This time I'm doing it
Release...out from me
Snag, pivot, swirl
Up, over, next to,
....around
Where am I found
Lost in the dark
Or maybe the light
Following hard and fast
After LOVE's guide
...REVELATION
Void, pain, agony
Tomorrow, again
Sick of it all
Can I die, already, please
...hope
Film removed
Like the optometrist's lens
Fear, doubt, unbelief
Removed in the cleanse
...BEULAH born
Open and pure
Let all things be
Growth will come
Shedding judgment
...restoration
In the BELOVED
Written by Trudy Schrader on 04-03-2024
Note: Beulah (House of God) Marie (Beloved)
Categories:
beulah, love, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Beulah Groton
1886 -1890
I remember the adoring eyes of my mother
And I remember the sweet fragrances of the orange blossoms in spring.
I can recall the wagging of my dog’s tail
And the smell of frying bacon
Inside my mother’s kitchen on a Sunday morning.
And I do recall burning up with fever
Inside a washbasin filled with ice.
The day before they buried me here in Clark Cemetery,
My parents gathered friends and family together
At the farm on Washington Street.
And with my little white coffin open,
They posed around my still body and,
My pale sunken face for the keepsake photograph.
They dressed me in white satin
And laid me out under the noon sun.
I don’t miss life really
Because my days were few.
But I do miss my dog,
And waking up on Christmas morning.
Categories:
beulah, death,
Form: Epitaph
Song For Beulah - Man's Voice
Beulah, met her
at the Bellamy Run
and when we were there
we had some fun
Beulah, doo-la,
she wanna dance with me
Beulah, she no angel
at the Bellamy Run...
Has deep issues,
but she still has fun
Beulah, she no proud,
no proud to dance
with guy like me
Her issues! Drive me mad
But never mind,
because she loves me wild
at Bellamy's
She's beautiful!
Beulah, doo-la,
she wanna dance with me
Beulah, she no angel
at the Bellamy Run...
Has deep issues,
but she still has fun
Beulah, doo-la,
she wanna dance with me
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Categories:
beulah, cute love, dance, song,
Form: Lyric
The days are oh so long
The nights so dark and cold
You came to read the signs
Down on BEULAH BLVD
The first of many journeys
The potholes hidden and deep
You will find a light still burning
Down on BEULAH BLVD
If you should bend a rim
And your battery runs out
You can always get repairs
Down on BEULAH BLVD
Soon your engines running
And your back on the road
You found a new direction
Down on BEULAH BLVD
1993
Categories:
beulah, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Big Beulah and Anorexic Ann
By Elton Camp
All her life, Beulah has been fat
But can’t do a thing about that
Her pal Ann won’t have it that way
“It’s in your control,” she does say
“I weigh less than when I was sixteen.
You’re the fattest woman I’ve ever seen.”
“I watch what I eat and exercise every day.
The same weight I’m determined to stay.”
“On the gin scale is where you must weigh.
Let’s go on down and see what it’ll say.”
Beulah had come very much to mind
Ann’s comments that were so unkind
“I’ll go first,” Ann said with a sneer.
“You’ll break the scale, I really fear.”
Ann expected her weight to be true,
But Beulah slyly added her foot too
Ann turned red and began to scream
“Oh, no, this has to be a bad dream!”
Big Beulah got a laugh up her sleeve
Skinny Ann she was able to deceive
Categories:
beulah, humorous,
Form: Rhyme