By tom on July 31, 2009
Autumn has arrived. Trees decked out in Joseph’s coat Reds, yellows, orange, rust, green And every hue in between. Leaves dancing and fluttering in the wind Drop to earth In a dizzy spin. This wonderful display Is short lived. Winters winds will soon move in, Earth takes on a Different glow With the arrival of [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Autumn, Blow, Bun, cold, dancing, dream, Earth, Fire, For you, Frozen Toes, Glows, Hot Toddy, Hue, Hurry Home, joy, night, Prayer, Prayers, Reds, scream, Shoes, sleep, Snooze, snow, Stairs, Toast, Toes, Tree, Trees, war, White Snow, Yellows
By PrairiePoems on June 24, 2009
My brother J.O. Christianson left home at seventeen, went to Minneapolis. He went to St. Paul Farm school college for forty years and with the superintendent for thirty years. Was Knighted by the King of Sweden for starting the foreign student exchange. John had been out here at HOME, in Dakota, and head seen the [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Blow, Brother, Bun, change, Christian, Crowd, Ears, Eden, Fate, Freedom, Gold, heart, Lain, lies, memories, Moving, night, School, snow, Stacks, Storms, Sun, Sunset
By PrairiePoems on June 17, 2009
“Tell the bunch around Market Street My face no more they’ll view; Tell them I’ve CAUGHT A FAST FREIGHT…… AND IM GOING STRAIGHT OH THROUGH! Tell them not to weep for me- NO TEARS IN THEIR EYES MUST LURK- For I am going to a BETTER LAND, Where they hate the word called WORK. HARK! [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged alone, Bound, Bun, Coop, Ears, eyes, god, Rain, Sun, Tea, tears, Tree
By HollyMann on May 18, 2009
80 Summers, to bask under the sun. Experience, before all is undone. Limits of life, are to open your eyes. To let you see, beyond your current dreams. Breathe in the day, soak in the rays. Listen to the rustle, watch the tree sway. Passion for life and love, for everyone. Be who you are [...]
Posted in Inspirational Poems | Tagged 80 summers, Bun, dream, dreams, eyes, Freedom, holly mann poem, Life, list, love, pain, Passion, Rain, sin, Strains, Sun, Tree, Veins
By arjunsharma on February 23, 2009
1 Present Day It was the first Monday in weeks when I was not in office before ten. As I saw the frosted sundial of my old citizen ticking eleven thirty, I cursed myself for the umpteenth time for choosing that insurance company. I found out that the other companies did not require so many [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged absence, addict, Addiction, alone, An orphan, Angel, Angels, Anger, Apartment, Aroma, Ash, Awe, baby, Bang, Beautiful, Belief, Best Friends, Bikes, blood, Bloom, Blow, Blush, Brain, Break, breeze, Bud, Bun, Butt, Celebration, Cement, change, Cheeks, child, childhood, Chocolate, Circumstances, class, Clothes, Clouds, Coffee, cold, computer, confusion, Conversations, cool, courage, Crackers, Crowd, cry, cycle, Dad, dancing, dark, Darkness, Daughter, Dawn, death, Depression, destiny, Devil, Direction, Dirt, Doctors, Doubt, dream, dreams, Ears, Earth, Elbow, Emotions, Emptiness, empty, eternal, Eternity, Eyelashes, eyes, Faith, falling, Fate, Father, Fear, feeling, Feelings, Feet, Fire, Fish, Flood, Flower, flowers, Fool, For you, forever, Friend, Friends, Full Moon, fun, Game, girl, Girl Talk, Gloom, god, Gold, Gratitude, Guess, Guidance, Habit, Happiness, Hatred, Hats, Haunt, Hear Music, heart, Heart Beat, Heaven, Hell, Hill, house, I love you, Images, Imaginations, imagine, Insurance, Jasmine, jealousy, Job, Journey, joy, Kids, killing, kiss, Kisses, Lace, Lad, Lain, Laugh, leave me, Left Hand, Lessons, Liar, lies, Life, Lips, list, loneliness, lonely, Loon, loss, Lost, love, Loving Wife, Lute, Madness, Magic, Mail, Many Things, Marriage, Match, memories, memory, miracle, Mirror, Misery, Mistake, Mob, Mom, Money, Moon, Mother, Moving, Mud, Music, Nature, Nec, Nerves, New Born, night, Ocean, pain, Passion, peace, people, Pies, Pleasure, Poem, Prayer, Presence, Priceless, Pride, promise, Rain, Reason, Reds, reflection, Relationships, Remorse, Rendezvous, Revere, Rivers, Rope, Rose, Running, Rush, Sad, sailing, Sanity, Satin, scene, School, scream, Screams, Sea, seeing, Shadow, Shame, Shape, Sharp, Shock, Shoes, Shout, Signs, Silence, sin, Sky, sleep, slumber, smile, Smiles, Sobs, Solace, solitude, Sorrow, soul, Sounds, Spite, Stomach, Stories, Sun, Surprise, Taxi, Tea, tears, Teeth, Temper, Throng, Tick, Tide, Travel, Tree, Truth, ugly, Urge, Valleys, Vastness, Veins, Vine, war, Warmth, Waves, wife, Wisdom, Woe, Woes, woman, Womb, world, Worries, Wounds
