Poetry and Potpourri .... October 27-28, 2003

10-27-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[JustAmy]

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The Poetry Branch has been in limbo since the prior hostess left FreeRepublic April 15th 2003. We've since learned that said hostess has lost her posting privilege. That being the case, and Jim Robinson having given his ok, I wanted to renew the thread.

FreeRepublic is blessed with many fine poets, and we look forward to seeing their poems posted on FR once again. There were many non-poet FReepers who visited the Poetry Branch for the camaraderie; we hope they will return.

I would like to invite everyone to visit and relax at Poetry and Potpourri. Hopefully you will renew old acquaintances for chatting, sharing jokes, telling stories, posting cartoons, etc. Everyone needs a place to escape from the everyday news, make Poetry and Potpourri that place.

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The Belvedere's Guardian Wolf ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf.

[JustAmy]

Never Shall My Heart Forget

I may forget the sunrise over mountains far and steep,
I may forget the grandeur of the ocean's mighty sweep,
I may forget how moonlight silvers waves upon the sea,
But never shall my heart forget the prairie's melody
When Heaven sends her stars to sing a soothing lullaby
And draws the velvet of the night across the dark'ning sky.

By Claressa Cox McBurney
Published in Always The Prairie in 1949
(My great half-aunt)

[MEG33]

I love the poems of your relative.

[JustAmy]

Thanks for coming by today. We are in no danger here in the central valley but the poor people in the south are in danger of losing everything.

We could use some of your NJ drizzly weather. Have a great day.

[MEG33]

I said a prayer for rain last night .I lived in California during a terrible drought so I was praying for a miracle in my mind.

[JustAmy]

"I love the poems of your relative. "

You can tell that she loved Texas and Oklahoma, can't you? I keyed in a couple of her poems last night so I can share another tomorrow.

Thanks for coming by ...... have a great day.

[JustAmy]

Two of my husband's nephews live in Southern California. One near San Diego ... the other near Ontario. I have been praying for them and their families. We have not heard from them so I'm sure they are in no danger.

We need some miracle rains right now. Thanks for praying for our neighbors in Southern California.

[deadhead]

"HOW DO I LOVE THEE? "

One of my favorite poems!!

Have a great day!

[deadhead]

"Never Shall My Heart Forget"

Lovely, thank you so much for sharing Claressa's poems with all of us.

[Calpernia]

CLICK!

[Alamo-Girl]

Another beautiful poem! Thank you so much for sharing these!

[ValerieUSA]

[JustAmy]

Stan was seconds away from receiving a vasectomy when his brother and sister-in-law barged in the room holding their newborn baby.

"Stop! You can't do this!" exclaimed the brother.

"And why not?" asked Stan. "Don't you want to have a beautiful baby someday like my wife and I have here?"

Stan said nothing.

The brother grew impatient, "C'mon Stan, I want a nephew. Stan, make me an uncle."

Stan couldn't take it anymore. He gave his sister-in-law an apologetic look and asked his brother, "You're SURE you want a nephew?"

"Yes," the brother replied. "It would be an honor!"

"Well congratulations, you're holding him!"

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Heh Heh Heh
Now to see how long it takes for JustAmy to catch me.

[JustAmy]

Nice to see you today, Colleen.
I enjoy sharing the poems by Laressa.
I have another for tomorrow. : )

[JustAmy]

LOL

[JustAmy]

Thanks for coming by today.
I got caught up in following the Fire Thread and watching the news so I've been AWOL.



I'll ping you to Laressa's poem tomorrow.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening everybody!

THEY SHOULD HAVE ASKED MY HUSBAND
by Pam Ayres

You know this world is complicated, imperfect and oppressed
And it's not hard to feel timid, apprehensive and depressed.
It seems that all around us tides of questions ebb and flow
And people want solutions but they don't know where to go.

Opinions abound but who is wrong and who is right.
People need a prophet, a diffuser of the light.
Someone they can turn to as the crises rage and swirl.
Someone with the remedy, the wisdom, and the pearl.

Well . . . they should have asked my 'usband, he'd have told'em then and there.
His thoughts on immigration, teenage mothers, Tony Blair,
The future of the monarchy, house prices in the south
The wait for hip replacements, BSE and foot and mouth.

Yes . . . they should have asked my husband he can sort out any mess
He can rejuvenate the railways he can cure the NHS
So any little niggle, anything you want to know
Just run it past my husband, wind him up and let him go.

Congestion on the motorways, free holidays for thugs
The damage to the ozone layer, refugees and drugs.
These may defeat the brain of any politician bloke
But present it to my husband and he'll solve it at a stroke.

He'll clarify the situation; he will make it crystal clear
You'll feel the glazing of your eyeballs, and the bending of your ear.
Corruption at the top, he's an authority on that
And the Mafia, Gadafia and Yasser Arafat.

Upon these areas he brings his intellect to shine
In a great compelling voice that's twice as loud as yours or mine.
I often wonder what it must be like to be so strong,
Infallible, articulate, self-confident …… and wrong.

When it comes to tolerance - he hasn't got a lot
Joyriders should be guillotined and muggers should be shot.
The sound of his own voice becomes like music to his ears
And he hasn't got an inkling that he's boring us to tears.

My friends don't call so often, they have busy lives I know
But its not everyday you want to hear a windbag suck and blow.
Encyclopaedias, on them we never have to call
Why clutter up the bookshelf when my husband knows it all!

[Sabertooth]

Look, that Pam Ayres thinks I'm her husband.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, you are better looking than that!

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Victoria!

[JustAmy]

Well hello ...... Sabertooth Ayers! Nice to meet you. LOL