A December Memento
...Hawaii football beat BYU three times in December
Those were my greatest holiday mementos to crow
Of all the holiday gifts those I'll always remember
To see our team in green blow by blue added to ...
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Categories:
byu, december, football, memory,
Form: Quintain (English)
In Days Gone By
...In Days Gone Byu
In days gone by, I rocked my daughter’s newborn baby child.
So beautiful, he never cried, and all the time he smiled!
His mom would come for him, and beautiful was she.
“Good...
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Categories:
byu, memory,
Form: Couplet
Shoulda Read the Fine Print
...Shoulda read the fine print; my bad!
I’d still have my dog if I had,
but “no pets” the contract had said.
The dog’s with my ex now instead.
At least for the pool I was glad.
Shoulda read the f...
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Categories:
byu, funny,
Form: Quatern
Byu
...Standing on the 'Y' mountain, our arms folded over the railing
My father and I staring down at the college of my dreams
Wishing, praying fervently that my dream of dreams will come true
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Categories:
byu, daughter, education, father, friendship,
Form: Blank verse
How I Snagged Joe (And the Rest Is History)
...Hot August, 1974, I was back for my second year at college,
having just settled into a new place at Anita Apartments,
right next to the guys’ apartment complex called Tanner’s.
My first night, we ...
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Categories:
byu, husband, lovedance, dance, me,
Form: Narrative
Thanks To Byu & the 70's
...There’s Steve Young. . . Oh, and Namath could score
Both in football as well as “Amor.”
Well, that’s just about all
I know about football.
Yup. . . . I can’t think of anything more.
For Li...
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Categories:
byu, sports
Form: Limerick
Christmas Shopping
...There is no rhyme nor reason
For Christmas shopping season
Only during this season do you find out things you never knew
Like 80 year old women get football scholarships to BYU
An old man saw a d...
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Categories:
byu, funnychristmas, old, christmas, old,
Form: Couplet