First Flakes

Yesterday came
With winters first flakes
Just a light dusting
No snowballs to make

Out my window
Like a snowglobe
Soaring snowflakes
Dance all alone

Yesterday came
Blowing first snow
Nothing too heavy
Just a light throw

Out my window
Through mornings night
Seeing first flakes
Was such a delight

Bill MacEachern December 7, 2023

SOMEONE

Someone's Love
Someone's Kid
Someone's Brother
God forbid

Someone's Ma
Someone's Friend
Someone's Aunty
On the mend

Someone's Pop
Someone's Swoon
Someone's gone
Way too soon

Someone's Daughter
Someone's Son
Someone's Hopes
When all begun

Someone's Sadness
Someone's Fears
Someone's Life
Now
Filled with tears

William J. MacEachern
03/2017

New found love
Is truly sweet
And if lost
As bittersweet
Life with love
Is life replete
Life without
Is incomplete

Losing love
Will leave us scarred
The love we shared
Will now be marred
But having had
What we had not
Was better than not having
What we had sought

Man From Manhattan

There once was a man from Manhattan
Whose piggy bank his Dad did fatten
He had tiny hands
For such a large man
But that never kept him from grabbing

By Bill MacEachern

POEM FOR YOU

A poem for you
Is what I will do
Put down some words
Ones not yet heard

They will say love
In such a fine way
With title above
That says what I say

A poem for you
Is all that will do
Words that will rhyme
With just the right time

They will say, You
Are all that I need
Words that are true
Is what you will read

Tiny shards of ice
Bouncing off the ground
Like shattered glass
Mimicking the sound

Yearning to be snow
Intricate as lace
Instead, micro mirrors
Searching for a face

Hoping to float, flutter
Dart like a bee
Sorry little rain drop
Tis not cold enough
To be

Black Lives Matter
Is a reminder
Black Lives Matter
Is not black primer

Black Lives Matter
Needs to be said
With all the black boys
Ending up dead

Black Lives Matter
Yes, you do too
But blacks girls go missing.
Without all the News

Black Lives Matter
Is their weighing in
If all lives mattered
It needn't be said

Like a lone link
Of an anchor chain
Or a single rail
On tracks of a train
One's much as many
If strength be maintained

What are we to do
If it doesn't matter who
What are we to say
If all truth goes astray

They'll say anything
To bring us all in
They'll sell their own soul
To gain full control

We mustn't get divided
With rhetoric so one sided
We mustn't be so fooled
With those who hope to rule

Choose your choice wisely
Don't take your vote lightly
Choose whats in your heart
Don't let US come apart

There was a time    
I was so blind    
To the pull of the rope    
And grip of the bind    
    
Before I met You    
I hadn't a clue    
Love was just friendship    
Bound to undo    
    
When you appeared    
Great love occurred
So clearly now
No longer blurred
    
Love is crazy
Like that glue    
Love is friendship
That’ll never undo  

Love is boundless
Love is true    
Nothing's as binding    
As my love for you

Learned Love

At first
For us
It was Love
It was Lust
It was learning
And stress
And all of the rest

Battles and wars
And slamming some doors
So many "it's over!"
And lots of
"We're through!"
Said with conviction
What were we to do

We tried no more talking
And some Friend Blocking
We lied to our friends
What were we to do

Well....
What we did do
Was give in to truth
The love that we share
Is not without fear
But the friendship we hold
Will grow till we're old

Big Buoy Bob

There is a big buoy
Named Bob
He has an unusual job
He sits on the grass
With his ever flat ***
Never to ring
His ding ****

I walked through that door
They said "please, sit down"
"We've got some bad news,
And it's all over town"

"Someone said something,
And said it was you"
"She said that you touched her,
We know that's not true"

I've always loved kids
In all the right ways
I never looked AT THEM
Not even sideways

Along comes His Ex
His Ex with a grudge
She took my good name
And turned it to sludge

We all were questioned,
By all the experts
Questions that frightened
And questions that hurt

And "NO"was the answer
The little girl said
"Oh, I sat on his lap"
"But!, he only read!"

