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Brothers and Sisters

From where love came, we cannot see:
Perhaps, within us, born and bred,
Or taught to us at parent's knee,
Or instilled by God in heart and head.

Perhaps it sprang from some kind deed,
Which, long forgotten, yet has grown
To dazzling heights from one small seed
In the fertile soil of distress sown.

Respect rises up so far above
The pettiness of separate view;
Differences bow before a love
And friendship that is blood-bound,too.

May the bond between us stronger grow,
May I prove the fondness I confess,
Which my hand's service cannot show'
Nor my simple words ever express.

Florence Sherrill Ferrell


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of one of the brothers in the photo,
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9 posted on 03/19/2004 12:58:11 AM PST by JustAmy (God Bless our Troops! God Bless President Bush! God Bless America!!!)
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The Laughter Of The Loon
by Nancy Ness

The secrets of remote lagoon
From morning's blush of dawn,
Till rise of eve's nocturnal moon
Sung by her eerie song.

Such wonderment from wint'ry surd,
Soliloquy's mere tune.
Grand jubilance in summer's heard -
Uncommon sounds the loon.

Bespeckled pinions, grace in flight,
Resplendent is her plume.
Bemusing splash to see her light
Cavort about the flume.

Her serenade's a proud regale,
A songbird so unique.
How wondrous her falsetto wail
Reechoing mystique.

I'll not divulge the secret song
Of this remote lagoon.
I'd rather hearken years along
The laughter of the loon.

10 posted on 03/19/2004 1:11:33 AM PST by JustAmy (God Bless our Troops! God Bless President Bush! God Bless America!!!)
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To: JustAmy
ahhhh,OOooooooh, a brothers theme! Cool! I don't have any brothers, but my four sons do.

12 posted on 03/19/2004 2:53:10 AM PST by ValerieUSA
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