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.

[Pippin]

LOL!

[Pippin]

Killjoy! ;O)

[JustAmy]

Thank you for coming by to read and to say hello.
We are always happy to see you.

[JustAmy]

"your great half-aunt was talented"

I wish I had some of her talent! I would say that her talent must have come from her mother, but I see talent in some of my family members. Not all of it poetry.
I'm happy that you enjoy her poems.

[MeekOneGOP]

[JustAmy]

That little monkey is soooo cute.

[Pippin]

LOL!

Friend of yours? ;O)

[JustAmy]

Thank You!!

[JustAmy]

No NO NO .. not that one!! He looks like someone I know. LOL

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Yep ! I love posting that. There are a lot
of threads where you could post that little critter ...

[MeekOneGOP]

It's Larry King ...

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! See #91 ...

[Pippin]

On a Roll! :O)

[GailA]

btt

[JustAmy]

"I'm beginning to think that my lawyer is too interested in making money."

"Why do you say that?"

"Listen to this from his bill: 'For waking up at night and thinking about your case: $25."

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! Did someone say something about lawyers, lol ...

Here is the ATLA’s Logo …

… and here are my renditions:

[Calpernia]

Meekie, that is sooo funny. Where do you get all these great graphics?

[MeekOneGOP]

Whoops ! I can't take credit for that gif. I didn't do that. Autoresponder did ...

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Thanks. The TTLA and the ATLA ones are legit. The rest I used PhotoDeluxe to edit them.

That GIF file was by Autoresponder ...

[nicko]

Dover Beach, a haunting work, articulates Arnolds awareness of a society (himself) moving toward isolation- an image I think he found increasingly hard to reconcile (in my humble opinion)- you can see this influence in Yeats- included is a piece I did a little while ago...

Looking for Byzantium

Yeats, I think you may know this place-
it too, is no country for old men…
the young here die in one another’s arms-
only the women seem to age,
wizened and stooped,
they sweep at their shadows on the sand-
the dunes loom large, then drift deep
into the darkness...

I am back again, patrolling the bypass
that skirts the city, and leads away
from the University's scorched, empty lecture halls,
avoiding the shattered Central Bank of Somalia,
Semper Fi slashed in red across it's coral limestone walls-
I am alone, this time-

the market is vacant,
the windmills are still-
I keep my grief at a distance
as I travel east,
toward the Old Port,
in search of your dolphin torn,
gong tormented sea.

Mark E. Harden