"Unsubstantiated" was
The word that they used
It stays with you always
A huge mental bruise

Forty years later
I keep them at bay
NO!, It's not right
But how it will stay

Smoke rings ring my Father's song
Like floating stanza's
Of years now gone
With forted form
They levitate
Then slowly
Mistily
Dissipate

You really are a putz
You beep, you crowd
Your radio’s loud
You act like such a nut

You really are a pain
You swerve, you brake
For heavens sake
You rarely use your brain

You really think your queen
You text, you read
All while you speed
And then get really mean

A bully is what you are
The swears, the rage
Not acting your age
All this while driving a car

The Big Bloat

It’s Not as easy
As you know
Food is legal
And can get
It to go
I find myself
In the same
Bloat
We eat when
Hungry
Or in a
Deep mote
But...
As hard
As it is
To dig out
The rut
We all can
Do it
And have
A good
Gut

I'll always remember
The day we met
Those feelings felt
I'll never forget

I'll always have
Those times of ours
Those days we spent
Road tripping for hours

I'll always treat
Our memories fondly
Though at times
They went so oddly

I'll always know
We were destined to be
Not meant forever
But only a spree

This,
I'll always know
That treasure of
That first hello

Disorderly Conduct

Keep to the right
Keep to the right
Teachers all taught
Keep to the right

Stay on the right
While we all walk
So it’s not chaos
Crossing crosswalks

Dodging and bumping
While in the store
Now it’s all madness
No order no more

Keep to the right
Is obsolete
It went in decline
For the…me me

Keep to your right
Or to your left
It’s about order
Not politics

Stay in your lane
Stay in your lane
It was so simple
Now it’s all lame

Benches

Benches to sit
Benches to gaze
Benches to while
Good days away

Benches that sway
Benches that swing
Benches for playing
Songs that we’ll sing

Benches to feed
Benches to eat
Benches for resting
Our tender feet

Benches for writing
Benches for reading
Benches to dream on
Ways of succeeding

Benches with scenes
Benches at sea
Benches to witness
High tides recede

Benches for watching
Benches for greetings
Benches for having
Those lunchtime meetings

Benches for people
Benches for dogs
Benches of comfort
For long hours logged

Benches for holding
Benches for hugging
Benches for kissing
Ones that we’re loving

Benches are metal
Or could be wood
But one things for certain
Benches are good

Bill MacEachern
02/05/2021

One step, two step, three step, four
Grasping at the last rung
Crashing to the floor
Rising up again
Ready to ascend
Knowing where
I want to go
And knowing
That I
Can

Natural Wonder

If there were an earthquake  
They surely wouldn’t know
Their love is so tremendous
They’d hardly feel the blow

If there were a twister
They wouldn’t even sneeze
Love is their shelter
They’d only feel a breeze

If there were a flood
They’d stay high & dry
Love is a mountain  
Their ark in the sky

If there were a riot
Or even a stampede
Their love is like a shield
For all the world to see

Loves force of nature
Will nullify the rest
A true natural wonder
Can weather any test

By Bill MacEachern
2018
Photo Credit: Richard Lam

I miss you my Darling
In such a bad way
I know that I shouldn't
Or dare even say

But I do
I Honestly do
I honestly find myself
Longing for you

As if we've been we
For life and a day
I miss you I do
I do dearly say

Birds need a tree
As a lock needs a key
I'm a fish out of sea
Without you
  
Guitars need their strings
As a bell needs to ring
I can't sing a thing
Without you
  
Arms need their hands
As farmers need their lands
I'm a man with no plan
Without you
  
It's You That I need
And surely you see
Whole I can't be
Without you

I’m not sure if I ever believed
I do recall kneeling
At the side of my bed
Back then I also put
Teeth under my pillow
Next day there was a quarter
Proof, the Tooth Fairy was
real
Then of coarse there was the Bunny and The Fatman
Both leaving evidence
Of their existence...
In fact, I’m pretty sure there’s a connection here...
What? There’s no Tooth Fairy? No Bunny?
NO FATMAN!!??
I was told that guy knew when I was sleeping
Even knew how I was behaving
Could perform miraculous
Feats
Well...
If all that and all them were
made up
What of the other guy?
What of his powers?
Did he REALLY know
If I took his name in vain?
Did he even care?
Could he REALLY know everything, everywhere and all times?
In fact, he had a beard too, didn’t he?
I’m not sure if I ever believed
If I did
I didn’t anymore
Even while being forced to church
I hardly went
If I went
I wasn’t there
Believers believe I need to believe something I don’t
I can’t
It’s not in me
And never was
I’m not a fake it till I make it kind of guy
I respect those who do believe
I never question them why
I hope for the same in my disbelief
I’m just not a Godly guy

I’m always compelled to help
And give more than I can take
I care for the bullied and beaten
Yet called a weak "Snowflake"

The fact that I care so much
A trait I could never forsake
So demonize and criticize me
And call me a gorgeous "Snowflake"

