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Ballard Poems - Poems about Ballard


Love and Loss
Oh, the ballad of love and loss A tale that's oft been told Of hearts that break and love that's lost Leaves a heavy weight on one's soul Once, I loved a fair maiden Her beauty like the morning sun But she left me, without warning And my heart was undone I wander now, through fields and forests Searching for what I've lost But she's...

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Categories: ballard, beauty, heart, lost, love,
Form: Ballad
Graeme Ballard
Graeme’s hero is Steven Gerrard, That Liverpool and LA football player, And has Cerebral Palsy. It was hard, ‘Cos doctors said he’d never blether. He was prematurely delivered 1979, But can now lift 3x his body weight. For his 8th birthday his parents fine, Bought him a horse, sports to date. He studied at Beaumont College, In Lancaster, where he...

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Categories: ballard, body, health, motivation, race,
Form: Quatrain



Alcoholics Ballard
A bitter and twisted tale to follow, everyday the same as tommorw, same old madness that will follow, empty dreams and a heart that's hollow. Ill begin each day the usual way, look in the mirror and see decay, a hopeless soul is what they say, still dressed in the clothes of yesterday. I sit on my bed with no real plans, except for...

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Categories: ballard, natural disasters, sad, life,
Form: Ballad
Ballard of Maggie Rose
Now,Maggie ran a boarding house,or so the story goes; And all those that knew her, called...

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Categories: ballard, devotion, love, mystery,
Form: Ballad
South Mumbai #1 : Morning Thoughts On Ballard Pier
Not the sleek modern skyscrapers Fragile, slim, standing tall Catwalk queens of present times But squat, imposing, solid built Dowagers of a bygone age! Forgotten memorials Screaming, unheard, unseen Proclaim of valor In faded wars. Winged griffins, Gargoyles, Gods, Goddesses Look down and stare Mute remnants of majesty. Verily Ozymandias comes to mind. The lanes littered With the birds, the bees and the beasts, Kids both biped and quad Suck hungrily...

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Categories: ballard, places, social, , memorial,
Form: I do not know?




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