Thoughts that sometime...rhyme

It is winter out here in the hinter land turned frosty white in the middle of the night. The snow shovel catches on a crack and breaks my mother’s son’s back. Gray skies have laid siege and my spirits are near surrender as I inventory my Christmas booty a fruitcake and a Peta embroidered suspender.... Sign in to see full entry.

Happy Happy, Merry, Merry. May your Christmas be so very Filled with memories And the adventures future memories are made of. Pause and reflect The mirror of the year Echoes life’s treasures. As now we blog on And hope next year Will be one of personal pleasures. Now get off the computer And be with... Sign in to see full entry.

When down the snow flakes start falling, falling ice skates and slidey toys hear frozen lakes and hills calling, calling. Then does the world that hides in winter come boldly unfurled, and beckon us to enter. Spring colors, the lights put forth who’s reflections dance in the night as the scenes all... Sign in to see full entry.

Days of winter Slide into each other The snow’s white blanket Makes then look the same. Flowers last stalks Shiver under Their icy caps Winter is here For the other seasons It’s taps. A continuous gray sky Covers one day Into the next All the while The tree’s bare branches Claw at the sky Mourning... Sign in to see full entry.

City sidewalks Icy sidewalks Make for Black and blue shoppers As they fall down With their treasures You hear. #@%*~ Christmas #@%*~ Christmas Too soon it will be Christmas Day! Sign in to see full entry.

To a place where I can rest A place called the weekend. But, oh! I forgot There are Christmas cards to do Gifts yet to buy Wrap and send! Why? Did I think I would have any leisure time I must have been thinking With my weak end. The lights! The freaking lights One goes out, they all go out,] Sure... Sign in to see full entry.

I’ve been having thoughts… And they’re not nice, mostly of snow piling up on my roof and roads covered with deadly ice. Someone’s going to squeeze down my chimney and give toys with Wal*Mart bar codes on them. The only bar code I need is the password to a speak-easy. Do they still exist? Now in this... Sign in to see full entry.

White And quiet They fall everywhere Transforming grey brown fall Into a whitescape Where rosy cheeked children Build snowmen and slide Down hills laughing All the way. Sign in to see full entry.

For it was truly Over the hill and through the woods To Grandmas house we went. Eating sumptuous food And sharing family Was our main intent. When at last the stuffing Was stuffed and the olives All gone And the dishes Packed into the dishwasher We sat and caught up On lives distant and near Most of... Sign in to see full entry.

Our lives, floating, floating, making their way through the corridor of eternity. As we pass, will the ripples of our lives be lost in the cacophony of the moment? Or somehow be preserved, an indelible part of the pattern that is existence. That is not for us to know nor can we ever know nor should... Sign in to see full entry.