The night was cold the fire warm and snow fell thick and fast, The log house stood there firmly as it strained against the blast From distant pole where Santa Claus had frozen winter home; That frozen waste where polar bears and seals are known to roam.   “I wonder if he’ll come tonight?” said one with anxious frown For … Continue reading Santa’s Visit

            ‘Twas dead of night and people slept In comfort of their bed, The old clock chimed each hour away, Close by the old bed head.   The child inside gave urgent thrust In Mother wide awake, She gently shook her slumbering spouse And thought of things to take   To hospital in country town, The very best they state, … Continue reading It’s a Girl!

Searching by the riverside for specks of gleaming gold Sluicing through the pebbles and the sand, Hope to make a fortune for it’s here the miner told Nuggets found were bigger than your hand. Back from California when the goldfields ceased to yield, Australia now the land of hoped success, Shanty town now sitting where there once was grazing field, Every miner working under stress. … Continue reading Gold for Mary

The press of city traffic passes by With hopeful eye she watches as they go More people, should she give another try? Perhaps another coin to her they’d throw But none of them would even spare a glance This ragged miss was standing in their way ‘Till someone special happened there by chance He stood there wondering what it was he’d say What fate had … Continue reading The Vagrant

It only seemed like yesterday they occupied the land In former times were pastures lush and green, The land would yield its bounties for this happy family band And poverty was nowhere to be seen. Bill scanned the fields around him and he tried to force a smile, Those memories of family long ago, His parents and his siblings on recall from memory file, The … Continue reading Drought

He couldn’t bring himself to fight the leader of the pack, Too many had already tried but most had not come back His family they were wretched poor they’d fled the cussed war And were located in this slum no better than before! The family told before the war they’d known of better days They had to leave all things behind, adjust to different ways, … Continue reading Climbing the Social Ladder

  It would be encouraging if people that you met Gave all a cheery greeting as they came, And everyone whose contact on the worldwide internet Took open kind relations as their aim.   If the people of all nations would support their fellow men As they deal with human challenges each day, And the leaders of the nations would speak courage now and then … Continue reading How Nice It Would Be

Chilling breeze caresses trees Chasing sparrow anxious bees, Clouds race over sombre skies Watching while creation sighs. Leaves in summer brilliant green, Some now golden, most unseen, Insects nowhere to be found Autumn shelter in the ground. Horses standing in the fields Stiffly in their blanket shields, Mill pond frog no longer sings Quack of ducks no longer rings. Clever birds have sensed the time, … Continue reading Autumn

Pressed the button one two times Wait to hear computer chimes, Screen is blank, no noises heard Another press, that makes it third. Check the battery in the mouse, Look for spares around the house, Next the keyboard power light Dust inside unseemly sight! Power sockets in their place, Tangled wires great disgrace, Cables fitted look alright Feel the couplings out of sight. Now take … Continue reading Computer Woes

Hosts of heavenly angels fill the sky, With disbelief the common people stare, While priestly rulers scoffingly pass by His ruined holy body stark and bare Then Roman soldiers hastened to affix “’Tis Israel’s King,” for everyone to see. Were His disciples, too distressed to mix? Afraid those priestly enemies to be; God’s spirit helped Him bear His load of pain For love for men … Continue reading The Sacrifice