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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
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)












Never Forget!






Bad Penny




Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,

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Many thanks for stopping by. : )











TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; friends; march; poetry
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To: silent_jonny
You're most welcome!!!!!:)

& Thank You :) I appreciate You!!!!!

2,321 posted on 03/23/2009 9:06:15 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Jack Deth

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!


2,322 posted on 03/23/2009 9:06:44 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
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To: Mama_Bear

Very lovely Blubird & purple opener!

& I also loved all the polar bear graphics the other day!

Niiiicce!

Thanks for the pings!
HUGS


2,323 posted on 03/23/2009 9:09:19 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Lady Jag

Cute & sweet gif!!:)


2,324 posted on 03/23/2009 9:10:10 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Billie; JustAmy

Humdinger of an opener!!:)


2,325 posted on 03/23/2009 9:12:06 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Mama_Bear

Gorgeous lilac & butterfly pic from Your yard!


2,326 posted on 03/23/2009 9:15:02 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Mama_Bear; JustAmy

Such a dear, deer in the grass opener!!


2,327 posted on 03/23/2009 9:16:47 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: Billie

By gosh n b’gora...Tis a lovely St.Patrick’s Day opener,indeed!


2,328 posted on 03/23/2009 9:20:09 PM PDT by Majie Purple (It's wonderfilled to watch JESUS connect the dots!!!!! to reveal the BIGGER /Complete Picture:) <3)
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To: yorkie

Everything MUST be smoothered with cheese, Yorkie!! MUST!!

Polly...


2,329 posted on 03/23/2009 10:02:00 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: Jack Deth
Cuteness3
2,330 posted on 03/24/2009 3:42:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Blagojevich: a mediocre megalomaniac)
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To: yorkie; JustAmy; Aquamarine; beachn4fun; Billie; Diver Dave; DollyCali; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; ...


HAPPY TUESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

Enjoy your Tuesday!!!




Lamh Foistenach Abu!
2,331 posted on 03/24/2009 4:00:20 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: JustAmy; Billie; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; jaycee; LUV W; mathluv; DollyCali; Dubya; Gabz; ..

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

March 24, 2009
Ordinary Days
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. —Luke 2:9

Writer Anita Brechbill observed in God’s Revivalist magazine that “Most often the Word of the Lord comes to a soul in the ordinary duties of life.” She cites the examples of Zacharias performing his duties as a priest, and the shepherds watching their flocks. They were at work as usual with no idea that they were about to receive a message from God.

Luke describes the ordinary days when these men received their message from God: “While [Zacharias] was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, . . . an angel of the Lord appeared to him” (1:8,11). While the shepherds were “living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night . . . an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them” (2:8-9).

Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest said: “Jesus rarely comes where we expect Him; He appears where we least expect Him, and always in the most illogical situations. The only way a worker can keep true to God is by being ready for the Lord’s surprise visits.”

On this ordinary day, the Lord may have a word of encouragement, guidance, or instruction for us, if we’re listening and ready to obey.

I wonder what I did for God today:
How many times did I once pause and pray?
But I must find and serve Him in these ways,
For life is made of ordinary days. —Macbeth

God speaks to those who are quiet before Him.


Bible in One Year: Joshua 16-18; Luke 2:1-24


2,332 posted on 03/24/2009 4:35:07 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: Aquamarine; ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; Billie; DollyCali; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; OESY; NicknamedBob; ...
March 24, 2009




Graphics by Aquamarine

My Mother’s Garden

My mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart,
she planted all the good things
that gave my life its start.

She turned me to the sunshine
and encouraged me to dream,
fostering and nurturing
the seeds of self-esteem ...

And when the winds and rain came,
she protected me enough,
but not too much because she knew
I’d need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example
always taught me right from wrong ...
markers for my pathway
that will last a lifetime long.

I am my Mother’s garden.
I am her legacy...
and I hope today she feels the love
reflected back from me.

~ Author Unknown




2,333 posted on 03/24/2009 8:22:31 AM PDT by JustAmy
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To: Aquamarine




Aqua, Thank you for today's Opening Graphics.
They are beautiful.

Hope you are having a Terrific Tuesday.


2,334 posted on 03/24/2009 9:01:05 AM PDT by JustAmy
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To: JustAmy; Aquamarine

Beautiful opening, Amy and Aqua! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful poem and great graphics! Have a great Tuesday!


2,335 posted on 03/24/2009 9:27:31 AM PDT by yorkie
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To: JustAmy; Aquamarine; Mama_Bear; All; FRiends
Wonderful Graphics, Amy and Aqua; So Beautiful! The Poem is Lovely, also. Thank you!

Lori, your Bird Graphic from Yesterday is Awesome!


2,336 posted on 03/24/2009 9:48:23 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!!)
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To: JustAmy
Gardening is a lovely thought!

Snow is falling on Cape Cod, the place where northerners golfed year 'round before the turn of the century (1999) and winters turned bad.


