She found a letter Tucked away in a box Stored in the attic With a heart-shaped lock Its beautiful penmanship Swirled and danced Around emotion And circumstance It told of a love story At the time couldn’t be Only shared in a letter For their eyes to see Then kept locked away For so many… Read More Come of Age
It’s been a long few weeks Since Halloween Just look at poor Jack To see what I mean He’s busted and rotting With a mouth full of dirt The more he sinks The more he hurts He worries about The long winter ahead The darkest place yet 2020 has led He dreams of 2021’s Dawn… Read More Pumpkin King
The ghosts float around The haunted house As the black cat chases The possessed mouse Up in the attic Where the bloodsucking bats fly Spiders plot revenge On their next victim to die The jack o’ lantern glows Though no candle is lit Casting shadows on one Who just doesn’t fit He’s jolly and fat… Read More HO HO HELLO
It started as a flicker A barely visible flame It kept on growing Until never the same A hellfire now burned Atop the candlestick Beads of deep crimson Dripped from the wicked wick Hotter and hotter The wicked wick burned Faster and faster It twisted and turned Sinister faces In its plumes of smoke With… Read More The Wicked Wick
The rambling rambler rambled Down the dirt road Kicking up dust On legs that were bowed On feet that were blistered By old cowboy boots He never stopped moving Never put down any roots The rambling rambler rambled Across state lines Tipping his hat At each “Welcome to” sign Sampling the food Made famous… Read More The Rambling Rambler Rambled
It’s sad to see The trees left on the lot All of the orphans That Christmas forgot Cold and bare In quiet desperation Hoping for a home And festive decorations But new hope is found When the birds fly in They fluff their feathers As tweeting begins They sing Christmas carols From days of… Read More Christmas Orphans
The midnight hour Has come and gone The minutes tick Down to the dawn Still, sleep evades The weary ones Who wait on rest That never comes
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
