Poetry and Potpourri .... October 10-11-12, 2003

10-10-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[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.

[JustAmy]

Good evening, FIS



I found something pretty for you.
It's so nice to see you here again.

[MEG33]

Texas just passed redistricting that will pick up 5 Republican seats in Congress!YAH HOO!(Dems lose 5)..

[JustAmy]

You post lovely poems, JethroHathAWay.

Tho they are for Alamo_Girl, thank you for sharing them with us.

[JethroHathAWay]

Thankyou Miss Amy! Miss Sandi and I are from Texas, and I just want her to know that no matter what, Texans will stick together.

[Dubya]

Hope you had a nice day.

[JustAmy]

Yahoo Hooo! That is great news. Now if the other states will follow suit.

[JustAmy]

We had a very nice day here. Spent a lot of time out side doing clean up.

[MEG33]

hehe

[Darksheare]

I'm in.
Had a TRULY odd weekend.
(I got conned into helping out with a baby shower!)
Other than that, had a drawing stuck in my skull.

[JustAmy]

Cornucopia
by Ginger Strivelli

Mother Nature's cornucopia spills forth more
Than we could ever wish for,
She provides us with a bountiful harvest every autumntide,
For She has too much sacred fertility to hide,
She sends us food to eat, water to drink and all the things we need,
She even sends our children into our wombs, in deed!
Her sacred fertility is a miracle above all others,
Her ablity to give life, should be worshipped, like all mothers'!
Her cornucopia is full to overflowing,
and Her love for us, Her children, is beyond knowing.
Our Blessed Mother, with her cornucopia in hand,
pours out Her sacred fertility to us, the animals, and the land.

[JustAmy]

[MEG33]

Just warmin' up for the big fight!

[JustAmy]

It's about time you showed up!
Hope you enjoyed the baby shower. That is a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

[Darksheare]

For women.
For men, it's absolute torture.
*chuckle*
On top of it all, there was a wedding going on next door, and the bridesmaids were getting ready in the downstairs rooms in the building I was in.
I was sitting in the stairwell sketching away when a door not three foot from me pops open and a head pokes out.
Startled the snot out of me, scared the crud outta the poor woman.
She skitters back into the room, and twitters about the 'guy on the stairs'.
*snort*
That was a riot.
Officially, I am now terrifying to women, children, small animals, and excited bridesmaids.

[JethroHathAWay]

I wrote this one going to work at 4"00 AM :) (true story)

It's still and dark
and the Coke I bought
to jumpstart my heart
is resting
between my knees
the shortcut
thru the riverbottom
is foggy, scary
my old Suburban
better not
have a breakdown

I slow on a curve
and hit the brakes
a big gray wolf
crosses the mud
in front of me
and stops

he looks back
over his shoulder
and in my headlamps
misty gleam
I see her

oh she is
sleek and slim
his mate
he waits for her
to cross
with him
and I don't even think
I just sit there
and wonder
did I see what I think I saw?

All day at work
I just do my job
and I never complain
ever again
that 4 in the morning
is too early
to go to work

[MEG33]

I think that's lovely.I had a fox come to my sliding door one night and I don't think I took a breath for 5 minutes..your experience is more awe inspiring. Animals touch me.

[JustAmy]

LOL

[Darksheare]

I was almost correctly identified as a 'goth' by on eo fteh bridesmaids..
*chuckle*
I wasn't even dressed goth, I had on a green longsleeve, turtleneck, black jeans, and boots.
I guess it's the hair, shoulder length hair with my glasses kinda gives it away I guess.

[JethroHathAWay]

Thankyou! I dreamed of seeing, when I was a kid, a red fox in the wild, and then one summer when I was in the midwest, I saw them everywhere! Where do you live?

[JustAmy]

What a wonderful experience. It sounds like it would have been inspiring.