[JustAmy]

October 20, 2008


Graphic by MamaBear

I am an American poet
'Ode to My Quill'
by Annette Smith

I am an American Poet
I live with this pen in hand
I am inspired by my dreams
Nothing all too grand

I am an American poet
I literally write to live
I may not have money or riches
Just my words to give

I am an American poet
Whose heart felt words are real
I write down how I think
And I write down what I feel

I am an American poet
My life is upon this lined pad
Words of my past dreams of the future
And of the times that I once had

I am an American poet
I live with this pen in hand
Maybe once you read my words
You will finally understand...

I Am An American Poet!

[MEG33]

Lovely! We are lucky to have our own American poets contributing here.
Mama aBear..I have enjoyed revisiting your beautiful Alaska and Missouri threads in the past days.

[Billie]

Pretty opening graphic, you two - thanks for Amy’s Place Poetry and Potpourri! I look forward every day to see the way you open the door! :)

[Lady Jag]

October's Bright Blue Weather

O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather; When loud the bumblebee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And goldenrod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their fingers tight To save them for the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing, And in the fields still green and fair, Late aftermaths are growing; When springs run low, and on the brooks, In idle golden freighting, Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods, for winter waiting; When comrades seek sweet country haunts, By twos and twos together, And count like misers, hour by hour, October's bright blue weather. O sun and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together, Love loveth best of all the year October's bright blue weather. Helen Hunt Jackson

[Majie Purple]

Such a beautiful Monday opener Graphic!!

[jaycee]

The opening graphic is just beautiful and I did enjoy the poetry, Amy and M.B...thanks so much.