SANDY TRIBAL TALE

My mind often stirs to along ago day

When I see the land of the Rockaway

A tribe blessed to live by the Sea

Proud Brave and peacefully Free

At the oceans edge is where it appeared

By man never before seen or feared 

My eyes got a sharp clear view

My mind would not deem it true

I stood frozen still as death

Forced myself to take a breath

Then without the slightest sound

It was gone  could not be found

 Yes it was an unreal sight

It turned my hair pure white

Now I feel a shiver in my heart

From this beach I can not part

 I feel here I must remain

If I am to see it again

The Great Spirit once more

Calls me to visit the shore



FAT TUESDAY

Already? Time for another? Seems like it was just last year and this is a LeapYear!

 

CARNIVAL?? MARDI GRAS ??

OR

Fat Tuesday

Get all your sinning done

Not really sin call it fun

Leave your morals at home and have a ball

No one cares  No not at all

The evil CEOs of late

Lounge about and await their fate

No one seems to have a worry

To a man they are not sorry

The president speaks and asks for a bill

That would keep them there in the till

The money to be used is yours and mine

And I do not wish to contribute a dime

These men just didn’t wake up one day

and think. There must be an easier way

Not petty crime  No that’s beneath them

Life savings and fortunes tempt em

Fat Tuesday sees a lot of sinning

Ash Wednesday sees some repenting

Thank God there is forgiveness

No matter how evil your business



My Valentine

Of all the angels I've known in my life
The one I love best is the one I call wife
Prettier than a thousand words
More melodic than a choir of birds

Has stood beside me and cheered me on
In high and low times we happened upon
I struggle for words to express my deep love
For this lady of grace sent from above

I'll love her forever beyond time itself
and thank her for the happiness I've felt
She is my Valentine
She is my Sunshine

More than that she is my Life
I thank God she is my Wife

I am Ed  Broderick and I approve this message 



Wearing of the GREEN

Days away.

With the winds mixing from oer the ocean and the bay  

I begin to hear the swirl of the pipes and the thump of the drum

and I know the time for another parade has come

Be here in ROCKAWAY

For Another Great

ONE

You are Invited to Enjoy

ROCKAWAY'S Parade

SATURDAY

3 March 2012

 

 

Blessed Spring

T'was as always, a grand parade!
You feel a bit sad as the pipes fade
Pack up the lads as the day turns to shade.
There'll be stories galore from each one of them.
Bout; which crowd was biggest
Or who played the loudest.
But the smiles I'll witness in the days to come,
Will be caused by one sure thing.
That after St. Patrick's Day
God will bless us with a lovely Spring.



Arizona Angel

Its been one year since Evil struck in Arizona.  (8 Jan 2011)

Arizona Angel

How long does it take to meet your fate

Early for some while for others late

Nine years ago when the towers fell

Caused by airborne devils from hell

Innocent lives were stolen away

For whom we will always pray

While such evil deeds that day took place

A family was blessed with a child of grace

Loved and cherished by all she knew

At nine years her life is through

Never to skip giggle have fun

Taken by a mad man’s gun

Came to us September eleven

Now this day an angel in heaven

R.I.P. Brian Broderick

Captain

Clear days with no ocean haze

I sit and at the horizon gaze

Far beyond the growing surf

Almost to our forefather’s turf

Tis then I see  as in a dream

All perfect pure and clean

Memories of long ago years

Full of joy and minus  fears

Of home where I rested my head

Said grace and broke bread

We were a group like no other

The Captain being the kid brother

Dubbed this rank by our dad

Always happy seldom sad

He was Captain to pals and kin

Charmed all with his boyish grin

Taken early to his final reward

Surely promoted by our Lord

To a rank I salute with deep pride

My love my tears I dare not hide

Once again I peer over the blue

To a time so pure and true

When we had the kid brother

A Captain like no other.





Gift

 of Gifts

On a winter's night

With   snow   so  deep
A family lays in anxious sleep
For the day that is about to dawn
Is the day that saw a Savior born
Beneath their tree the gifts are few
But what is there will surely do
For in that house is an abiding love
Between each within and for God above
A love not shaken by the lack of wealth
But blessed many times by the gift of health
A bond not weakened by time nor it's test
For they know that by God they've been blessed
Through the windows pour the first rays of day
Its to church they travel to sing and to pray
Tis then they are witness to God and His love
Because for all there is a gift from above
A gift of a babe  His only Son
He is there!   He is there!
He is there in a manger
He has given us each other

and keeps us from danger
To our house this year may

 He not be a stranger

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XXX

The

BRODERICK

F  A  M  I  L  Y