Tribute Ballad Poems

The dusky eve in country meads
In rainy weather rainy day
All trees  were standing stony still
While kids in street with boats they play

The water smiled...

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Her voice, a piercing magic spell,
A soulful sound that rings so true,
Beth Hart sings from deep within,
Her songs, a mirror for us to view.

In "Leave...

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Prince of charm I could call him,
He’s as charming as the wind,
As attractive as the whirlwind
That carts the hearts of women. 

He roped the heart...

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To her family she was coy
         but truly she would be their Joy,
 a country girl from...

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like that of a fly,
a short lived burst.
the passion i can’t deny,
will live on until i die.

that rekindle of love,
did feel familiar.
in a spirit of...

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I hear them singing,                                           ...

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I miss those days
Yet, I give praise

Memories take me to a place
Reminding of safety and care
Dad's quiet strength was always shared
Leaving endangerment, no space

Reminding of...

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Why am I hurt so sore, my folks 
Why does my heart bleed
Why do I take it so personally 
Why do I need to worry...

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Dropped anchor off the Fever Coast 
‘board a rake-masted schooner
Spooked by Ahab’s ghost. 
Lamps glowered through the yawning blanks
Casting bone-twisted shadows 
Over teakwood planks.
Salt biscuits...

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Father, you believed
Never let me bleed
Helped me in my grief
Helped me in my need

Never let me down
Wish you were around
Walking through this town
You're nowhere to...

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In loving memory of Derek, 1932 - 2021, and Pauline North, 1931 - 2021

I know what I like, my love
And I like what I see
I...

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The Man from Darwen

Came there a man from Darwen,
In the heart of the Lancashire Hills,
A Town of industrial landscape,
Coal Mines and large Cotton Mills.
These times...

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Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is dead
Today is here weeping 
Weeping at her sisters departure

Today is growing and going 
To be buried as yesterday
Time and time
Say we...

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THER HE STOOD
MOUT CATLINA STEARING
RIGHT AT ME
I FLINCED
I STOOD UNAFRAID
AND KNOWING
THAT IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN
EVERYTHING FROM THEN ON
WOULD DEPEND ON HER
TRUST IN BEING TOGETHER
SUCH...

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VIGNETTE FORM an example

In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim...

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