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~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XIII~
June 13, 2004 | bentfeather and Poets of The Lair

Posted on 06/13/2004 8:15:45 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

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To: SAMWolf

My impression is, a great number of talented, astute, and intelligent people.

As well as a smaller number of impatient, modestly informed, and overly loud individuals (like me!)


221 posted on 06/19/2004 5:05:10 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (You don't find happiness, you WILL it -- just as you will an open hand, instead of a clenched fist.)
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To: NicknamedBob

You rascal you LOL!!! Good story. :-)


222 posted on 06/19/2004 5:06:50 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: NicknamedBob

Then there's the weirdo's like me. :-)


223 posted on 06/19/2004 5:34:31 PM PDT by SAMWolf (I've had fun before. This isn't it.)
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To: SAMWolf

By the way, discount travel fares apply to the wheelchair-bound.

In addition to getting all the good parking spaces...


224 posted on 06/19/2004 5:37:11 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (You don't find happiness, you WILL it -- just as you will an open hand, instead of a clenched fist.)
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To: NicknamedBob; SAMWolf; bentfeather; StarCMC; Old Sarge; Diva Betsy Ross; Colonel_Flagg; ...

 In The Living Years
Mike & The Mechanics


(Click hyperlink)

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I’m a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
I know that I’m a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I’m afraid that’s all we’ve got

You say you just don’t see it
He says it’s perfect sense
You just can’t get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It’s the bitterness that lasts

So don’t yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don’t give up, and don’t give in
You may just be o.k.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

I wasn’t there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn’t get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I’m sure I heard his echo
In my baby’s new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

Happy Father's Day to all the men in the Dragon's Lair & to our lurkers out there!
Thank you for visiting the Dragon's Lair!

 

225 posted on 06/19/2004 7:07:41 PM PDT by MoJo2001 ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" ---Abraham Lincoln & Ronald Reagan)
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To: bentfeather; Diva Betsy Ross; StarCMC; All

In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel


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Accepting all I’ve done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there’s nothing left out, oh
It remains there in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
I will hear your silent call
I will touch this tender wall
Til I know I’m home again
Ooh

In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes

Love I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway (in your eyes) to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes

Love, I don’t like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway (in your eyes) to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes

Accepting all I’ve done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there’s nothing left out, oh
It remains there in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
Oh it’s in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes

I want to stand and stare again
Oh, it’s in your eyes.

 

226 posted on 06/19/2004 7:15:27 PM PDT by MoJo2001 ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" ---Abraham Lincoln & Ronald Reagan)
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To: All

If I promise not to play anymore teary and mushy songs, will you come back? LOL!


227 posted on 06/19/2004 7:21:52 PM PDT by MoJo2001 ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" ---Abraham Lincoln & Ronald Reagan)
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To: bentfeather; All

The Name Game
Shirley Ellis

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EVERYONE SING ALONG!

The name game!

Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

Lincoln!
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!

Come on everybody!
I say now let's play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

Arnold!
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!

But if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both and say the name like
Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob
For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red
For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary
That's the only rule that is contrary.

Okay? Now say Bo: Bo
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let's do Billy!
Very good, let's do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game




 

228 posted on 06/19/2004 7:23:54 PM PDT by MoJo2001 ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" ---Abraham Lincoln & Ronald Reagan)
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To: MoJo2001

Thanks so much Little Diva, just lovely.


229 posted on 06/19/2004 7:33:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: MoJo2001

In Your Eyes, Gorgeous song. I have not heard it before now. I lead sheltered life. LOL


230 posted on 06/19/2004 7:35:43 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: NicknamedBob

Good short story Bob. Thanks.


231 posted on 06/19/2004 10:35:03 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; Colonel_Flagg; NicknamedBob; Darksheare; Darkchylde; MoJo2001; ...

Good Sunday morning everyone.

232 posted on 06/20/2004 7:33:35 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: snippy_about_it
Happy Father's Day

Fathers Can Be Solitary Mountains



Fathers can be solitary mountains,
All their love rock-like, steep, and strong.
Though warm and caring, somehow they belong
Halfway home to mothers' bubbling fountains.
Each of us needs love that knows no quarter,
Reminding us of bonds that cross a border,
Strengthening our sense of right and wrong.

Nicholas Gordon

233 posted on 06/20/2004 7:33:45 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I've had fun before. This isn't it.)
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To: bentfeather; snippy_about_it; Flurry; Darksheare; Darkchylde; Trikebuilder; radu; Colonel_Flagg; ...
Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the pics
Day

Nothings There Son

Coffee & Donuts

Johnmiserable failureKerry

234 posted on 06/20/2004 7:34:42 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I've had fun before. This isn't it.)
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To: bentfeather; snippy_about_it; Flurry; Darksheare; Darkchylde; Trikebuilder; radu; Colonel_Flagg; ...

Oops! Forgot to add the pinglist to post 233.


235 posted on 06/20/2004 7:35:45 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I've had fun before. This isn't it.)
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To: SAMWolf
Happy Fathers Day! Thanks Sam for the poem, tunes, and Breakfast. Have a great day with your Mom, and sisters.
236 posted on 06/20/2004 7:41:51 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: MoJo2001

 In The Living Years
Mike & The Mechanics

Thanks MoJo for this song, and your Father's Day greetings to all the Dads in the Lair.


237 posted on 06/20/2004 7:44:39 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: All

~You Raise Me Up~
~Happy Fathers Day~
Click the graphic.....

238 posted on 06/20/2004 8:10:48 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: SAMWolf

Good morning Sam, nice pic with the Father's Day poem. Good music today, thanks.


239 posted on 06/20/2004 8:59:36 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it

My beloved Mount Hood.


240 posted on 06/20/2004 9:07:24 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I've had fun before. This isn't it.)
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