How did I end up here? Where did I come from? How did I get here? Was it just from my dad and mum? How did I end up here? Did I come from the moon? How did I get here? Was I from a baboon? How did I end up here? Did I come [...]
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Haiku Mardi Grasby Nancy Lee Shrader
Day of Mardi Gras Beginning with Fat Tuesday Before Ash Wednesday Big bijou celebration Masks worn throughout the quarter Down in New Orleans Music of jazz bands Will wash away your sorrow With festivities Carnival ended Hurricane Katrina blew Leaves death in its wake Aftermath of horror Mardi Gras returns to life Bringing back the [...]
Haiku Nocturnal by Nancy Lee Shrader
Nocturnal means night Hunters and prey scurry here Death sounds in the night Mice scurry in fear Quietly he stalks his prey Who-o-o who-o-o cries the owl Leopard stalks the wild Crouching low he waits to strike In silence he pounced Jackal roams the bush A scavenger by nature Kills in dark of night Australia’s [...]
Call of the Wild by Nancy Lee Shrader
Coyotes’ night cry We hear the call of the wild They howl at the moon Buffalo roam here In the wide open spaces Indians were free Cowboys ride the range Longhorns graze on the prairie Wild mustangs run free Families leave their homes Wagon trains traveling west To make a new start Wild animals here [...]
Babbling Brook by Nancy Lee Shrader
Babbling brook winding slow As if it had nowhere to go Rippling waters soothing song Singing softly all the day long Wolf pack gathers near the brook Their blood lust they’ve forsook A thirst for water leads each nose Pure clean water a sweet repose Mother squirrel at water’s edge Family of rabbits emerge from [...]
Empty Chair by Nancy Lee Shrader
Empty chair In the corner all alone Little prince is gone Leaving an empty throne Sadness envelopes Filling the air Little chair empty Nobody there Once it felt love Giggles, laughter and a smile Chair’s little buddy Has skipped his last mile A fire is built stoked and hot Empty chair thrown into the blaze [...]
Naughty and Nice by Nancy Lee Shrader
Naughty and nice are words proclaimed By parents to their children in holiday style You see there’s a jolly old elf And he keeps a large file He’s making a list He’s checking it twice He will soon know Just who’s naughty and who’s nice There’s a change in behavior At least one month out [...]
The Spices of the Heart by Nancy Lee Shrader
Granddaughters spice up the day. They brings giggles in pink toenails, tea parties in dresses oversized. Cheers you each day with two pom poms. Heals you in a homemade nurses cap. Loves you with a heart overflowed. Grandsons are spicy too. They brings laughs in muddy shoes, tea parties with real food. Cheers you each [...]
Random Acts of Kindness by Nancy Lee Shrader
Everyone is looking for the spice of life in one way or another. There is one way we can all spice our lives in a way that will bring joy to not only ourselves. Spice it up by committing yourself to doing just one act of kindness for another and that random act of kindness [...]
Spice of Life by Nancy Lee Shrader
Spice up your life In the dawn of the day Wake to the passion Love’s sweet bouquet Find the spice of life In an afternoon glow Speak words of love See his love grow Spicer yet In the evening tide Hearts beat fast As planets collide Spices comes full circle As dawn sings its song [...]
Standing in the Shadows of Love by Nancy Lee Shrader
Stand in the shadows through happiness and pain Shadows of love brings sunshine and rain Stand in the shadows through hope and joy Shadows of love join a girl and a boy Stand in the shadows through sadness and glee Shadows of love carve names on a tree Stand in the shadows in the air [...]
Woodland Melody by Nancy Lee Shrader
Woodland melody through forest green Walking through hill and dale Listening for Mother Nature’s song While walking on the trail Fluttering leaves rustle in the wind Floating in the air while falling to the ground Arrayed in red, orange and gold they dance To a Symphony in crackling sound Flapping wings swooping low Diving for [...]
Puzzle Complete by Nancy Lee Shrader
What is a puzzle, if its missing a piece? An empty space, where true love will cease. On the day we were wed, no longer two separate beings were we. Becoming one flesh forever, a new branch grafted in the family tree. When you’re not around, I feel incomplete, so all alone, lost and forlorn. [...]
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