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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... December, 2008
12-01-08
| JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie
Posted on 11/30/2008 10:15:39 PM PST by JustAmy
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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; december; friends; poetry
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To: JustAmy; WayzataJOHNN
"Whats going on in your area? A year ago, we were looking forward to coming to DC again in January. :(
Guess we will plan on seeing you again in 2013. OMG ... Marissa will be a teenager." Yep. Times like these will age a body.
We're working out a new philosophy here:
"Cringe Globally, Act Locally"
2,901
posted on
12/26/2008 6:07:56 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(Would it be wrong of me to have a self- inflating "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" yard decoration?)
To: ConorMacNessa
Thank you for the wonderful poems, Conor.
2,902
posted on
12/26/2008 6:08:04 PM PST
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: jaycee
Good evening, Jaycee.
Thank you for always being here with your wonderful posts.
How was your dinner party last night?
2,903
posted on
12/26/2008 6:09:21 PM PST
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: JustAmy
LOL!
At least not until the thaw!
2,904
posted on
12/26/2008 7:20:02 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
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To: Lady Jag
2,905
posted on
12/26/2008 7:22:05 PM PST
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: NicknamedBob
2,906
posted on
12/26/2008 7:30:02 PM PST
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: Lady Jag
Thank Billie—for the ornament and teaching me how to post it! LOL
I really like the poems you post! Is Robert Service the same guy who wrote The Cremation of Sam Mcgee? His stuff, like NicknamedBob and Fisher guy, is pretty distinctive.
To: jaycee
Again, thank Billie! LOL She created the ornament and told me how to post it! LOL
Disgust—definitely! How I could make something so simple, so hard....
To: DollyCali
Thanks, and thank Billie! It only took me 3 tries to follow instructions!
To: JustAmy
Hey! Merry Christmas!
I am having fun! One of my sisters and my niece and nephew are staying at the beach. We went over today and walked a couple miles on the beach then went back and swam in the indoor pool for a couple of hours. It was cloudy and windy but the temp was about 60. Found a lot of little shells but nothing big. They’d all been pounded into rubble. Waves were nearly slick calm today.
Hope you have a great weekend!
To: gardengirl
It is distinctive; good word for it.
I like a lot of Service's poetry.
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I never kill a fly because I think that what we have of laws To regulate and civilize Our daily life - we owe to flies.
Apropos, I'll tell you of Choo, the spouse Of the head of the hunters, Wung; Such a beautiful cave they had for a house, And a brood of a dozen young. And Wung would start by the dawn's red light On the trailing of bird or beast, And crawl back tired on the brink of night With food for another feast.
Then the young would dance in their naked glee, And Choo would fuel the fire; Fur and feather, how good to see, And to gorge to heart's desire! Flesh of rabbit and goose and deer, With fang-like teeth they tore, And laughed with faces a bloody smear, And flung their bones on the floor.
But with morning bright the flies would come, Clouding into the cave; You could hardly hear for their noisy hum, They were big and black and brave. Darkling the day with gust of greed They'd swarm in the warm sunrise On the litter of offal and bones to feed - A million or so of flies.
Now flies were the wife of Wung's despair; They would sting and buzz and bite, And as her only attire was hair She would itch from morn to night: But as one day she scratched her hide, A thought there came to Choo; "If I were to throw the bones outside, The flies would go there too."
That spark in a well-nigh monkey mind, Nay, do not laugh or scorn; For there in the thoughts of Choo you'll find Was the sense of Order born; As she flung the offal far and wide, And the fly-cloud followed fast, Battening on the bones outside The cave was clear at last.
And Wung was pleased when he came at night, For the air was clean and sweet, And the cave-kids danced in the gay firelight, And fed on the new-killed meat; But the children Choo would chide and boss, For her cleanly floor was her pride, And even the baby was taught to toss His bite of a bone outside.
Then the cave crones came and some admired, But others were envious; And they said: "She swanks, she makes us tired With her complex modern fuss." However, most of the tribe complied, Though tradition dourly dies, And a few Conservatives crossly cried: "We'll keep our bones and our flies."