By: Bill MacEachern

Pondance Of The Past

How long
Will it last
Before
It’s the past

What must
It be
To make
History

How should
It look
To make
The big book

Will what
Is said
Share only
A shred

I just
Want to know
Who told you
So

But what
I must ask
About all
The past

Will it
repeat
If we
All don’t think…

Bill MacEachern  
03/23/23

Knight Dreams

Walk with me
In my dreams
Tell me all
Of everything

I’ll reply
With a smile
Then we’ll walk
And reconcile

Stroll along
To our song
Talk of things
Of years now gone

Reminisce
With our lips
Wouldn’t that be
Marvelous

I’m your Knight
You’re my Queen
We can meet
In my dreams

Photo & Poetry
By: Bill MacEachern
October 22, 2022

Welcome to my Snowflake life
Where I know what's right is right
Children belong with their parents
Not in cages with ICE agents

Welcome to my Libtard life
Where I know whats right is right
If they lived here since childhood
Then here's their home, their "Neighborhood"

Welcome to my human life
Where I know what's right is right
You may feel we owe nothing
I say leastly understanding

Welcome to my 'Merican life
Where I'm taught what's right is right
When I hear HIM, I cringe and say
"He aint right, he CANNOT stay"

Only Alone

Life alone
Isn’t lonely
Life alone
Only means only

Only I play
Only I write
Only I hear
The dawn birds delight

Only I seek
Only I trek
Only I gaze
At summer’s sunset

Life alone
Some can flourish
Gives one time
To live…
Re-nourish

Bill MacEachern August 12,2023

🍀There once was a boxer named Hagler
Whose foes were always left in a stagger
He put em all down
For the Middleweight Crown
This man was Marvelous Marvin Hagler🍀

You are the cure
Of my desires
And the spark
That sets me on fire

When sick with love
And start to sink
I reach for you
And take a drink

I need your love
Forever more
Your love to me
Is my drugstore

You are the cure
Of what ails me
And its cause...
Perpetually

Shall we dance
Take another chance

Shall we try again
With hopes it won't end

Let us dance
And dance real slow

Learn all our steps

So truly
We'll know

There is a man named Don
A true Cohn man's con
He lies he cheats
Who ever he meets
Yet many see nothing wrong

Amorous Odyssey’s

We’re for each other
It’s plain to see
All our countless
Mutuality’s

Like locknecked swan’s
Swooning on a pond
We’ll sing together
As we float along

We’re for each other
That , there’s no doubt
We always know
Just what we’re talking about

We’re puzzle pieces
Not quite the same
But, us together
Make a burning flame

We’ll hold our hands
Then share our hearts
And keep it steady
While love lights a spark

We’ll be more epic
Than Love Story
Set our sights on
Amorous Odyssey’s

By: Bill MacEachern
October 19, 2022

5 W’s & H

I know who
My love’s to be
I know what
Our love can do
I know where
Our love may lead
I know when
Our love will stew
I know why
Our love’s so sweet
But How oh How
Did we finally meet

By: Bill MacEachern

There once was a man named Bill
Who sat on a window sill
While looking  down
With a weary frown
Thought...
"Man, I better Just chill"!

Everything Trees

They’re shade
From the sunshine
Shield from the rain
Pulp for the paper
And wood for whittling

They’re body’s
For climbing
Arms for a swing
Markers of time
And fruit for picking


They’re trunks
For the tapping
Billboards of love
Home for critters
High on up above

They’re kindling
For cooking
Heat in our hearths
Leaves for the looking
With your sweetheart

So everybody
Listen to me
Give a big hug
To the
Everything tree


Bill MacEachern
10/29/2021

I do declare
My time is near
The day will come
When I'm all done

I cannot climb
Nor can I run
I'm out of breath
My drum beats none

The taxman knocks
I have no more
My skin is rot
And always sore

My car's a wreck
In need of parts
I'm always stressed
If it'll start

My job's driving
The sick around
The job's driving
Me in the ground

It's very clear
My time is here
The day has come
I'm so undone

Don’t be late
Get on board

Hate that hate
Hate that word


****** ******
Fairy ****

Sticks n stones
OH!
Words WILL bruise!

