man.
He travels through time.
People call him a medicine man,
Though he is not one.
He travels through time.
Through time and space,
Doing good for all he encounters.
People call him a medicine man.
After all, that is what he calls himself.
They don't know who he really is.
Though he is not one.
Many forms, many lives;
In fact, I think I know one of them....
the small town where my mama was born
has a Steak ‘n Shake now
a Wal mart
And a Lowe’s
They built a bypass through it
And stocked it with paint by number houses
if you go down Main Street it still feels like the tiny Appalachian town it once was
On the left you’ll see the courthouse where my granny and papaw married
On the right, a furniture store that should’ve gone out of business many...
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