2,337 posted on 03/24/2009 9:51:57 AM PDT by Lady Jag (WHERE'S MY BAILOUT!!!!!)
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To: Aquamarine

Stunning graphic, I love it!


2,338 posted on 03/24/2009 9:54:35 AM PDT by Lady Jag (WHERE'S MY BAILOUT!!!!!)
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To: JustAmy; yorkie; OESY; MEG33; jaycee; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; Billie; ConorMacNessa; ...
This is much longer than I like to post because it's too beautiful not to. I'm pretty sure if you like the first four lines you will love the rest.





Auguries of Innocence
 
  To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

A Robin Red breast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
A dove house fill'd with doves & Pigeons
Shudders Hell thro' all its regions.
A dog starv'd at his Master's Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus'd upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fibre from the Brain does tear.
A Skylark wounded in the wing,
A Cherubim does cease to sing.
The Game Cock clipp'd and arm'd for fight
Does the Rising Sun affright.
Every Wolf's & Lion's howl
Raises from Hell a Human Soul.
The wild deer, wand'ring here & there,
Keeps the Human Soul from Care.
The Lamb misus'd breeds public strife
And yet forgives the Butcher's Knife.
The Bat that flits at close of Eve
Has left the Brain that won't believe.
The Owl that calls upon the Night
Speaks the Unbeliever's fright.
He who shall hurt the little Wren
Shall never be belov'd by Men.
He who the Ox to wrath has mov'd
Shall never be by Woman lov'd.
The wanton Boy that kills the Fly
Shall feel the Spider's enmity.
He who torments the Chafer's sprite
Weaves a Bower in endless Night.
The Catterpillar on the Leaf
Repeats to thee thy Mother's grief.
Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly,
For the Last Judgement draweth nigh.
He who shall train the Horse to War
Shall never pass the Polar Bar.
The Beggar's Dog & Widow's Cat,
Feed them & thou wilt grow fat.
The Gnat that sings his Summer's song
Poison gets from Slander's tongue.
The poison of the Snake & Newt
Is the sweat of Envy's Foot.
The poison of the Honey Bee
Is the Artist's Jealousy.
The Prince's Robes & Beggars' Rags
Are Toadstools on the Miser's Bags.
A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.
It is right it should be so;
Man was made for Joy & Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro' the World we safely go.
Joy & Woe are woven fine,
A Clothing for the Soul divine;
Under every grief & pine
Runs a joy with silken twine.
The Babe is more than swadling Bands;
Throughout all these Human Lands
Tools were made, & born were hands,
Every Farmer Understands.
Every Tear from Every Eye
Becomes a Babe in Eternity.
This is caught by Females bright
And return'd to its own delight.
The Bleat, the Bark, Bellow & Roar
Are Waves that Beat on Heaven's Shore.
The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath
Writes Revenge in realms of death.
The Beggar's Rags, fluttering in Air,
Does to Rags the Heavens tear.
The Soldier arm'd with Sword & Gun,
Palsied strikes the Summer's Sun.
The poor Man's Farthing is worth more
Than all the Gold on Afric's Shore.
One Mite wrung from the Labrer's hands
Shall buy & sell the Miser's lands:
Or, if protected from on high,
Does that whole Nation sell & buy.
He who mocks the Infant's Faith
Shall be mock'd in Age & Death.
He who shall teach the Child to Doubt
The rotting Grave shall ne'er get out.
He who respects the Infant's faith
Triumph's over Hell & Death.
The Child's Toys & the Old Man's Reasons
Are the Fruits of the Two seasons.
The Questioner, who sits so sly,
Shall never know how to Reply.
He who replies to words of Doubt
Doth put the Light of Knowledge out.
The Strongest Poison ever known
Came from Caesar's Laurel Crown.
Nought can deform the Human Race
Like the Armour's iron brace.
When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow
To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow.
A Riddle or the Cricket's Cry
Is to Doubt a fit Reply.
The Emmet's Inch & Eagle's Mile
Make Lame Philosophy to smile.
He who Doubts from what he sees
Will ne'er believe, do what you Please.
If the Sun & Moon should doubt
They'd immediately Go out.
To be in a Passion you Good may do,
But no Good if a Passion is in you.
The Whore & Gambler, by the State
Licenc'd, build that Nation's Fate.
The Harlot's cry from Street to Street
Shall weave Old England's winding Sheet.
The Winner's Shout, the Loser's Curse,
Dance before dead England's Hearse.
Every Night & every Morn
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn & every Night
Some are Born to sweet Delight.
Some ar Born to sweet Delight,
Some are born to Endless Night.
We are led to Believe a Lie
When we see not Thro' the Eye
Which was Born in a Night to Perish in a Night
When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light.
God Appears & God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in the Night,
But does a Human Form Display
To those who Dwell in Realms of day.

William Blake


2,339 posted on 03/24/2009 10:05:51 AM PDT by Lady Jag (WHERE'S MY BAILOUT!!!!!)
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To: Lady Jag

Beautiful!


2,340 posted on 03/24/2009 10:28:13 AM PDT by luvie (Zero is dumb as a rock)
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