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Posted on 09/30/2003 5:27:59 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: SAMWolf
Morning Sam. Morning Ralph.
421
posted on
10/10/2003 8:29:39 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
To: bentfeather; snippy_about_it; All
SHARDS

On guard one night
Beside a dug-in fifty,
Routine firing in the distance,
Tracers arcing on the horizon,
I witnessed in the snowy field
Beneath a gibbous moon
The wild dancing of rabbits.
Days of steady rain
Washed away the enshrouding snow,
And in the field and woods
Decembers dead
Came up like wildflowers.
The dead German
Lay on his back
In the muddy ditch
One arm skyward
As though in supplication
A jokester wire man
Had lain a phone line
Through the fingers
Of the reaching hand.
Entering the crosscut town,
Which on a whim the lumbering colonel
Had not let us shell,
We were greeted
By his corded dead.
Beside the road,
Where it had been caught
By a strafing fighter
Was a burned out German gasoline truck.
Thirty yards away
Burned lobster-red,
Lay two bodies.
I felt blessed
Not to have witnessed
Them fleeing
Aflame and screaming.
Gerald E. Swartz
422
posted on
10/10/2003 8:29:47 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
To: Flurry
Morning Flurry.
Nice poem, thank your daughter for letting you share it with us.
423
posted on
10/10/2003 8:31:34 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
To: SAMWolf
She was checking her home email from work. I didn't think she'd see it til she got home. I told her I was sorry for making her cry at work. She said she loved me. She better always call me daddy, she knows that too!
424
posted on
10/10/2003 8:33:56 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
To: Flurry
Flurry,
What a beautiful tribute to your daughter and her husband.
Thank you so much for posting it in the Lair this morning.
New vows, new lives, new paths to walk.
How very much you love your daughter. She is blessed.
To: SAMWolf
Shards.
My goodness, this poem made me see so clearly the horrible scenes war brings.
Often I write about shards the sharp pieces that stab and bite a memory reflected in ones mind.
I call my place The Attic, and from it comes Attic Rain filled with shards and shadows, haunting scenes from the past.
To: bentfeather
This guy is good at describing the horrors seen during war.
427
posted on
10/10/2003 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
To: bentfeather
Thank you. Being the father of the bride was one of the most if not the most bittersweet events of my life. Everyone said I did a great job at wedding and reception. It seemed surreal at the time to me.
428
posted on
10/10/2003 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
To: SAMWolf
Sam I keep getting dropped by the satellite.
Thanks much for the tunes and Breakfast.
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Flurry; Darksheare; Darkchylde; radu; fish hawk; Graewoulf
The night empty and close,
being your friend,
flaunting cold night eyes,
until endless thoughts sleep
and saneness found...
bentfeather
a/k/a MLH
Copyright (c) 2003
All Rights Reserved
To: SAMWolf
This was difficult to say the least, the poem and the picture.
431
posted on
10/10/2003 12:05:45 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SAMWolf
Well now, that's an interesting mix of music today. You certainly give us variety at the Dragon Flies Lair, thanks.
432
posted on
10/10/2003 12:10:27 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: bentfeather
saneness found...good poem.
433
posted on
10/10/2003 12:11:50 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
Thanks snippy.
To: bentfeather
Midnight angel
take my hand
Moonlit soul
is a desperate man
Breathe my life
and be with me
Things to do
and things to see
Don't be afraid
I won't be far
I need your fire
to warm my heart
Be my love
and stay with me
Things to do
and things to see
Midnight angel
take my hand
Take me with you
I'll be your man
435
posted on
10/10/2003 3:59:30 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Hey, DU Urkers. When you stand on your head, does it go 'squish'?)
To: Darksheare
Darksheare, poetry that's not dark, great!
436
posted on
10/10/2003 4:32:04 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
*head scratch*
Hmm..
Mustn't be in a gothic mood tonight.
437
posted on
10/10/2003 4:48:36 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Hey, DU Urkers. When you stand on your head, does it go 'squish'?)
To: SAMWolf; bentfeather; Darksheare; Darkchylde; All

i took a turn i shouldn't have. i went down the wrong road knowing i might lose my way but taking a chance.
along came my friend, stopped me before i got too far off course and pointed me back in the right direction.
everyone should strive to have one best friend,
i'd be lost without mine.
sai 10.03
438
posted on
10/10/2003 4:50:17 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
What a wonderful tribute poem to a friend. Great picture to go with it too.
439
posted on
10/10/2003 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
To: SAMWolf
Thank you, I'm so glad you like it.
440
posted on
10/10/2003 4:55:57 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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