Poetry and Potpourri ........ September 22, 2003

9-22-2003 | JustAmy

[JustAmy]

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The Poetry Branch has been in limbo since the prior hostess left FreeRepublic April 15th 2003. We've since learned that said hostess has lost her posting privilege. That being the case, and Jim Robinson having given his ok, I wanted to renew the thread.

FreeRepublic is blessed with many fine poets, and we look forward to seeing their poems posted on FR once again. There were many non-poet FReepers who visited the Poetry Branch for the camaraderie; we hope they will return.

I would like to invite everyone to visit and relax at Poetry and Potpourri. Hopefully you will renew old acquaintances for chatting, sharing jokes, telling stories, posting cartoons, etc. Everyone needs a place to escape from the everyday news, make Poetry and Potpourri that place.

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The Belvedere's Guardian Wolf ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf.

[Mama_Bear]

Aqua, I can't get that to play. :-(

Is that "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes put to music? I love that poem! Have you heard Loreena McKennitt's version of the Highwayman? It is just beautiful, like most everything she's done. I found a wav of it once, but it was only the first part. I wish I could find the entire song. Maybe I will go searching again.

[JustAmy]

The new thread is over here.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!

Here's my attempt at a litytle rhyming, (No, it's not the one I told y'all about yesterday that I was writing)

"FALL"

Good Morning all!

Happy Fall!

Don't let the falling leaves get you down

Remember this; That Christmas is a coming 'round!

How's that?

[lonestar]

I found this.

http://www.sugarbusters.com/

The one with the heart/diabetic threw out all white flour, cornmeal, etc. Uses whole wheat everything and brown rice and pasta. Uses Splenda sugar substitute.

[MistyCA]

Hey, Pippin! Thank you for sharing that poem and sentiment! Heck, Christmas is just around the corner! This year has gone by too quickly!!! Hope you are having a great day. ;)

[MistyCA]

Thank you! My mom always lived by the rule...nothing white. It was harder to get us kids to enjoy the benefit, but I actually prefer it. Thanks again.

[Pippin]

Thanks!

You too! :O)

[Temple Owl]

Believe me, all your thoughtfulness is much appreciated, That is really the way to enjoy good poetry.,

[Jen]

I find a perfect Margarita helps mellow out my muse. ;-)

[Jen]

LJ - get out of the corner and come join the party over here.

[Colt .45]

Okay, I'm a veteran and I'm visiting! Here is my contribution to the Poetry Branch!

Tommy

By Rudyard Kipling

Born 1865

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

[Senator Pardek]

Er - duh - back to the top.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hahahaha, well, better late....

[ckilmer]

God's Jealousy
Listen friends and mark my words in this moment and this hour.
God is jealous for his name for his name is jealous.
Nor is this a charming flower to set before a man
Nor one of his commands. Yet without Jesus
this is more than we can love as we desire peace
and less than we can know as we desire joy.
For the sacred fire that makes us liars
I mean that seperates speach from dreams
and seperates our flesh from the future
is God's power manifested.
So in the year and the hour for his sake
invest your desire in Jesus.
Follow his holy fire
For right now right now he intercedes for us in heaven.
Some will say we are people of the way
We are people of the way.
We praise his private, personal, holy name Yahweh and say
thank you, Jesus, for your precious blood
better so much better than the blood of Abel.


Charles Kilmer

Mclean VA

[MistyCA]

Thank you for posting that! Could you please repost it on the new thread so others can enjoy it as well? It's very special. thanks.

[MistyCA]

That is simply awesome. I hope you will move it to the new thread so others can enjoy it today. Thanks so much for posting it! And thanks for your service!!!

[ckilmer]

where is the new thread?

[dubyagee]

Me too. Just curious. Thank you...: * )

[bejaykay]

remove

[bluecollarman]

Amy do songs count? "Is God a Passing Thing?"