Category: Poetry
Ponderosa Yuletide Wit (by wx4rmk)
Summary: A poem about Adam’s clever wit bringing joy and cheer during the holidays.
Rating: G (210 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Once Upon a Christmas Eve (by Heather-Chrysalis)
Summary: Anything is possible on Christmas Eve. A story told in the style of a ballad.
Rating: G (1,350 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Fevered Sea (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam, a boat, and a storm at sea. A poem about Adam’s fever dreams while he lay ill in “Elizabeth My Love”.
Rating: K
Word Count: 482
A Ponderosa Thanksgiving (by Heather Chrysalis)
Summary: (Poetry) The Cartwright clan express their love and gratitude for each other and for the land.
Rated G Wordcount: 375
Face Down in the Dust — A Ballad for the Broken (by JC)
Adam’s friend Ed Payson learns too late that you can hang up your gun, but it won’t let you go. (A “Broken Ballad” recap in rhyme)
Rating T Word Count 250
BTR Limericks and Poems (by BZTrailRiders)
Summary: These Limericks and Poems are sorted by Author from Bonanza Trail Riders.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2529
BTR Limericks (by BZTrailRiders)
Summary: The following Limericks are offered a home at Bonanza Brand after the closing of Bonanza Trail Riders. The contributors are identified at the beginning of their limerick.
Rating: G, Word Count: 767
Among The Ponderosa Pines (by Heather-Chrysalis)
Summary: A poem about the Ponderosa Pines and the Cartwright family and how similar they are.
Rated G Wordcount: 135
A Wise Man Said (by JC)
Summary: Insightful observations from the Journal of Hop Sing Rating: G WC: 445
And to All a Good(ish) Night (by PSW)
Summary: *With thanks and apologies to either Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston Jr (apparently there’s some question…)
Rating: G 525 words
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2024 Advent Calendar
The Brightest Gift (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Adam finds an old miner’s lamp and shares the history with his family.
Rating: G 265 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Ponderosa Haiku (by wx4rmk)
Summary: No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating: G 35 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Remember, Remember (by faust)
Summary: No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating: G 230 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Ponderosa Christmas (by AC1830)
Summary: No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating: G 135 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Christmas Has Come (by mcfair_58)
Summary: No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating: G 350 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar