Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... December, 2009

December 1, 2009 | 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



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




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[pollywog]

Breakfast!!! yahoo!!
Bacon Benedicts please with coffee!!

[JustAmy]

Happy Birthday, GeeBee!!
May all you wishes come true.

Wishing you the best birthday ever.

[pollywog]

LOL.... Yorkie!!
That is great! She’s right !! All men here are Prince Charming!

[Majie Purple]

Thanks as always for the lovely and thoughtful Sunday pings!!!

[Majie Purple]

Owl opener is outstanding!

[Majie Purple]

Nice winter scene/snowfall.

[Majie Purple]

Adoraqble bird feasting on branch seedlings! :)

[JustAmy]

Happy New Year,

You look ready to party tonight?
I love your gown .... you are gorgeous.
Have a Terrific Day.

[geologist]

“On New Year’s Eve, we may fear the future because of events in the past. But we need not remain chained to our old memories because we can move ahead focused on God. Just as the Lord watched over the land and His people, so His eyes will be upon us.

God’s faithful care will extend to every day of the new year. We can count on that promise.”
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thought for the day.

Thank you, for the dedication of posting the devotionals everyday.

[Majie Purple]

BBL tonight to answer more pings!
Time is short right now,should have waited til later to reply, so I could finish answering all pings.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Borax Queen. Thank you.

Billie made those beautiful gowns for last year's party.
It would be a shame to only wear them once, so we are ready to party again.

Wishing you and yours a joyous New Year.

[MEG33]

*GEE BEE*

Have A Wonderful Day

[ConorMacNessa]

Crossing The Bar



SUNSET and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.



Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[MEG33]

DELICIOUS! Thank you , Johnn, for this and your lovely poetry!

[ConorMacNessa]

Ulysses



IT LITTLE PROFITS that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy’d
Greatly, have suffer’d greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour’d of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.

I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’
Gleams that untravell’d world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!
As tho’ to breathe were life. Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star
, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle–
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
Of common duties, decent not to fail
In offices of tenderness, and pay
Meet adoration to my household gods,
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.

There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil’d, and wrought, and thought with me–
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads–you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.



Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY THURSDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

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Sunset, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Enjoy your Thursday!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Billie]

Good afternoon, Ladies.

Everyone looks so lovely in their ball gowns. :) I am glad you like them and hope you have saved your individual gowns/dolls if you didn't do it last year - by clicking on the smaller one in the opening graphic (it will open another window with the link to your own doll, which you are welcome to post with my link.)

Amy, check my source code - I think this is sorta what you had in mind?

[Diver Dave]

You guys are ALL Prince Charming!

No need to stand on formalities... you can just call me "Charming".

Happy New Year!

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, Billie, for my pretty gown and for the invitation to the Ball at Amy's Place.

I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Rus.
Thank you for sharing God's Word again this morning.

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year.