By b on July 12, 2008
Earlier chapters: The Rodeo Girl…the dance floor The Apartment Problem Glass Question Token The Little Girl Live Theatre with Etta Etta Has Flown the Coop Face to Face Choosing In Retrospect… Yes Etta and the Card The last three chapters: Part I Etta and the Lie Etta had just moved in with Jeffery when the [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged Anger, Antiques, Apartment, Array, Aunt Mary, baby, Bad Luck, Bang, Beautiful, Blow, Brother, Bun, change, child, childhood, Children, Choice, class, Coffee, cold, cool, Coop, Corner Bedroom, courage, Crowd, cry, Cup Of Coffee, Dad, Dance Floor, dancing, dark, Dawn, Direction, Ears, empty, Family Poems, Father, fiction, Frey, Ghost, ghosts, girl, Grand Trees, Grass, Guess, Guidance, Hill, horror, house, Lace, Lad, Lain, Liar, lies, Life, Life Style, Little Girl, Loon, Lost, love, Money, Mother, Nature, Nec, Neighborhood, night, people, Pianist, Pore, Reason, Remnants, respect, Respectability, Retrospect, Ribs, Rodeo Girl, Running, Rush, S Child, School, Shoes, sin, sleep, smile, Sorority, Stairs, Sun, Swinging, Swinging Bridge, Tea, Token, Travel, Tree, Trees, Truth, Upscale Life, Upstairs, war, wife
By tom on July 1, 2008
Autumn Autumn has arrived. Trees decked out in Joseph’s coat Reds, yellows, orange, rust, green And every hue in between. Leaves dancing and fluttering in the wind Drop to earth In a dizzy spin. This wonderful display Is short lived. Winters winds will soon move in, Earth takes on a Different glow With the [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Autumn, Blow, Bun, class, cold, Cold Hands, dancing, dream, Earth, Fire, For you, Frozen Toes, Glows, Green Leaves, Hot Toddy, Hue, Hurry Home, Images, joy, night, Orange Rust, Prayer, Prayers, Reds, scream, Shoes, sleep, Snooze, snow, Stairs, Toast, Toes, Tree, Trees, war, White Snow, Yellows
By David Pekrul on June 9, 2008
I’m down in the dirt and I’m scrounging around, I’m looking for mushrooms wherever they’re found, (Oh, look at the pretty pink clouds in the air), I hope that I find a few mushrooms somewhere. I know they are healthy, or so I’ve been told, The ones that are shiny, not covered in mold, (A [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Beautiful, Bun, Clothes, Clouds, Dirt, Elbow, feeling, flying, love, Magic, Magic Mushrooms, Mold, Mom, Mushroom, Mushrooms, Mushrooms Grow, Pink Clouds, Sea, Today Tomorrow, Tree
By David Pekrul on May 23, 2008
“Welcome, my child, I’m glad you are here, Where there is no sorrow, worry or fear, Now open the gift I have given to you, A life of abundance, accepted by few.” The gates were swung open, and that which I saw, Both kept me in silence, and left me in awe, The City of [...]
Posted in Inspirational Poems | Tagged alone, Ash, Awe, Bun, child, Christianity, cry, Faith, Fear, forever, god, Gold, Heaven, Hell, Knees, Lad, Life, love, pain, people, Satan, Scripture, Silence, sin, smile, Sorrow, Spirituality, Tree
By tom on May 10, 2008
ย ย ย Walking With Elianaย ย I like to walk with Eliana Her steps are ย short and slow like mine. We never have to Hurry up We always Take our time. We look and examine everything We find along the path. We giggle At the simplest things And Eliana makes me laugh. This [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Bun, child, class, Daughter, Flower, flowers, girl, Hue, Laugh, Little Girl, Ocean, Poem, Rain, Sky, snow, Sun
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