This holiday season I hope to be The keepsake ornament Hung on the tree Not the glittery one With flashing lights Or the biggest of all Painted so bright But the homemade one A little imperfect Whose magic is found Beneath the surface
The Christmas tree stood All merry and bright Ornaments glistening With colored lights Storage boxes were shut And put away Up in the attic For another day But, one ornament Was overlooked In the storage box Buffy the cat, shook Loosening the lid She ran out the door Stair after stair Down to the… Read More Mischievous
Snowing Sleeting Slipping Sneezing Shoveling Sloppy Slush Shouting Swearing Saying Sorry Snow Simply Sucks
The table is set For Thanksgiving Day The turkey and sides Are all on display But did you know They are there to compete, To become Thanksgiving’s Favorite treat? The turkey says, “Clearly, I’ll go far! My plump breasts and thighs Will make me the star!” The potatoes argue, “I’m fluffy!” “I’m sweet!” Before… Read More Thanksgiving Food Fight
I looked for meteors But didn’t see one It seemed to be over Before it’d begun Searching the sky Cursing at cloud cover Not a meteor was seen But a plane did hover Yes, a plain old plane Not even a UFO Crashed my expectations Of a meteor show
Do you have a song That plays in your head You hear it all day And at night while in bed It awakens nostalgia’s Long lost days It makes sure the past With you always stays It transports you back To another place When you were you With a younger face It’s that favorite… Read More Music and Lyrics
I saw a pumpkin On the side of the road Covered with leaves Its face barely showed One triangle eye A small button nose And a pumpkin stem Out of the leaves rose When a gust of wind Moved fall debris Down a steep hill The pumpkin rolled free Over bumps and stumps The… Read More Feasted and Cheered
Fog crept in ‘til the valley was flooded With eerie silence Desolate, cold-blooded Kernels were plucked From decorative corn Swallowed by ravens With feathers worn Perched upon scarecrows Stuffed with straw Silent witnesses As the wolves gnaw On a bone that sticks up From damp, cold dirt Wearing the remnants Of a red plaid shirt… Read More Farmer John
On these stones Their names are engraved In this ground Their bodies are laid Behind those gates Many are buried In the crowded yard Of the cemetery But a part of each one Remains alive Their impact in life Forever survives In the songs, they wrote The music they played The speeches they gave… Read More After Goodbye
A hurricane spins Over sea and land It reaches far with a ghostly hand Wave after wave Disperses sea spray Dampening the air The day turns grey It spins inland Bringing unsettled air Its ghostly hand Strips the trees bare Leaves and debris Darken the sky Blinding the hurricane’s Ghostly eye As it starts… Read More Wobble
Jessica M. Collette 
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