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Bill MacEachern Oct 2018
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
Just a ditty on my Gaelic last name
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
Summer Daze

Summer days
Playful playful playful
Days ablaze
Joyful joyful joyful
Days of rays
Summer days

Summer days
Peaceful peaceful peaceful
Days of play
Gleeful gleeful gleeful
Good ole days
Summer days

Summer days
Brightly brightly brightly
Break of day
Sunny sunny sunny
Bright all day
Summer days

Summer days
Burning burning burning
Heatwave days
Blinding blinding blinding
Solar haze
Sunny Daze

Bill MacEachern 3/21/23
Bill MacEachern Dec 2018
Cook King

Cooking is my yoga
It’s so transcending
When I’m in my kitchen
I am a cook king

When I’m cooking
I sing, dance and whistle
I’m always in my element
Cooking in my castle

Peeling, chopping
A sprinkle and a stir
It’s the rhythm of my realm
Palate and scents confer

When I’m cooking
I’m one happy man
I love feeding my kingdom
With plenty for the clan

Cooking came natural
Born within my bones
I’m  always in the kitchen
More than on my throne

By: Bill MacEachern
Love of cooking
Bill MacEachern Dec 2018
Sunny Side Up

Don’t despair
The rain’ll clear
The storm’ll
Change it’s coarse

Sunny days
Are on the way
So unstop  
All the corks

Drink up life
With all your might
And don’t look
Back at you

You’ll never know
When you must go
So do all
You can do

By: Bill MacEachern
Hope
Bill MacEachern Apr 2018
One Day At A Time

I’m still alive
Though not intact
I strive and strive
To stay on track

I try, I fail
I try again
I need to heal
It never ends

The coarse was set
With little wind
My sail’s a net
It’s hard to win

LIke a tattoo
One stain at a time
What I’ve accrued
Is pain in my prime

I work what I got
With smiles and grins
I want to give up
But fight giving in

So I’ll go on
One day at a time
Till I am upon
Life’s finish line

Written By: Bill MacEachern
I’ve experienced many downfalls in. My life,  physical and mental abuse from mother and father, abandoned by father,  alcoholic  Parents, victim of ****** abuse, discovered my mother when she died...
I was falsely accused of child ****** abuse(found innocent) and had a shotgun stuck in my face during a bank robbery...
I attempted suicide several times, at least two were serious ,
My first attempt of sobriety was at the age of 20.  A year after my mother died, I was successful for 5 years....
Bent on and off sobriety several times since, at this moment, sober again for 5plus years...
The poem is trying to describe what I feel is the reasons for my struggles in being more successful in life than I’ve been, it’s as if I have preprogramming to failure...
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
Roots On The Rock

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I’m here to see
My roots on
The Rock
Out here
On the sea
I’m Billy
From Boston
And happy
To be
Here in St. John’s
With my Newfie family

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I have to say
Your warmth
And your kindness
Make us want
To stay
We Drink
Of the screech
Then kiss a cod fish
I’m happy to stay
If that’s
All of your wish

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
Grandpappy’s
Home
He left
You for Boston
When fish
Went to roam
He met
My grandma
A lass from Kilbride
Then both said "I do”
And became groom & bride

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I’m here to see
My roots on
The Rock
Out here
On the sea
I’m Billy
From Boston
And happy
To be
Here in St.John’s
With my Newfie family

Bill MacEachern March 12, 2023
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
Boomers

Bottle caps were currency
Pop sticks were our props
Maple seeds
Were whirly birds
Spinning like a top

Hopscotch drawn on
Down the streets
Jump ropes tied to reels
Double Dutch was fun to watch
Especially for the girls

Quarters pitched against a wall
Closest takes ‘em all
We played that game
With baseball cards
Some lost DiMaggio

We grew up fast
We learned the ropes
And mostly on our own
We’re called the Baby Boomers
We’re "like a rolling stone”

Bill MacEachern August 13, 2023
Bill MacEachern Feb 2023
Therefore, I Am

All the way
Everyday
Everywhere
With you

It’s the way
We have stayed
Together
While we grew

Always here
With my fears
Sharing in
My gloom

Always here
Like a prayer
Since my
Mothers womb

Bill MacEachern 2/14/22
Bill MacEachern Oct 2016
November 8, 2016

Oh what to do
We've only
These two
One is a liar
The other askew

We are so divided
On who'll be decided
The News
And their pundits
Are all so one sided

We debate and discuss
On who'd be less fuss
When sadly
we know
Neither's a plus

I don't have the answer
Or know all the truths
But one thing I know
I love all of You!

