Ballad Love Poems

When you hold me
I feel so free

Cuddling close in your arms at night
my anxieties disappear
whenever you are near me dear
and we embrace ever so tight

My...

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she wanted everything to be perfect.
most of us loved uit when she smiled, we learned that she
began only smiling at vile and disturbing things.
she found...

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How cryptic would I have to be to get this off my chest
One score and yet it seems like yesterday it was the best
Most simple...

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Author Dana Redricks
November 9, 2018

I will stand by your side
No matter what we are going through
I'll your friend through thick and thin. I'll be your...

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referred to as
a creation
where lovers
enjoy what they eat
something greater and grandeur
than something ordinary
................................................
6 pork chops
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of garlic powder
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1...

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Love letters

His love letters she kept in a shoe box
Tattered now tied in ribbon lots
That she takes them out when she’s blue
And she feels there...

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YOU BROKE
HEART
AND YOU'RE
 GONNA FIX-IT
WHAT THEY HELL
THEY TAUGHT YOU
YOU THINK YOU
 SUM-KINDA
 SPECAIL ONE
I EXPECTED BETTER
I LOOKED FOR 
SO MUCH MORE
THOUGHT ONE WAY
IN THE BEGENNING
IT...

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IN EACH RENDITION
THE STORY IN EVERY 
CONDITION
IS A STORY OF LOVE
BORN IN A MANGER
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
BOUGHT NOBEL MEN
TO BETHLEHAM
THE GIFTS THAT THEY
 WOULD BARE
AND...

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It’s only love and that is all
The whispered words so tender recalled
For there be sometimes sorrow
That will fade into your tomorrows
So think of me when...

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THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS
ARE RINGING
PEOPLE THE WORLD OVER
ARE SINGING
WE WHISPER OUR WANTS
TO OUR FREINDS
THEY GO SHOPPING AGAIN
EGGNOG AND PARTIES ARE SWEET
COOKIES AND CAKES FOR TREATS
WE...

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Twenty years on and she still remembers. 
The pain still fresh in her mind.
That love that seemed sweet.
Something that made her blind.

A call in the...

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in a hot skillet
add olive oil
garlic
persimmons
onions
sauté unitl onions are translucent
add apples
fresh ginger
cabbage
mushrooms
(wilt cabbage)
remove from pan,
in the same skillet
add ground duck and ground lamb
stir to brown
add...

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look away
now turn
hope you like it
I was thinking
 about you
sweet expressions
and words only do so much
sometimes
a symbol of togetherness
encourages others to
feel about us
the way we
...

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It drove me on 
When I was with a girl
Romance was the thing
And all I could think about
At the time when would she say yes
For...

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There were clean sheets on the bed
Neatly made with tidy threads
Cleanliness was always good
In their younger days as lovers laid as they should
But age now...

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If I were free
And you could be with me
Oh how happy we would be
I’d see you standing there
And I’d want to dare

For this time of...

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FANTASY WORLD

Awakened by the sound of bell,
Feeling debilitated of the night's Odyssey, 
 My surroundings appears to be Crimson, 
 I looked out of the...

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3/4 to 1 pound of ground lamb
1/4 cup of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of rosemary
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon of ground ginger
1 tablespoon of garlic...

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We were apart..
You had taken your own journey
I had taken mine..

We remain apart..
Moments..
Hours..
Days .
Weeks..
Months..
Years
Upon every waking hour..
I reminese and ponder..
When our beating hearts were one..

A...

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How can I say THANK YOU
From this humble heart of mine
With both my palms folded
My lips is full to burst a smile
My mind is rewinding...

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