Tom O'Brien Poems

THE GREEN FORGOTTEN VALLEYS

Those green forgotten valleys,
No longer can be seen
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HOW TO MEASURE RAIN

Walking through an ancient woodland
Wildflower meadows glinting through the trees
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NORTH CAROLINA TREES

Tall pines, straight as railway sleepers,
Stun me with their skinny beauty
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ACHTUNG BABY!

This refreshingly quiet street
Round the corner from Checkpoint Charlie
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DRIVING WHILE BLACK

Don't drive while you're black
‘Cos you may get stopped on the way back
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LOS ANGELES

From dream factory
To nightmare landscape
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TAKE NOTHING BUT THE PICTURES

Our minds are all we have
They are all we have ever had
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ABOUT SINGING

An unsung land is a dead land
Forget the song
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I AM RED

I am red like burning fire
I am covered with a glowing down
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In Hastings town I met a man

Who said he loved the Klu Klux Klan
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