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1) Christmas Long Ago Frosty days and ice-still nights, Fir trees trimmed with tiny lights, Sound of sleigh bells in the snow, That was Christmas long ago.
 Tykes on sleds and shouts of glee, Icy-window filigree, Sugarplums and candle glow, Part of Christmas long ago.
Footsteps stealthy on the stair, Sweet-voiced carols in the air, Stocking hanging in a row, Tell of Christmas long ago.
Starry nights so still and blue, Good friends calling out to you, Life, so fact, will always slow… For dreams of Christmas long ago.
| 4) I’m nobody! Who are you?
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!
They'd advertise -- you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
5) A Daughter of Eve
A fool I was to sleep at noon,
And wake when night is chilly
Beneath the comfortless cold moon;
A fool to pluck my rose too soon,
 A fool to snap my lily.
My garden-plot I have not kept;
Faded and all-forsaken,
I weep as I have never wept:
Oh it was summer when I slept,
It's winter now I waken.
Talk what you please of future spring
And sun-warm'd sweet to-morrow:—
Stripp'd bare of hope and everything,
No more to laugh, no more to sing,
I sit alone with sorrow.
6) I Am Always There -You're Never Alone
 When you're feeling down and blue, And life is being cruel to you. Just remember you're not on your own. I'm always there; you're never alone. You might not be able to see my face, As hard as you look around the place, But close your eyes and think of me, And before you know it there will be me. Keep me in the midst of your mind, And life will seem easier, I think you'll find, So when life gets too dark to bear, Just close your eyes and I will be there.
8) At the station
15.45 by the station clock.
Only five minutes left.
The wind shrieks along the platform
Biting hands and faces.
Time for the final kiss,
The last, lingering hug.
Couples parting,
Children waving Granny,
 Business men hidden behind newspapers,
Trying not to notice.
Three minutes
Faces pressed against the window,
Brave smiles,
Waving hands.
Two minutes
An announcement over the tannoy.
Many miles they have to go,
Far from their dear ones.
The flag is up,
The doors close
The shrill whistle
Pierces the cold grey air.
The engine warms into life,
A sudden lurch,
Final kisses blown.
The train steals, uncaring,
Out of the station.
Those left behind turn to go,
The others look ahead
To their waiting lives.
God hold them in your love
Till the train returns.
Bearing them back.
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 · 11)A newspaper man named Fling, Could make "copy" from any old thing. But the copy he wrote, Of a five dollar note, Was so good he is now wears so much bling.
 · 12) My neighbor came over to say, Although not in a neighborly way, That he'd knock me around, If I didn't stop the sound, Of the classical music I play.
 · 13) A man and his lady-love, Min, Skated out where the ice was quite thin. Had a quarrel, no doubt, For I hear they fell out, What a blessing they didn't fall in!
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2) Candlelit Heart
Somewhere across the winter world tonight You will be hearing chimes that fill the air; Christmas extends its all-enfolding light Across the distance…something we can share.
You will be singing, just the same as I, These familiar songs we know so well, And you will see these same stars in your sky And wish upon that brightest one that fell.
I shall remember you and trim my tree, One shining star upon the topmost bough; I will hang wreaths of faith that all may see — Tonight I glimpse beyond the hear and now.
 And all the time that we must be apart I keep a candle in my heart.
3) A Time To Talk
 When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, 'What is it?' No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit.
7) Father
 My father knows the proper way The nation should be run; He tells us children every day Just what should now be done. He knows the way to fix the trusts, He has a simple plan; But if the furnace needs repairs, We have to hire a man. My father, in a day or two Could land big thieves in jail; There's nothing that he cannot do, He knows no word like "fail." "Our confidence" he would restore, Of that there is no doubt; But if there is a chair to mend, We have to send it out. All public questions that arise, He settles on the spot; He waits not till the tumult dies, But grabs it while it's hot. In matters of finance he can Tell Congress what to do; But, O, he finds it hard to meet His bills as they fall due. It almost makes him sick to read The things law-makers say; Why, father's just the man they need, He never goes astray. All wars he'd very quickly end, As fast as I can write it; But when a neighbor starts a fuss, 'Tis mother has to fight it. In conversation father can Do many wondrous things; He's built upon a wiser plan Than presidents or kings. He knows the ins and outs of each And every deep transaction; We look to him for theories, But look to ma for action.
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Limericks
 · 9)There was an odd fellow named Gus, When travelling he made such a fuss. He was banned from the train, Not allowed on a plane, And now travels only by bus.
 ·10) A canner, exceedingly canny, One morning remarked to his granny. A canner can can, Anything that he can, But a canner can't can a can, can he?
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