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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... March, 2009
3-1-09 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

Posted on 02/28/2009 10:43:26 PM PST by 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
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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; friends; march; poetry
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To: MEG33; JustAmy; Billie; Mama_Bear; jaycee; All

Thank you Meg.
....I (ahem) tried....
Wink-Wink!

The more I try,
The more I admire all Amy's Framers!

2,121 posted on 03/21/2009 2:21:08 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: MEG33

Wow, what a great (framed) quilt picture! Thank you, Meg!


2,122 posted on 03/21/2009 2:22:01 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: JustAmy

;o) Love that kitty..You should see what my daughter’s kitties did to her blinds.
It is Quilting Day!


2,123 posted on 03/21/2009 2:23:44 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: jaycee

That Elvis kitty is SO cute, JC!


2,124 posted on 03/21/2009 2:26:31 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: MEG33

Oh, that is SO cute, Meg! I love the way the kitty’s eyes follow the butterfly!


2,125 posted on 03/21/2009 2:27:59 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: JustAmy; Mama_Bear; All

Amy and Lori, that kitty would look so sweet hanging on a baby’s door, when sleeping! (And, the frame is PERFECT!)Thank you both!


2,126 posted on 03/21/2009 2:31:04 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie




Happy Quilting Day, Yorkie!

Are you enjoying spring in your area.
We have had temps in the mid 70's but is suppose to be cooler today and tomorrow.
Then it will start warming up again Monday or Tuesday.

I should get out and do more yard work but I like playing with graphics. :^ )

Have a wonderful Dog-r-day.


2,127 posted on 03/21/2009 2:39:06 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: yorkie; Mama_Bear

Thank you. Lori made that graphic about 4 years ago. I dug it out of the archives this morning.

I agree ... the frame is beautiful.


2,128 posted on 03/21/2009 2:44:11 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: yorkie

Perfect lyrics, Yorkie. Thank you.


2,129 posted on 03/21/2009 2:45:45 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: Lady Jag




Good afternoon, LadyJ.
That is an adorable graphic.

Has spring arrived in the NE?
Have a beautiful afternoon and a blessed Sunday.


2,130 posted on 03/21/2009 2:48:33 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: ConorMacNessa; All


What Made Me, Me

Long ago and far away,
In a land that time forgot,
Before the days of Dylan,
Or the dawn of Camelot.

There lived a race of innocents,
And they were you and me,
Long ago and far away
In the Land That Made Me Me.

Oh, there was truth and goodness
In that land where we were born,
Where navels were for oranges,
And
Peyton Place was porn.

For Ike was in the White House,
And Hoss was on TV,
And God was in His heaven
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We learned to gut a muffler,
We washed our hair at dawn,
We spread our crinolines to dry
In circles on the lawn.

And they could hear us coming
All the way to
Tennessee,
All starched and sprayed and rumbling
in the Land That Made Me Me.

We longed for love and romance,
And waited for the prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz,
And no one's seen him since.

We danced to "Little Darlin'",
And Sang to "Stagger Lee"
And cried for Buddy Holly
In the Land That Made Me Me.

Only girls wore earrings then,
And three was one too many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts,
Except for Jean McKinney.

And only in our wildest dreams
Did we expect to see
A boy named George, with Lipstick
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We fell for Frankie Avalon,
Annette was oh, so nice,
And when they made a movie,
They never made it twice.

We didn't have a Star Trek Five,
Or Psycho Two and Three,
Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty
In the Land That Made Me Me.

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold,
And
Chester had a limp,
And Reagan was a Democrat
Whose co-star was a chimp.

We had a Mr Wizard,
But not a Mr T,
And Oprah couldn't talk, yet
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We had our share of heroes,
We never thought they'd go,
At least not Bobby Darin,
Or Marilyn Monroe.

For youth was still eternal,
And life was yet to be,
And Elvis was forever,
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We'd never seen the rock band
That was Grateful to be Dead,
And Airplanes weren't named
Jefferson,
And Zeppelins weren't Led.

And Beatles lived in gardens then,
And Monkees in a tree,
Madonna was a virgin
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We'd never heard of Microwaves,
Or telephones in cars,
And babies might be bottle-fed,
But they weren't grown in jars.

And pumping iron got wrinkles out,
And "gay" meant fancy-free,
And dorms were never coed
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We hadn't seen enough of jets
To talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left at
The bottom of the bag.

And Hardware was a box of nails,
And bytes came from a flea,
And rocket ships were fiction
In the Land That Made Me Me.

Buicks came with portholes,
And side show came with freaks,
And bathing suits came big enough
To cover both your cheeks.


And Coke came just in bottles,
And skirts came to the knee,
And Castro came to power
In the Land That Made Me Me.

We had no Crest with Fluoride,
We had no Hill Street Blues,
We all wore superstructure bras
Designed by Howard Hughes.

We had no patterned pantyhose
Or Lipton herbal tea
Or prime-time ads for condoms
In the Land That Made Me Me.

There were no golden arches,
No Perriers to chill,
And fish were not called Wanda,
And cats were not called Bill.
And middle-aged was thirty-five
And old was forty-three,
And ancient was our parents
In the Land That Made Me Me.

But all things have a season,
Or so we've heard them say,
And now instead of Maybelline
We swear by Retin-A.

And they send us invitations
To join AARP,
We've come a long way, baby,
From the Land That Made Me Me.

So now we face a brave new world
In slightly larger jeans,
And wonder why they're using
Smaller print in magazines.

And we tell our children's children
of the way it used to be,
Long ago, and far away
In the Land That Made Me Me.

--Author unknown

 


2,131 posted on 03/21/2009 2:52:30 PM PDT by Lady Jag (WHERE'S MY BAILOUT!!!!!)
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To: MEG33; All
National Quilting Day



2,132 posted on 03/21/2009 2:52:56 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: snugs; jaycee; Lady Jag; yorkie
Crocus
Snugs...I am thrilled for you that the care is working out so
well..and your food pictures make me hungry!
Thank you all for the pretty graphics and poetry!

2,133 posted on 03/21/2009 2:57:34 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: MEG33

Now, that is a beautiful frame! Lavender, there’s just something about it. Its beautiful surrounding the sweetest crocus!


2,134 posted on 03/21/2009 3:09:07 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: MEG33

Sweet. Look at that one little kitty standing up and trying to get Mama’s attention! Those little ones are darling.


2,135 posted on 03/21/2009 3:11:42 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: yorkie

I love the Military Quilting, yorkie! Both of them!


2,136 posted on 03/21/2009 3:12:53 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: JustAmy; yorkie; MEG33; Lady Jag; All

Happy Caturday

2,137 posted on 03/21/2009 3:23:12 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: jaycee



Good afternoon, Jaycee. Happy Caturday. Happy Quilting Day.

The flower pics that your SIL sent are lovely.
I love that azalea.

Wishing you a great afternoon and a lovely evening.

Enjoy the weekend.


2,138 posted on 03/21/2009 3:41:17 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: jaycee

Thank you, Jaycee.

I’m working the thread backwards today. :^)


2,139 posted on 03/21/2009 3:44:14 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: Lady Jag




LadyJ, Thank you for that wonderful poem and the Early Spring graphic.
Both are great.

Thank you for your many contributions.


2,140 posted on 03/21/2009 3:49:23 PM PDT by JustAmy
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