Best Ballard Poems
Alcoholics BallardA bitter and twisted tale to follow,
everyday the same as tommorw,
same old madness that will follow,
empty dreams and a heart that's hollow.
Ill begin each day the usual way,
look in the mirror and see decay,
a hopeless soul is what they say,
still dressed in the clothes of...
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Categories:
ballard, natural disasters, sad, life,
Form:
Ballad
Ballard of Maggie RoseNow,Maggie ran a boarding
house,or so the story goes;
And all those that knew her,
...
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Categories:
ballard, devotion, love, mystery,
Form:
Ballad
Graeme BallardGraeme’s hero is Steven Gerrard,
That Liverpool and LA football player,
And has Cerebral Palsy. It was hard,
‘Cos doctors said he’d never blether.
He was prematurely delivered 1979,
But can now lift 3x his body weight.
For his 8th birthday his parents fine,
Bought him a horse, sports...
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Categories:
ballard, body, health, motivation, race,
Form:
Quatrain
South Mumbai #1 : Morning Thoughts On Ballard PierNot the sleek modern skyscrapers
Fragile, slim, standing tall
Catwalk queens of present times
But squat, imposing, solid built
Dowagers of a bygone age!
Forgotten memorials
Screaming, unheard, unseen
Proclaim of valor
In faded wars.
Winged griffins,
Gargoyles, Gods, Goddesses
Look down and stare
Mute remnants of majesty.
Verily Ozymandias comes to mind.
The lanes littered
With the birds,...
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Categories:
ballard, places, social, , memorial,
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Love and LossOh, the ballad of love and loss
A tale that's oft been told
Of hearts that break and love that's lost
Leaves a heavy weight on one's soul
Once, I loved a fair maiden
Her beauty like the morning sun
But she left me, without warning
And my heart was undone
I wander...
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Categories:
ballard, beauty, heart, lost, love,
Form:
Ballad