~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XII~

May 14, 2004 | bentfeather and poets of The Lair

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and I...

And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©

[SAMWolf]

I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great



I think continually of those who where truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history
Through corridors of light where the hours are suns
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the Spirit clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the Spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.

What is precious is never to forget
The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth.
Never to deny its pleasure in the morning simple light
Nor its grave evening demand for love.
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.

Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields
See how these names are feted by the waving grass
And by the streamers of white cloud
And whispers of wind in the listening sky.
The names of those who in their lives fought for life
Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
Born of the sun they traveled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivd air signed with their honor.

Stephen Spender

Johnmiserable failureKerry

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Sam!!!

I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great

Thank You for posting this poem today, Armed Forces Day.
Thank You Sam for your service to our nation.
Listening to the tunes- goodies all of them. Coffee is great as usual.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather.

[Soaring Feather]

Armed Forces Day

To all who bravely go to war
who hold our flag up high
there are no braver souls then you
who for your country die

The greatest gift you give
your life you lay on the line
for freedom to remain free
there is a cost indeed
it's blood and guts and guns
it's fight onward for freedom
to hold through God's great lands

to keep freedom free
and out of evils hands
we see the horrible inhumanity
of man kind to man

Make no mistake war
the task master hard
from sobbing widows
and mothers' gray -
those who gave their sons away
to fatherless children wondering
why their daddy went away

Their daddy fought for freedom
he gave all he had
his life he did lay on the line
we fly the flag half mast

If the fallen solider could be heard
here's is what he'd say
it was my duty, I did my job
let freedom ring across all lands
and proudly raise our flag.

bentfeather
a/k/a LMH
Copyright © 05/15/04
All Rights Reserved

[snippy_about_it]

Good music today. Of course I could do without the Village People. LOL.

[snippy_about_it]

Today is your day too. I along with others I am sure are very proud and thankful for your service to our country and the continuing work you do at the Foxhole in making sure we Never Forget.

[SAMWolf]

Nice Feather. Thanks for remembering our troops.

[Soaring Feather]

~N York~Hummeresque~

[radu]

Good afternoon to all at the Lair! Hope you're having a fabulous weekend so far.
Sure do miss getting to spend time with y'all. Been a bit crazy around here lately. A cup of that hot coffee and a couple of those chok-lit donuts will sure hit the spot about now. Maybe they'll tide me over til we leave the hospital and get to grab some supper. Maybe I should slip a couple of those donuts into my purse to sneak to Petey's aunt.....we all know about hospital food, don't we? *snicker* I'm sure she'd love a snack!
Have a great weekend, y'all. My thoughts are here at FR with everyone. *HUGZ* all 'round!

[Soaring Feather]

Hi radu!! Oh pretty dragonfly. Thanks so much. Sure hope Aunt Clara has a full recovery.


Nice to have you stop by even for a moment.

*HUGS* Be well.

[radu]

Howdy feather!

I'll be sure to pass your message along to Aunt Clara. I'm sure it'll brighten her day.
We're surprised by her positive attitude. She's taking this better than we are. LOL! We're all hoping they won't find any signs of stroke, that any problems she's had are simply those that come with her age.

Petey's getting ready to kill me. LOL! It's soooooo hard to pull myself away now that I'm here. It's been too long since I got to spend quality time with everyone. *sniff*

[SAMWolf]

Just came back from an "Armed Forces Day" display at the local NG Camp. Had some great working WWII eguipment there. I'll have to get Snippy to post the pictures.

[snippy_about_it]

After my nap. ;-)

[Soaring Feather]

Oh that will be great, thanks a bunch.

[Darksheare]

I'm in.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Darksheare, how's it going today? We got soaked again this afternoon. No thunder or ligtning. Lousy day really weather that is.

[Darksheare]

Thunder, a light misting of rain, tennis ball sized hail between Port Jervis and myself, but that went by quickly.

[SAMWolf]

If it doesn't quit raining on you you're gonna get webbed feet.

[Soaring Feather]

Quack Quack! Guess what, it's raining now as I type. Crappy weather.

Could not go out today and sit in the back yard. The fiddle head ferns are growing by leaps and bounds-must be 4.5' now. Huge. I love them.

I love the smell from them when they are still drying out from a dewy night.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hey! I've been outside all day doing work. Headed back out now