Ballad Holiday Poems

Why did you bother 

You don’t need me
You don’t feed me
And we’re not having fun
Why did you bother to come?
You don’t hate me 
You won’t...

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I hear them singing,                                           ...

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Beltane’s Night
On the eve of Beltane
The Earth’s call rang across hill and heather, towards ford and cliff
From tree to river the door calls, spirits of...

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Buds Forever

Shorty was a little dog, 
Curly was too. 
They played every day, 
until there was nothing else to do. 

Rolling on the grass, 
digging...

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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Home to Rest
(She said, "I love my room." 
The very happy feeling of being home.)

Today, 
my daughter came home. 
She was not crying this time,...

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Another One Down
And another one bites the dust. 

Marriage. 
My friend, my neighbor, the lady next door, 
Rampant miscalculations of being too nice, 
two people...

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Chickens

Are by far my favorite bird. 

They give and take very little. 
They kill the bugs on the property, 

Not by chemical intervention, 
but by...

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The sun is sinking in the west
On a long hot summer day
There’s just the radio, my patrol car and me
As I look to the traffic...

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I'm pulling on a Mexican straw
 Work is done, so I got outta Dodge
 Now I'm happy to just lie here all day
 Pulling on...

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Tom turkey my dear feathered friend
Beheaded, plucked naked to the end

The stuffing is mixed and oh so moist
Flipped on your side we shout and rejoice

We...

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The sky goes on forever
In azure blue as I remember
Riding on with a cool breeze
Long hot days doing what you please

White sands that shone 
Running...

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I’m down by the sea

With my baby

Rubbing suntan lotion

Along curvatures of her body


I feel my palms aching to hold her

And feel her energy 

“put a...

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Falling leaves swirl by 
Squirrels peek through the pane

My companion's eyes caress me
Our serenade is rain

Fingers dance along my spine
Lips across my face

All is calm...

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My place, my time
Couldn't it just last?
It was my present, my future
Why is it now my past?
I close my eyes to paint memories
fresh inside my...

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