moon rise

Some want tradition by praying for snow flakes

While others have excesses from the great lakes

So much snow it was impossible to pass

And lives lost at Christmas despite dire forecasts

The warm spring days will soon be here

The love awaking time of year

When hearts are filled with hopeful warmth

And the snow birds are heading north

All look healthy in their winter tans

In their new air conditioned sedans

The one I'm looking for is Kimmi

Making her way north from Miami

The moon may not rise each evening

But the sun will set every night

I know where I'll be this evening

But where are you going tonight?

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 ChristmasWalk2022TonyFallon1222

I walked my dog on Christmas eve I wasn't feeling well

I thought the walk would clear up my depressing spell

A neighbor got out of his car and cheerily said Hello

The boot of his car was packed ready to overflow

I asked if he needed help, and he said no because

Everything packed inside the boot belonged to Santa Clause

I smiled to myself what a great toy hiding place

No matter how hard the little ones searched they couldn't trace

At the next house a man was putting snow in a garbage can

He told me he'd turn it upside down to make a snowman

He said making a snow man like that after the big storm

kept him shoveling briskly and kept his fingers warm

Not everybody does things alike some are unique

To make snowmen some people have a different technique

There are so many different people in this human race

Everybody has their problems but still have a happy face

As I walked around, I heard people loudly yell Ho,Ho

Thats the way I remember it Christmases long ago

Children raced around a car yelling Daddy got a tree

How much money would one spend to witness such glee

I saw carloads of people dressed up first class

I bet that family and friends were going to midnight mass

To my abode I happily returned with some more cheer

So Happy Christmas to you all and a healthy New Year

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 skating tonyfallon12212022

As I sit inside my window and watch the snow accumulate

And think back to my younger days when I used to ice skate

Well do I remember winter days that were cold and harsh

And thick ice would form on the shallow water in the marsh

You might get bumps and bruises and maybe a few scratches

Serious enough for salt and water cleaning and knee patches

When the grass would reappear a few days after the storm

I'd be kicking a soccer ball around to keep my toes warm

The only soccer balls in my life for weeks have been in Quatar

Where you can't drink beer only bottled Coca Cola and water

Skating is not in my plans I can't walk without a cane

And I have trouble enough walking on black icy terrain

We had two lakes within a mile which was easy cycling reach

Those were really turloughs so neither had a sandy beach

There was ice near the shores and under that ice were springs

So if you walked or you went skating that's where the ice thins

Not everybody heeded warning And sometimed the ice snapped

Some people got a cold wet soaking but no one got trapped

We've had the first snow fall and the christmas treees are on sale

To be taken home and trimmed with decorations and lights in detail

Everybody takes picture they are so proud of their Xmas display

But the next day they strip off the decorations and throw it away

With planning and longing for months I wonder what children think

In twenty four hours it's all over they hardly got time to blink

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 MarysScaryMorning

 On the Sligo carriageway the traffic suddenly slowe

Some eegit was on the wrong side in the middle of the road

Mary was going to work exercising her given rights

When what does she see approaching only two high beam lights

She was frightened he would front end her lovely shining Ford

She flashed her lights at him incessantly which he ignored

She did not yet know if he was drunk or worse still asleep

She kept as far in as she could and then started to beep

Luckily it wasn't wide she said it was just a wee white van

Imagine the havoc if it was a Cadillac sedan

In the middle of the road Mary didn't want to linger

And to show his ignorance passing he gave her the finger

Mary still has a great doubt about this man's sanity

She does not regret casting doubt on him with profanity

He was on the phone telling his girlfriend about his bad day

And how all the other drivers were going the wrong way

Mary now has a book of curses she can get in a flash

She doesn't keep it in the glove box but right there on the dash

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 ThegirlontheLoveSeat©️2022TonyFallon1207

I loved the music playing I was drawn by the sound

She sat crossed legged on the love seat I sat on the ground

She said "excuse me you are invading my private space"

I said "you don't have to worry I am not a nut case".

I looked at her left hand and I did not behold

A   ring with  a flashing diamond or a ring of gold

She smiled a smile and the tension seemed to have lightened

She said "when I saw you first come in I was frightened"

She continued "you do look wild with long hair and beard

If I was your girl friend I think something would be sheared"

Those comments could be meant to be funny or snide

I had often heard worse I was taking it in stride

I said "If I wrote to you in poetry or prose

Would some big man rise up and punch me in the nose?"

"You just said girlfriend so is there some interest

Of you and me starting to build just one love nest"

I was getting to her I observed a slight blush

Other people were listening now there was a hush

I could tell I was being her magic enchanter

And she was enjoying the come and go of banter

I asked her where she planned on dining out that night

And was there an old boyfriend who would cause a fight

I said I'm very serious I'm not here to flirt

I want to take you out for soup dinner and dessert

The next thing she said caused me to be slightly enraged

She said I'm so sorry but I'm secretly engaged.

God be with the old days when if a ring was not in sight

To chat or flirt with a lone girl you had the green light