So Reformer Choo was much revered And to all she said: "You see How my hearth is clean and my floor is cleaned, And there ain't no flies on me"... And that was how it all began, Through horror of muck and mess, Even in prehistoric Man, LAW, ORDER and CLEANLINESS'.
And that is why I never kill A fly, no matter how obscene; For I believe in God's good will: He gave us vermin to make us clean.
Robert W. Service
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2,911
posted on
12/26/2008 8:08:02 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
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To: JustAmy
Everything was wonderful. Tonight I feel all bloated and full. I had cornbrad and veggies tonight! Tasted good after all this other stuff we’ve been having...LOL! It all was delicious and wonderful but eating a meal ‘thats good for you’ is also good.
2,912
posted on
12/26/2008 8:48:45 PM PST
by
jaycee
("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")
To: JustAmy
Amy, “Cornbrad is as good as Cornbread” LOL~~~ I guess eating too much makes one mispell words, don’t you?
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posted on
12/26/2008 8:51:51 PM PST
by
jaycee
("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")
To: JustAmy; FRiends
2,914
posted on
12/26/2008 8:55:59 PM PST
by
jaycee
("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")
To: Lady Jag
I didnt think cow pie was a cookie!
OMG! Is that what you are?!!
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(WINK!)
You Are Biscotti |
You are a very direct, honest person. You don't have time for dramatics or emotional pleas.
You feel most comfortable in the intellectual realm, especially with science and technology. You are good at understanding difficult subjects. Understanding people? Not so much. |
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2,915
posted on
12/27/2008 1:25:30 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: FRiends; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; Billie; NicknamedBob; Kitty Mittens; La Enchiladita; OESY; ...
Good Morning Everyone
I still have company and we are having a great visit.
I am enjoying the posts and the laughs this morning from yesterday.
Thanks to everyone for the pings..Love the car graphic, Billie!
2,916
posted on
12/27/2008 5:13:33 AM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: All
Plodding On
I watched a bird eat from a feeder
under the boughs of a scrawny pine
there, just under the power lines
mounted by the rusty old gas meter
A Cardinal, a bright red statement
life continues, even in winter’s rage
and so its been for a long worn age
and for me, a reminder softly sent
No matter how hard the passage I make
the road fate sets for one like me
be it on dusty land, or churning sea
it is the course I must onward take
So I watch a bird and know I too go on
to be as determined in my way this day
put one foot before the other as I may
passing from each proscribed dawn to dawn
2,917
posted on
12/27/2008 5:18:44 AM PST
by
WayzataJOHNN
( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
To: All
Good morning one and all!
Breakfast is on me today!
(after a small moment of Grace)
Bacon
Pork Sausage Links
Smoked Ham Steaks
Corn Beef Hash
Eggs (Your way!)
Golden Brown Hashbrowns
Toast with Marmalade and several Jams
Pancakes as light as a dream
Belgian Waffles
Rich Hot Maple Syrup
Finished off with a fresh baked Cinnamon Roll
Coffee fresh and Juices freshly squeezed
A tall glass of cold milk to wash it down.
A good day to each of you!
2,918
posted on
12/27/2008 5:25:47 AM PST
by
WayzataJOHNN
( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
To: NicknamedBob; JustAmy
“Cringe Globally, Act Locally”
Sounds about right!
I learned something from helping the homeless guy, he was a Vet too. We talked of old times and I called a few places to find him some help. I got him a contact in the Vets Center who is trying to find him a job. I then called a church I know and they had a line on a room he could use for a week so he was off the street. Several ladies of the Aux. promised to see he got to the church dinner that night.
I saw a few hundred people walk past the guy curled in the corner of the building trying to stay warm. They were all intent on shopping or getting to their warm places, and couldn’t see the real test of their faith and humanity shivering just a few feet away. I swear, if it had been Jesus there, what would he have made of their claim to faith and human worth?
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posted on
12/27/2008 5:33:42 AM PST
by
WayzataJOHNN
( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
To: WayzataJOHNN
God Bless you, Johnn.
I am trying to catch up on reading posts.
Would you believe I have the A/C on? It will get down into the 60s today but it got to 80 yesterday!
Thanks for breakfast..yummy!
2,920
posted on
12/27/2008 5:40:01 AM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
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