Guinea *****
Jewball ****

Words that hurt
Words that SHUT

Get on board
Shut that gate

Shun those
Words
Hate that
Hate

By: Bill MacEachern
03/13/21

Blue And Green

When we learn
To offer hands
We’ll understand
Our same hearts

Then we’ll see
You you & me
Shared earths *******
From the start

Earth is our mother
My sister my brother
We’re all children
Of the sea

Let us not wait
Till it’s too late
We’re all the same
Blue and green

Bill MacEachern December 9, 2023

Happy Man

I wanna be
A happy man
Live and playing
All I can

Love and giving
All of me
A happy man
I will be

I wanna be
A loving man
Care and lending
A helping hand

Make ‘em laugh
Just a little bit
Make a bit
Of a difference

I wanna see
A world that’s free
All living life
In harmony

I wanna hear
The bluebirds song
I want the dance
Go on n on

I wanna be
A happy sort
Who’s living life
For all it’s worth

I’m gonna be
A happy guy
And then I’ll fly
High in the sky

Bill MacEachern 3/18/23

Life’s Linguistics

Music is language
That speaks
To us all
It asks
And it tells
Like human
Bird calls

Food is our greeter
It says…
Come on in!
It gives
Then it feeds
With warm
Welcome grins

Art is the glue
That says
We’re all human
It draws us
All in
While we’re all
Bloomin’

By Bill MacEachern
August 5, 2022

Arranging Words

Arranging words
Telling stories
Like a film noirs
Of make believe

Writing it alright
String you all along
With savior-faire
Like a love song

Draw you right in
Like a big straw
Take a joyride
In cartoons cars

All read along
I’ll spin you a yarn
About a girl
And a man full of charm

Arranging words
Of make believe
Like a film noir
Tell a story

Bill MacEachern 3/19/23

Nestlings

I write best
Close to the vest
I attest
It’s what I know
Best

In my nest
It’s what I
Behest
I write best
Close to the vest

Be my guest
I’ll unload
My chest
Be just like
An inner inquest

I write best
Close to the vest
Just sit tight
I’ll feed ya
The rest

Bill MacEachern
03/24/23

My name is Bill MacEachern
But Andrew calls me Bup
Phonetically Ma Geck Grin
And people ***** it up

My Name is Bill MacEachern
A full blown Mac I am
Others are McEachern
But really we're the same

My name is Bill MacEachern
Scottish are the Mac's
Irish is McEachern
Though that's not always fact

My name is Bill MacEachern
Son of = Mac
Eachern= HorseLord
It's all in Gaelic

Popeye

I’m a ruffian
I’m unrefined
Still unpolished
What’s mine is mine

I’m a ruffian
An un-tumbled stone
Got rough edges
So I live all alone

I’m a ruffian
Like Popeye says
"I am what I am,
And that’s all that I am.”

By: Bill MacEachern
October 17, 2022

Today is the day
Where we all get to say
Who makes a change
And
Who won’t

Take a good friend
Or one on the mend
As long as they intend
To vote

It’s not just
Our right
It’s
Their hard fought fight
We owe it to all
So
LET’S VOTE!!

Blackout

I sit in a blackout
What can I do
Wind is a howling
The rain's angry too

Windowsills rattle
High up on my floor
I live on the seventh
And hear every roar

I'm starting to find
A still quietness
Mixed with a thunder
Of solitudeness

I sit in a blackout
What will I do
I'll sit here and bask
In my gratitude

Bill MacEachern December 18, 2023

Instant Love
1) 1 Part You(Must be soulmate to Me)
2) 1 Part Me(Must be soulmate to You)
3) A lifetime of waiting.........................
4)A forest of “Falling Leaves”🎼
5) A shared passion for Love,Laughter,Life & Passion
6) 60 years of music....................🎼
7) A shared uncontrollable compulsion to Sing,Whistle,Tap,Bang and most of all, be consummate Finger Snappers!!
8) 2 pair Dancing Shoes
9) A boat load of Destiny,Fate and Prodding from the Love Guru’s
10) 2 Hello’s

Directions;
1) Slowly mix all ingredients, this MUSTbe done SLOWLYYY and with high regard to each other’s feelings and capacity and styles of LOVE...if not , you risk causing LOVE to crumble and fall...
2) After all ingredients have been SLOWLY mixed...Dance,Rock, Roll, Laugh, Jump, Skip, Hop, Snap Them Fingers You Got and finally Shake On it.......Then LOVE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Warning;
If you rush in like fools and Love Crumbles.............
You will need
1) Stubborn Soulmate
1) Love Rock
1) Fool willing to surrender

Stayed in bed yesterday
Whiled the whole day away

Though idle
My thoughts went astray

Stayed in my head yesterday
Pondering possible pathways

How things may go
How they may stay

Made up my bed today
But not my mind

Stuck in a gray way
But certainly

Soon
Will find my way…