Category: Poetry
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Taxes: What George Harrison & The Beatles Thought
Let me tell you how it will be, There’s one for you, nineteen for me, ‘Cause I’m the taxman. Yeah, I’m the taxman. Should five per cent appear too small Be thankful I don’t take it all, ‘Cause I’m the taxman! Yeah, I’m the taxman. If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you…
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Merry Christmas! O Holy Night Poem
O Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining ‘Til He appeared and the soul felt His worth A thrill of hope, the weary soul rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn Fall on your knees!…
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Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by. BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
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Monday Madness: A Ludicrous Limerick Called, “Ode to a Salad”
Behold! A poem that came to me this afternoon as I ate my lunch: This is a ballad that is all about salad; It rhymes about carrots, and not about ferrets, Its lyrics beset us with lines about lettuce It inanely prattles about grapes, nuts, and apples, It lilts about beans and lush collard greens…
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The Butterfly Philosophy
Just a snippet of some song lyrics I’m working on … Everything you do changes you, changes me, changes everything you think, What you hope, what you pray, changes everything you do; who you love, who you hate, what inspires your desire Lights a fire that burns in the windows of your soul. Everything you do…
Jenn Greenberg 