Tag: America

• Sad Fate for Christmas

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas And everything was dandyJust ask Andy All the people were upWith jobs to feed their pupsChristmas had left out the doorThe meaning was gone just like the poorWe squandered and squabbled They flibbled and gibbledThe meaning was lost to timeJust like that pantomime The fellowship was brokenThe stars were sad in Hoboken With no tales…

  ZacharyFurr

  November 29, 2021

  Poems

  America, American, bittersweet, Christmas, depression, fantasy, fiction, humor, needed, personal reflection, poem, real, real life

• Dreams and Goals

  My dreams as a child  Were to vanquish dragons  Rescue maidens Gain treasure  Seek adventures  Not know sleep until weariness took me As a teen my dreams were To finish school with passing grades To meet girls to gain their trust To get a car To get a paycheck To do stupid things To not…

  ZacharyFurr

  October 27, 2021

  Personal Analysis, Prose

  America, American, Analysis, bittersweet, everyday life, hopeful, make it into a song, nonfiction, personal reflection, philosophy, prophecy, Prose, real life, self help, short, whole life

• Run, Fred, Run

  Senior year, High school baseball, I am the third fastest on the team, I am in my best shape ever, My coach was not, Coach looks like Fred Flintstone, Long torso and short legs, Arms that reached down to his knees, A feat that was impressive for his stature, And overweight to an almost comical…

  ZacharyFurr

  October 14, 2021

  Prose

  America, American, baseball, comedy, Fun, funny, Prose, real, real life, Short story, sports

• Patricia Gaye

  This is the tale of Patricia Gaye, A combat medic for the 501st, She was one of three females, Within her brigade, She served her country well, with distinction, Discretion, And Honor, She was an American of the highest order, An entrepreneur, One that cared about, And for her clientele, She sold prophylactics to her…

  ZacharyFurr

  October 1, 2021

  Prose

  9/11, America, American, comedy, comic, education, entrepreneur, everyday life, Flash Stories, freedom, Fun, funny, humor, military, patriotic, patriotism, Prose, prostitution, real, real life

• The Chicken on the C-130

  There was a bad mood, Running amok in the hanger, Privates running scared from angry sargeants, Sargeants fuming at lieutenants, Lieutenants exhausted of barking captains, All it would take was a wrench to clatter, To have a broken arm “accidentally” appear, The stressed mood could have been cut with a spoon. A corporal, Feeling the…

  ZacharyFurr

  September 22, 2021

  Prose

  America, comedy, comic, Flash Stories, Fun, funny, hopeful, joker, military, needed, patriotic, patriotism, Prose, real, real life, war

• Sept 11

  Remember, remember the 11th of September. The day when America was attacked. The day when people of freedom mourned and stood in shock. A day that most refuse to believe happen.

  ZacharyFurr

  September 11, 2021

  Prose

  9/11, America, American, freedom, patriotic, patriotism, poem, Prose, remembrance, twin towers, two towers