Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2008

May1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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[La Enchiladita]

It is going to be on at 8:00 p.m. here, KCET.

Your station should be one of these in the link, http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/airdates.html?dest=%2Fmemorialdayconcert%2Fairdates.html&step=2&edit_st=y&state=CA&x=24&y=6, and they either give an air time or say it’s not being shown on that station.

Let me know what you find out.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks, I followed your link and found it. It will be on our PBS station at 8:00 PM tonight. We will be tuned in. :-)

[fish hawk]

Yes I wrote that poem. Aloha

[MEG33]

~In Flanders Fields~

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
~~~
~Never Forget~

[La Enchiladita]

I’ll be tuned in too, looking forward to it:)

[La Enchiladita]

Aloha. It is a beautiful poem.

[WVNan]

It's just a cold, nothing serious....

Well, I hope that is all it is and that you are well on the road to recovery. Hope it doesn't linger on like the one I had in April.

[Kitty Mittens]

Conspiracy Guy, Hadley Grace is So:

[Kitty Mittens]

Dear Yorkie, I'm just Catching Up on the Thread and Read your #1501; Tears~

[yorkie]

Oh hunny - no need for tears - but joy! That he could serve his country with such pride. Marines are like that. Semper Fi to all our heroes from the USMC!

[NicknamedBob]

"THE MISSING AT ARLINGTON

small white crosses
as far as you can see
a lattice separating
earth and sky ..."

"So Many Crosses ..."

[Conspiracy Guy]

She is the sweetest grand child I have. She is the only grand child I have. But she is sweet.

[The Mayor]

May 26, 2008

Gone The Sun

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READ: Isaiah 60:17-22

Your sun shall no longer go down , . . . for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. —Isaiah 60:20

In 1862, during the US Civil War, General Daniel Butterfield wanted a new melody for “lights out.” And so, without any musical training, he composed one in his head.

Years later, the general wrote, “I called in someone who could write music, and practiced a change in the call of ‘Taps’ until I had it suit my ear, and then . . . got it to my taste without being able to write music or knowing the technical name of any note, but, simply by ear, arranged it.” General Butterfield gave the music to the brigade bugler, and the rest is history.

While there are no official lyrics to the hauntingly familiar strains of TAPS, here is a commonly accepted version of one verse:

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

What a comforting lyric as faithful members of the military are laid to rest! And what hope in the acknowledgment that God is near, even—especially—in death!

At a time when death and evil reigned, the prophet Isaiah anticipated a day when death itself would die. “Your sun shall no longer go down,” he wrote to Israel, “for the Lord will be Your everlasting light” (60:20).

For those who follow Jesus, the strains of “Taps” are not a funeral dirge but a song of hope. “The days of your mourning shall be ended” (v.20). All is well. God is nigh.

 

Sunset in one land is sunrise in another.


Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 16–18; Proverbs 20:1-10

[JustAmy]

May 26, 2008



Graphic by MamaBear

Memorial Day

As you go through the holiday,
With friend and family.
Enjoy yourself and have some fun,
But please help others see.
The reason we can live this life,
Of freedom in this land.
Is due to those who sacrifice,
Yes those who raised their hand.
The nation called they answered then,
They answer still today.
So take a moment, say a prayer,
Remember them some way.
They do not go to die for us,
But know, that die, they might.
But that is no deterrent still,
To keep them from the fight.
Please put your faith in God above,
All Blessings come from Him.
God Bless them all, both young an old,
Bless those who wait for them.
We won’t forget the ones who died,
Or they who serve us still.
We owe them all, for all we have,
Remember them, I will!

Conspiracy Guy 5/18/04
aka DIF © 2003 - 2008

[MEG33]

~Memorial Day~

Flags today in tribute wave
For those loyal ones who gave
Of their youth, their hopes, their
might
For a cause they knew was right.

Morning bells sound their call,
Pause and say a prayer for all--
All who served valiantly
That men might be ever free.

Toll of bells, drums' slow beat--
Silence falls in every street.
In each heart swells the plea:
Keep us safe, but keep us free!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Thanks for reposting this.

[WVNan]

She is the sweetest grand child I have. She is the only grand child I have. But she is sweet.

That sounds exactly like something I said just a couple of days ago about my only grandaughter. Nothing like those little girls is there?

[Mama_Bear]

[WVNan]

Wonderful tribute Amy. The graphic and poem are both special. Just watched the laying of the wreath at Arlington on the TV and the tears flowed. A day for tears.

[WVNan]

Beautiful MB. As I said, a day for tears.