Bill MacEachern 10/16/16
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
I Remember

I remember a time
When all was so bright
With bustling crowds
And neon lit nights

Covered wagon caterpillars
And bunnies of blue
Teacups that spun
You sat in them too

I remember the days
When scooters could fly
Pinball was king
And everything thrived

I remember the smells
Of hot dogs & beer
I remember it all
And wish it still there

Bill MacEachern
05/02/2022
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
Small mind
Big mouth

Hate the
Hate

Hate the
House

Like
A bird
Flying  
South

I
Go
Where
There
Suits
MySelf

By: Bill MacEachern
03/13/21
This was therapy for me this morning,
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
Buffalo Clouds

Buffalo roam
The skies today
Hides of white
Touch of gray

There’s platypus
Pegasus
And
Hippo too

But it’s the Buffalo
Stampeding
Our skies of blue

By: Bill MacEachern
03/29/2021
Bill MacEachern Sep 2021
Elegant Emerald

It’s a people’s paradise
A rehab retreat
An elegant “Emerald”
Green carpet
At our feet

Trojan Swans
Cross the pond
Ferrying Families, Nostalgian’s
And Photographers
Strong

It’s all mine
And yours
Ours…

I think I love that most…
The sharing
With sharing comes caring
With caring…
Love

I see that all here…
I do
I love Boston
I love Boston Public Garden
I love you…

Bill MacEachern
09/30/2021
This is about The Boston Public Garden, The gem of The Emerald Necklace created by landscape architect Frederick Olmsted
Bill MacEachern Feb 2021
I Saw The Psychedelic Lights ☮️

It was in our music
As well as in song
Come on people
Let's all get along

Love, Peace and Happiness
Was what we preached
It was our Trinity ☮️
Our core belief

There was Dylan, Baez
And MLK
Apostles of peace
With something to say

And...
All We Are Saying
Is Give Peace A Chance
And
Let It Be
Our glorious chant

By: Bill MacEachern
02/27/21
Hippism
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
No Exit No Retreat

We CHARGE
Into love
There is
No RETREAT
It’s instant addiction
That cannot be
Beat

Love’s addiction
Is like no other
While trying to
Abstain
Forever
You’ll love her

There are
No rehabs
No 12 steps
If the arrow is true
There are
No Exits

Bill MacEachern August 14,2023
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
Nomad

Been flying solo
All of my life
Old news to girlfriends
And former wives

It wasn’t just them
I hadn’t stayed with
There were many a friend
And old acquaintance

Didn’t realize then
As I do today
I’m a nomad at heart
Who’ll stray over stay

I also know now
It’s freedom I need
Free to move on
Free to be free

I’m happy this way
It’s simple
You see
I’m happy alone
And happy with me

By Bill MacEachern
03/26/2021
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
Wood Walk

I wood walk for leisure
I wood walk for me
I wood walk to listen
To old woods that creak

I wood walk at daybreak
I would walk and breathe
I wood walk and take in
The scent of wet leaves

I wood walk and ponder
I wood walk the trail
I wood walk the winter woods
When I want to feel

I wood walk in rhythm
I wood walk alone
I wood walk and listen
As birds sing along

I wood knock on knotted pine
I wood walk right in
And then walk the wooden pews
Of my church again

Bill MacEachern December 13, 2023
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
Green Screen Door

There’s something about
Green screen doors
Conjuring past summers
The why
I’m not sure

Swing bang shut
Bent out screen
Surrounded
By wood
All painted in green

Brings back
Kook-Aid
The bees all abuzz
Mingled with flowers
And Aunt Martha’s fudge

By Bill MacEachern
03/28/2021
#g
Bill MacEachern Nov 2018
It’s happened again
A message’s been sent
By using a gun
Instead of a pen

Again I awake
To the news of this hate
While rubbing my eyes
I learn of their fate

There’s something so wrong
When you rise for the sun
Yet all you see
Is hate, hate and guns

By: Bill MacEachern
11/08/2018
Another senseless shooting at Thousand Oaks, California
Bill MacEachern Mar 2022
Sides

Born into sides
Religious and tribal
Learning quite young
To fear and to rival

If we are Catholic
We hate  the Jews
If we are white
We do as we do

If we are men
We do as we want
If we are women
We’re told that we can’t

If we are black
We’re told to go back
If we are red…
We’re mostly all dead

If we’re ALL Human
We’re on the same side
No one to fear
No need to hide

I’m a humanist
I love all my tribe
Won’t you come join us
Just take the Human Side

By Bill MacEachern 03/23/2022
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
That Smell

That smell I know
But can not place
Is from my youth
A certain space

That smell I know
Is  so familiar
Musty and cold
Like an old root cellar

That smell I know
Brings me right back
Crawling, exploring
But not an attic

Now my nose knows
Like incense in church
That smell I remember
Playing under the porch

Bill MacEachern 2018
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Apr 2019
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
Limerick
Bill MacEachern Apr 2017
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
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
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
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Feb 2021
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
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Nov 2018
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
Bill MacEachern Aug 2022
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
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
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
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Dec 2018
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
Who whT where when why and how
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
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
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Mar 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
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
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
Bill MacEachern Aug 2022
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
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
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

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