Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri ... Nov. 24-25, 2003

11-24-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[JustAmy]

Maybe if we all pretend we are eating peanut butter and jelly, that would help. LOL

There are so many cute images; I want to post them all.

Too bad Louie isn't here, he could work on some of them for me.

We miss you Bro Louie.

[Darksheare]

For me, Thanksgiving is a day of revenge on all turkeys.
And the story of the turkey attack a moral lesson for all on Thanksgiving: Eat them before they get you.
*chuckle*

[JustAmy]

Better catch him; he's pretty fast!

[Darksheare]

Just think, he'll be dinner soon.
*gleeful laugh*

[JustAmy]

Here is another!

Moonlit Garden

My garden on this moonlit night
Presents an unaccustomed sight.

Grecian columns in graceful line
Their fluted rounds of chaste design

Without the summer's filigree
Of leaf and vine embroidery,

Stand out like some Ionian dream,
So white and beautiful they seem.

The moon of silver sailing high
Throws in relief against the sky,

The poplars, bare of leaf and gray,
While in their tops are stars at play.

Out of the silence comes a note --
Elfin music, at first remote --

Then coming nearer, proves to be
The pipes of Pan in lyric glee.

The Huntress and her Nymphs advance
The Muses sing, the Graces dance.

And in the moonlight's lustrous sheen
They reenact a classic scene.

The lost Atlantis reappears
In this, -- a dream of other years.

As moonight fades when day's begun
With dawn's approach my dream is done.

By Laressa Cox McBurney
Published in Prairie Panorama in 1938

[JustAmy]

Meant to ping you to #225

[Donaeus]

I'm finally back--my computer was about to get tossed out the window! I so need a new system.

My parents listened to a radio station called The Beautiful Q that was totally elevator music. We weren't allowed to listen to music in the car unless it was on that. LOL Fortunately, I had two older sisters who knew how to find the good music. Going to the Pizza Inn buffet was always great because they had a jukebox with all the best songs, we drove my parents crazy playing it. Heheheh. I really do have an ecclectic taste in music and like everything from classical to heavy metal. I'm 32 so our musical memories are probably pretty close. The acts I heard most were Men At Work, Asia, Duran Duran, Don Henley, Toni Basil (Oh Mickey!), Survivor, Journey, The Fixx, Van Halen (1984 is the best song ever), The Cars, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Rick Astley, Corey Hart, Scorpions, Culture Club, and my all time favorite band, Rush.

That reminds me I need to make a copy of my new Sarah McLachlan CD because I keep dragging the original in and out of the house/car/office at the risk of scratching it to pieces.

www.halfpricebooks.com and www.half.com I'll try to think of some other places you can look.

[Donaeus]

Give the butter & mayo a try, I promise it won't hurt ya. :) I'm getting hungry too and I have no idea what to have for dinner. I don't want scrambled eggs again.

[Donaeus]

LOL Was it a Chik-fil-a chicken sandwich? Those are the only ones I can see myself getting addicted to. I'm definitely more of a steak person.

[Billie]

Amy, that is just too beautiful! Both your aunt's poem AND the fountain you chose to illustrate it!

[Donaeus]

No can-do! That turkey's a gonner, peanut butter and jelly is not on my diet.

[Donaeus]

ROFL!! I haven't been charged by a turkey but I have been charged by a very large goose. They're mean boogers too. I'll help with the revenge, throw me a turkey leg!

[JustAmy]

"AND the fountain you chose to illustrate it!"

Oh ... thank you, do you have any idea how many gardens I downloaded before finding one I felt like using? I found one with a statue of Pen but there was a real person in it. Didn't know if that person wanted to be on this thread! LOL

[nicmarlo]

Hi, JustAmy...that was a beautiful poem and pic!


La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Ballad.

I.
O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.

II.
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms!
So haggard and so woe-begone?
The squirrel’s granary is full,
And the harvest’s done.

III.
I see a lily on thy brow
With anguish moist and fever dew,
And on thy cheeks a fading rose
Fast withereth too.

IV.
I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful - a faery’s child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.

V.
I made a garland for her head,
And bracelets too, and fragrant zone;
She look’d at me as she did love,
And made sweet moan.

VI.
I set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long,
For sidelong would she bend, and sing
A faery’s song.

VII.
She found me roots of relish sweet,
And honey wild, and manna dew,
And sure in language strange she said -
«I love thee true.»

VIII.
She took me to her elfin grot,
And there she wept, and sigh’d fill sore,
And there I shut her wild wild eyes
With kisses four.

IX.
And there she lulled me asleep,
And there I dream’d - Ah! woe betide!
The latest dream I ever dream’d
On the cold hill’s side.

X.
I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried - «La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!»

XI.
I saw their starved lips in the gloam,
With horrid warning gaped wide,
And I awoke and found me here,
On the cold hill’s side.

XII.
And this is why I sojourn here,
Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.

John Keats

[JustAmy]

Thank You, Nic .... not only for the nice words but for the beautiful poem as well.
It's great to see you today .... have a wonderful evening.

[SpookBrat]

I remember Blue Murder and had that CD when it came out. "We all fall down" was a very catchy, rockin tune. I've looked for it this afternoon and it appears it does not want to be found. DH will look for me. He can find anything.

So here is a little tune to bring back some memories for you while we prepare for the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. The one singing this song was a 15 year old run away. Hope she made something of her life.

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[Donaeus]

I've gotta run again for a while, hope to be back later.

[SpookBrat]

Meek, I think that was probably one of the cruelest things you could ever do to me. No more pictures of Texas. Waaaaa....sniff.....sob.

I seriously want to come home for good, but I don't see how we can do it for awhile. Keep the home fires burning for us. I hope to see you again and meet your new wife in the spring.

Beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing it with me.

I miss First Monday in Canton the most.

[Darksheare]

Neat.

[Darksheare]

Thanks!

Depeche Mode came out with a new CD about a year ago or so.
Kinda funny tothink about it that way.
I grew up listening to some stufffrom before I was born, Pink Floyd and The Cars being main staples, and yes our musical 'landscape' is similar in some respects.
Though I have yet to run into someone who likes classical AND gothic music, 80's thrash metal (extremely hard to find anymore, and one NEVER could get the band's names.) and modern rock.

Sis' sandwich was store bought chicken that we'd had for dinner, that had been seasoned and was somewhat buttery.
And, admittedly, it was quite delicious.
Unfortunately, she hogged it all.