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

12-01-08 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[JustAmy]

Sorry that I've missed you this morning, Jaycee.
Your Holiday Post is wonderful.
Thank you. Hey ... Ya did good, Girl!

Wanna do Thursday?

Have a beautiful day!

[Mama_Bear]

Almost finished. YIPPEE! Just putting the last glass "candies" on the kitchen tree that I have on the bar counter. I took my time this year and actually enjoyed the decorating, unlike past years where I have been in a mad rush to get it all in place. I'm just not in the mood to rush this year. What gets done will get done, what doesn't, won't. :-)

I saved that pretty bear on blue. Thank you. She looks so soft and pretty!

[MEG33]

I love your magic and your tree and border.
Ave Maria loaded for me(despite my media player problems).
~Thank you...It is beautiful.~

[JustAmy]

Good morning, All.
I just stopped by to wish you a beautiful Christmasy Day.
It looks like a lovely day here in Fresno;
the sun was shining earlier.

I'm going to get an earlier start today in hopes of beating
the traffic and the crowds.

Stay Warm

[ConorMacNessa]

Nollaig Shona Dhuit!



Happy Christmas 2008!

May the blessings of Christmas fall upon you and remain through the New Year.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Billie]

I'm Up Late, Billie, and just Saw your Post; it's just Breathtaking! So Very, Very Beautiful!

Thank you, Kitty. I really, really enjoy doing Christmas posts - can glitz up everything! :)

[Lady Jag]

I know! I bought lottery tickets and everything and still no maid!

[GodBlessUSA]

Elvis Presley ~ Blue Christmas

[Lady Jag]

{{{GeeBee!!!}}}   Hawayah?

Merry Christmas to you!

[Billie]

Good Morning Billie :) Wow! Your post is gorgeous!! Maria Callas, sings Ave Maria beautifully. Great song to start my day!

Thanks, GeeBee, and I also want to thank YOU for the Christmas music post again today (maybe "daily" till Christmas?) :) I think Maria Callas' "Ave Maria" is the most beautiful I've ever heard - though it's such a beautiful song, hard for it NOT to be beautiful for anyone who can sing at all. :)

[Billie]

Good morning! God Bless Our Troops.

Good morning, Uversabound. Hope you're having a good day.

[Uversabound]

Thank you Billie! How pretty...We are getting the tree this weekend so I better dig out the decorations this week!

Take care

[jaycee]

Be back later!

[Billie]

I'm sorry - I'm not getting through the pings very fast. I need to check out for a while but will be back later this afternoon.

[jaycee]

She is a precious little thing, isn’t she?

[jaycee]

I tried to click on that and receive music...LOL! Didn’t work!

[jaycee]

Precious....so innocent.

[ConorMacNessa]

From In Memoriam A.H.H.

Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,
By faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove;

Thine are these orbs of light and shade;
Thou madest Life in man and brute;
Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot
Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust:
Thou madest man, he knows not why,
He thinks he was not made to die;
And thou hast made him: thou art just.

Thou seemest human and divine,
The highest, holiest manhood, thou:
Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be:
They are but broken lights of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

We have but faith: we cannot know;
For knowledge is of things we see;
And yet we trust it comes from thee,
A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Let knowledge grow from more to more,
But more of reverence in us dwell;
That mind and soul, according well,
May make one music as before,

But vaster. We are fools and slight;
We mock thee when we do not fear:
But help thy foolish ones to bear;
Help thy vain worlds to bear thy light.

Forgive what seem’d my sin in me;
What seem’d my worth since I began;
For merit lives from man to man,
And not from man, O Lord, to thee.

Forgive my grief for one removed,
Thy creature, whom I found so fair.
I trust he lives in thee, and there
I find him worthier to be loved.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries,
Confusions of a wasted youth;
Forgive them where they fail in truth,
And in thy wisdom make me wise.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[jaycee]

That bouquet is beautiful...thank you Amy!

[ConorMacNessa]

Flower in the Crannied Wall

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower -but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.

Alfred Lord Tennyson



Lamh Foistenach Abu!