"Swing Your Jingle, and Jingle Your Jazz," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom. Vocal...

"In a Shocking Smooth Jazz Mood," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and the Langst...

"Sugar Blues Again," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Weldon Keystone, Music

"Laura Lee's Spirit," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and the Leighton Kilbride ...

Three Short Poems by Emily Dickinson

"Chew Your Words," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Von Inguall (Music)

"The Ghost of Laura Lee," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Lloyd Jacks, vocals

The Christmas Ornaments Convene

 A white angel, a black angel,

three black Santa Clauses. An angel

made of a toilet paper cylinder,

child's cardboard craft. Ornaments

made of beer-can aluminum,

glass ornaments from Aunt Nevada,

who loaded the mincemeat pie

with whiskey every year. A blue

sphere or two, survivors

from Christmases way-past

when Ma insisted on her blue tree

every year. A pink motorcycle,

a wooden elf who jumps

like a Cossack dancer

when you pull a string. A horse,

a cat, a crystal icicle. Red bird,

yellow bird, peacock. . . . This

is an annual reunion of ornaments,

who approve the minutes

from last year, chat while we're asleep,

stay cool with the LED lights

on an artificial tree;

who serve as metonyms

for clusters of nostalgia, loss,

and tattered joy. What about Jesus?

Well, he's there implicitly in

the eclectic hospitality.

hans ostrom 2023/2025

"A Cart to Cart Talk," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Hal W. Greene (Music)

"Some Special Days in December," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Claudio Dio...

Three Short Poems by Robert Frost

The Mall Santa Claus, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Bing Reins (Music)

Morphine Is Not My Scene, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Phineromus, Music

Three Poems By Pablo Neruda

You Whispered My Name, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Gianni Lavezolla (Voc...

Two Short Poems by Alexander Pushkin

"Panic," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Levi Glyde, Vocals

Three Short Poems by Carl Sandburg

Three Short Poems by William Butler Yeats

Three Very Short Poems by Langston Hughes

Two Short Poems by e.e. cummings

Three Short Poems by Charles Bukowski

Awkward Blues, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Roanoke Detwiler, Vocals

"Hey, Renee (A Christmas Song)," by Roger Illsley

Merry Christmas, Mary Magdalene, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Cefalu (Mu...

Soul Jazz for the Feathered, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Beacham Flite, ...

"The Bibliophilia Ballad," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Margot Manfred, ...

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"Drivin' Up 49," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and The Uncle Charlie Band, music

Our Cabin in the Snow, by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Gladys Golding, Vocals

"A Single Solitary Cowboy Boot," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Winn Roarbu...

"A Nervous, Wealthy Man," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and The Counters (Music)

"A Face Seen on a Subway," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and The Urbanights (M...

"I'd Like to Have a Word With You," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and the John...

"It's Quantum," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Aun Taqua (Music) Electronic Music

"A Country Called Humanity," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics, and Clarity (Music)

"My Soul's Been Working Out," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics), and Darien Gayne...

"Styles of Smiles," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Pimly Pellenger (Vocals)

"Watercolor," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Christine Grebiana (Music)

"If I Could Just Hold You One More Time," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) & Land...

"Define Okay," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Wilsey Johns (Music)

"Fever Dreams," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics), and Dalinkers (Music)

"On the Forest Path With You," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Johnson Bridg...

"We Are Anglers," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and The Casters (Music

"Such a Lovely Education," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Velvet Cloud (Music)

"I Like This Part," by Roger Illsley (Lyrics: Hans Ostrom)

"The Son She Never Had," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Danielle Aldolona (...

"The Hard Side of the Mountain," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and the Chuck S...

"My Me and Your You," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and The Four Futurists (Vo...

"The Oldest Tools," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and the Stamp Mill Band (Music)

"Love in a Minor Key," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Laney Sorrento (music)

"Living Among the Strangers," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Gray Jansen (M...

"Wild Women Such as You," by Hans Ostrom (Lyrics) and Layton Roag (Music)