Poetry and Potpourri .... November 14-15-16, 2003

11-14-2003 | 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]

I'll be tuned in! :O)

[Jen]

Hi Calpernia. My kitty is sleeping so I can FReep for awhile, but then maybe I should take a nap too. What to do? ;-)

[JustAmy]

Welcome back; We missed you!
Our thoughts and prayers were with you and your family.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Cal. It's great to see you and those unicorns this morning.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much for the warm welcome back and angel-gram! And most especially, thank you for the prayers!

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Meekie.
Those coffe refills are sure a welcome sight this morning. It is cool and cloudy today.

[JustAmy]

Yessss ... we can all welcome Rush back on Monday. Give em hell, Rush!!!

[JustAmy]

LOL

[Trikebuilder]

Soul’s Gold

Bless her, for she is more then gold,
sweeter then rare exotic delights,
true to an honest heart,
and given as a gift to you to treasure.

Hold the bullion of her love,
in the vault of your heart,
and spend your own like a drunken sailor on her,
to be returned a thousand fold.

Let her hold the golden gift of your love,
let her bind it in her heart’s shell,
and keep it always overfilled,
to bursting with your own freely given and honest love.

Such treasures will take you places only the heart can lead,
fill your life with the most precious gems of life,
and make each ageless in the heart and eyes of the other,
until eternity holds you both in its fond embrace and beyond.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for another beautiful poem. I am not a poet but I found this to post.

Hope is the thing...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

- Emily Dickinson -

[JustAmy]

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."

"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money" and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open.

"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration."

And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet.

"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."

"Well," she said, "I hope you have a damned good appetite, because the electricity was cut off this morning."

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL !!

[deadhead]

Sonnet 33 - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
From innocent play, and leave the cowslips piled,
To glance up in some face that proved me dear
With the look of its eyes. I miss the clear
Fond voices which, being drawn and reconciled
Into the music of Heaven's undefiled,
Call me no longer. Silence on the bier,
While I call God—call God!—So let thy mouth
Be heir to those who are now exanimate.
Gather the north flowers to complete the south,
And catch the early love up in the late.
Yes, call me by that name,—and I, in truth,
With the same heart, will answer and not wait.

[Billie]

Wanted to say hello to my P & P FRiends - seems I don't get here as often as I'd like. :(

Trikebuilder, hello - so nice to see you and a couple of your poems. I checked your profile page (your screenname is interesting!) - some neat 'trikes' there! :)

[deadhead]

Hi there! Hope you have a great day too! High winds in the Northeast! Have to hold on to ones hat :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Bringing this over here, since I didn't get a chance to reply to it on yesterday's thread...

HUMIDITY (Maui)

you know it will not rain
although the sky dons
its overcoat
it only hold in heat
basting bodies
there is always hope
for us locals
but the tourist doesn't know
how much we love the rain
he only thinks of his escape
from winter's grasp
he came to see the sun
today he will take note
rain beats humidity
either way....you're wet.


either way....you're wet.

Oh, I know about this, FH, having lived for two years on Guam. It rained practically every day. Sometimes only for 10 minutes, just a little cloud burst, but enough to make everything steamy......until the next rain. LOL.

It is something that one adapts to, but what a shock to people coming from Massachusetts into that jungle environment!

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy ! ...

[MEG33]

Hugs to Lucy..stay warm,deadhead.

[Mama_Bear]

Howdy, Meek!

Nice bumping into you over here at Amy's Poetry and Potpourri. :-)

[deadhead]

"Hugs to Lucy..stay warm,deadhead."

Thank You Meg :-)

Lost my electric for about 30 minutes this evening. Amazingly, my flashlight was right next to my chair in the living room. LOL, I am usually hunting for it when the lights go out.