She Likes Crazy Names

This song is self-explanatory.  You can watch this video if you are not familiar with the tune, or need refreshed.

Johny Cash: I've Been Everywhere,

She Likes Crazy Names
Words: Melody Beerbower, March 7, 2011
Tune: I've Been Everywhere

Let me tell you a story about my older sister if you please,
She is opinionated and sometimes has a loud sneeze.
She has lots of things planned, and though this world is full of maybes
Someday she wants to grow up and have lots of babies.
"What names for them," you ask, "does she have planned?"
I'll tell you-- she likes the strangest names in this here land!

Chorus:
She likes crazy names, man.
She likes crazy names, man.
Few normal ones like James, man,
Have passed through the flames, man.
At least that's what she claims, man.
She likes crazy names.

She likes:
Sonnet, Juliet,Violet, Penelope,
Charlotte, Scarlet, Bridget, Felicity,
Kinsley, Finley, Hadley, Gabriella,
Oakley, Paisley, Valley, Esmeralda,
Shiloh, Meadow, Willow, Scheherazade,
Narcissa, Nerissa, Carissa, what a tongue twista'!

Chorus

She likes:
Ashton, Charleston, Colton, Amadeus,
Easton, Houston,Weston, Phineas,
Zachary, Timothy, Jeremy, Zachariah,
Mason, Jason, Bronson, Nehemiah,
Sullivan, Benjamin, Solomon, Christopher,
Asher, Cooper, Tucker, good for her!

Chorus

She likes:
Rhonwyn, Jazmyne, Bronwen, Ophelia,
Ceylon, Avalon, Remington, Alethea,
Savannah, Lucretia, Deborah, Katherine,
Waverly, Verity, Penelope, Emmaline,
Monet, Bronte, Adrianna, Tatianna,
Carolina, Dinah, not much finer!

Chorus

She likes:
Corbin, Banan, Declan, Ebenezer,
Edison, Alden, Javan, Penn, and Tucker,
Lexington, Livingston, Justice, Naphtili,
Uzziah, Jeremiah, Hezekiah, Mordecai,
Brett, Emmett, Bennett, Crockett, Calloway,
Conway, Wesley, Ripley, beats me!

Chorus
She likes crazy names, man.
She likes crazy names, man.
Few normal ones like James, man,
Have passed through the flames, man.
At least that's what she claims, man.
She likes crazy names!

Snow in May

Snow in May
By Melody Beerbower, May 15, 2012

Snow is drifting gently down,
Spreading whiteness all around,
Soft and fluffy,
Smooth and white-
Yet the sun is shining bright.
(Not to mention it's the middle of May,
And it must be at least sixty to day.)
Still the snow doesn't melt like it should,
For it's really the seeds of the cottonwood.

A Butterfly’s Struggle

A Butterfly’s Struggle

By Melody Beerbower, May 14, 2012

Pretty little butterfly,

From your cocoon fighting to be free,

I wish I could cut it away

And give you liberty,

But there’s a purpose for your struggling.

There’s a purpose for your pain.

Don’t be discouraged.  Don’t give up.

Your efforts aren’t in vain.

This trial’s going to make you strong.

Have courage; it won’t take long.

So struggle on little butterfly,

For soon, very soon,

You will learn to fly.

Holey Jeans

Holey Jeans
By Melody Beerbower, May 15, 2012

I saw a pair of blue jeans
Hanging in the store.
They looked like a pair of mine I have at home,
Crumpled on the floor.
They had a stain beneath the pocket
And holes cut in the knees,
With frayed threads hanging loose,
As pretty as you please.

Confused, I flipped through the other pairs
Hanging on the rack.
Each had an identical stain,
And another on the back.

No fear of spilling coffee,
No fear of dropping bleach,
For the jeans already had,
Those stains assigned to each.
You don't even have to worry
About leaving them crumpled in a ball,
For they come pre-wrinkled.
Yep- identical wrinkles one and all.

I guess I no longer have to be ashamed
Of my pair on the floor at home,
Since dirt and holes are now in style
And that's how people roam.
I earned  my stains and holes
From hard work and play,
But I guess I could have saved the trouble
Now that they're selling them that way.

Here is a Mother's Day poem I wrote. Maybe when I am famous they will print this on Hallmark cards. Or maybe they'll print this on Hallmark cards, and I'll become famous.

If Today Weren’t Today

By Melody Beerbower, May 12, 2012 

If today were Grandparent’s Day,

I’d give this to my Grandmother.

If today were Brother’s Day,

I’d give this to my brothers.

If today were Father’s Day,

I’d give this to my father.

If today were St. Patrick’s Day,

I probably wouldn’t bother.

If today were Veterans’ Day,

I’d give this to a veteran.

If today were Martin Luther King Jr. Day,

I’d think about giving this to him.

If today were President’s Day.

I’d give this to the president.

If today were Independence Day,

I’d give this to an Independent.

If this were April Fools Day,

I’d give this to a fool.

If this were a School day,

I’d give this to a school.

If today were Teacher’s Day,

I’d give this to a teacher.

If today were National Pastor Appreciation Day,

I’d give it to a preacher.

If today were Flag Day,

I’d give it to a flag.

If today were Bag Day,

I’d give it to a bag.

If today were Kangaroo Day,

I’d give this to a Kangaroo…

But today is Mother’s Day,

So I’m giving this to YOU!

(If today were any day but this,

Think of what you’d have missed!)