~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XIII~

June 13, 2004 | bentfeather and Poets of The Lair

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the pics

Coffee & Donuts

Johnmiserable failureKerry

[SAMWolf]

A Route of Evanescence



Within my Garden, rides a Bird
Upon a single Wheel --
Whose spokes a dizzy Music make
As 'twere a travelling Mill --

He never stops, but slackens
Above the Ripest Rose --
Partakes without alighting
And praises as he goes,

Till every spice is tasted --
And then his Fairy Gig
Reels in remoter atmospheres --
And I rejoin my Dog,

And He and I, perplex us,
If positive, 'twere we --
Or bore the Garden in the Brain
This Curiosity --

But He, the best Logician,
Refers my clumsy eye --
To just vibrating Blossoms!
An Exquisite Reply!

Emily Dickinson

Johnmiserable failureKerry

[Soaring Feather]

Morning Sam!!

Oh good poem today, love the graphic! You know, I don't have any hummers come to my flowers. Don't know why.

Listening to the Golden Oldies, thanks much for all.

Lovely day here today, perfect temps in the 70s. WOO HOO!

[SAMWolf]

They got sort of scarce around here to these last few weeks. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ms feather.

[snippy_about_it]

Cute hummer. Good mix of music today. Cute tagline. Thanks Sam.

[Soaring Feather]

On this date in history:

In 1859, Frenchman Jean Francois Gravelet, known professionally as the Great Blondin, became the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tight rope.

In 1870, Ada Kepley became the first woman to graduate from an accredited law school in the United States: Union College of Law in Chicago.

In 1908, a spectacular explosion occurred over central
Siberia, probably caused by a meteorite. The fireball reportedly could be seen hundreds of miles away.

In 1923, jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet made his first recording. It included "Wild Cat Blues": and "Kansas City Blues."

In 1934, Hitler ordered a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he feared might become political enemies some day.

In 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Civil War novel "Gone With the Wind" was published.

In 1950, American troops were moved from Japan to help defend South Korea against the invading North Koreans.

In 1982, the extended deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment expired, three states short of the 38 needed for passage.

In 1971, Three Soviet Cosmonauts, crew members of the world's first space station, were killed when their spacecraft depressurized during re-entry.

In 1986, Hugh Hefner, calling his Playboy Bunny a "symbol of the past," closed Playboy Clubs in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

In 1992, Fidel Ramos was inaugurated as the eighth Philippine president in the first peaceful transfer of power in a generation.

Also in 1992, toxic gas from a derailed tank car forced the evacuation of 80,000 people in Superior, Wis.

In 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of her 1994 national championship title.

In 1997, Mike Tyson apologized publicly for biting Evander Holyfield's ears during a heavyweight championship boxing match in Las Vegas two days earlier, saying he'd become angered after Holyfield butted him.

In 1998, a casualty of the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington, Va., was identified as Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie of St. Louis.

In 1999, for the first time since Nov. 1998, the Federal
Reserve Board announced an increase in the prime rate -- the rate banks charge each other on overnight loans - from 4.75 to 5 percent.

Also in 1999, Clinton crony Webster Hubbell, a former associate U.S. attorney general, pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the Whitewater land deal scandal.

In 2000, the Clinton Administration said Iraq had restarted its missile program and had flight-tested a short-range ballistic missile.

Also in 2000, the Presbyterian Church ordered its ministers not to conduct same-sex unions.

In 2002, according to published reports, fugitive terrorist
leader Osama bin Laden had written a letter to his operations chief in late December, meaning he survived the U.S. assault on his cave complex in Afghanistan if the reports were authentic.

Also in 2002, Israel announced it had killed a top Hamas bombmaker, responsible for the deaths of more than 100 Israelis in suicide attacks, and had begun work on an electronic fence designed to block off three sides of Jerusalem from the West Bank.

And in 2002 sports, Brazil won its fifth World Cup soccer championship with a 2-0 victory over Germany.

In 2003, after agreeing on a cease-fire with the Palestinians, Israel pulled out of most of the Gaza strip, ending for the time being a blockade on the main highway that began in 2000.

Also in 2003, with the beginning of the new fiscal year, 12 states reported they face increased taxes and drastic cuts in civic programs and some states said they may begin the new year without a budget. The nationwide economic slowdown got much of the blame.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
More damage that way!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Kathy! Thank you for the lovely Pansy.

[Soaring Feather]

I am awake in
moments that seem
to catch the eye
to matter to define
the moon glow in your eyes
the reflections of sunsets
from your hair

I am awake,
because awesome
defines sunsets
and you define me

Can we travel the stars
listen for scattered
matter to collide
hot, cold, beautiful
marriage of matter
have you seen the moon

bentfeather

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. Hey Darksheare.

[Darksheare]

Hello.
Wandering about.

[Soaring Feather]

Touch Our Moon

Time is touching our moon

and stars to strike the fire

lighting the heavens



In love we crossed the planets

seeing a moon watcher

wait for his reward 

beyond the sun.

bentfeather
June 30, 2004
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[Old Sarge]

MIDNIGHT FOG

Night-time comes later than sundown, for us
the ones who talk, and sing,
and dance with others across the void.

I step outside, and into a world
of silence and wonder.
Mist and cool air,
utter stillness of the night.
Dripping mists off eaves,
dewdrops off the leaves,
gravel under my shoes
the only sound.

There's magic in this night,
the quiet and the gentleness
of the caressing mist,
walking with me as I make my way,

back to my bunk with the others,
brethren under arms who,
though they fight at my side,
cannot follow me in flight.

Good Night.

(c) 06-28-04 by JSR

[mylife]

very nice my friend.....the stillness of that night comes through....I like snowy nights that way as well..

[Soaring Feather]

Sarge,

Thank You for posting this work. It's excellent.

[mylife]

LOL...another Ultravox fan

[SAMWolf]

Nice Feather. :-)

[mylife]

you know....we are so lucky to have a president with a soul.

Many dont get the fellow but I hear him

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you, Sam.