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The Poets of The Lair | July 1, 2008 | Soaring Feather

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragonfly And Me


If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!


By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone


On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and me...


And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...


Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...


bentfeather©
2002

[tomkow6]

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[MEG33]

~Good Morning To The Lair~
I am missing posting with you but I am trying to ease a back
flareup and posting seems to make it worse.I am going to give it
at least another day..I already feel better.

[monkapotamus]

Good morning!

[tomkow6]

Morning, Meg!

Hope you feel better soon!

[tomkow6]

Mornin’, Monk!

[Allegra]

No place
on Earth
should be allowed
to get
THIS HOT.

[acad1228]

Mernin' Tom!

Gas price check, folks!

here in Tulsa it's $3.799

[tomkow6]

Afternoon, Allegra!

I take it from your post that you're back in the garden spot of the world????

[tomkow6]

Hey, there, Acad!

$4.169 for regular at the cut-rates, $4.239 at the name brands

Scored $3.999 Sunday just outside of Aurora!

[Allegra]

I take it from your post that you're back in the garden spot of the world????

Yep, I am back in the sauna. It's been peaceful so far and I really like it like that. :)

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, everyone!


Looks like clear skies for this morning, soaring my be in order ;0).
Meg, so sorry about the back flare up, we miss you, but you take care of you.
Allegra, you're a brave lady! Good to hear from you.

[Soaring Feather]

Chuckle!

[Lady Jag]

Courage Under Fire

they'll fall away one by one as strands of you milk the moments you had for what they were worth, still smouldering in the hand even though you knew in your hearts mind that it was pretence as they smiled behind soft contemptuous lips that offer you quiet resentment instead of love just because you breathe and are uniquely you, and that makes them uncomfortable against their square jawed perfect, materialistic plan that can't afford you but can their every whim which makes them sorely aware of their superlative selves so they push you away thinking you are less then them because you don't fit but you keep steering steadfast in the sanctity of truth inside of trust as the most valuable integer and they fear ''your being'' because through you they see themselves impoverished, and their superior ways collapse in blind belief as they continue to make spaces ''for time'' more than sharing or listening or caring for anyone else because what they want is never enough- so let them fall away to be left as dust when matter does not matter and when you are feeling raw and naked and real then you can afford the comfort of being with another and that is what is true and right and real and what you are all about. Adryan Rotica

[yorkie]

Mouse Trap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

“What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered - he was
devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning
“There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The pig sympathized, but said, “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow and said “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the
hospital, and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.

But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you, remember — when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an
eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

[Lady Jag]

Hi, kiddo!

With a little luck and a blessing or two, it will be the hottest place you ever experience!

[Lady Jag]

That is beautiful.

[Lady Jag]

This is an old favorite -

      

TWO BROTHERS

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on  adjoining
farms fell into  conflict.  It was the first serious
rift in 40 years of farming side by  side, sharing
machinery and trading labor and goods as needed
without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart.  It began with
a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major
difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange
of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He
opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox.
"I'm looking for a few day's work" he said.
"Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and
there I could help with?  Could I help you?"

Yes," said the older brother.  "I do have a job for
you.  Look across the creek at that farm. That's my
neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother!  Last week
there was a meadow between us and he took his
bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek
between us.  Well, he may have done this to spite me,
but I'll do him one better. See that pile of lumber by
the barn? I want you to build me a fence -an 8-foot
fence-so I won't need to see his place or his face
anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the
situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger
and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."  The
older brother had to go to town, so he helped the
carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off
for the day.  The carpenter worked hard all that day
measuring, sawing, nailing.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter
had just finished his job.  The farmer's eyes opened
wide, his jaw dropped.  There was no fence there at
all.  It was a bridge-a bridge stretching from one
side of the creek to the other!

A fine piece of work, handrails and all!  And the
neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them,
his hand outstretched.  "You are quite a fellow to
build this bridge after all I've said and done." The
two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then
they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.
They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox
onto his shoulder.  "No, wait!  Stay a few days.  I've
a lot of other projects for you," said the older
brother.  "I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said,
"but I have many more bridges to build."

         

[yorkie]

Wow! That's a great one, LJ! The ending immediately brought this song to mind:

The Judds - Love Can Build A Bridge

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Morning/Afternoon, Lairites!

[Lady Jag]

Lovely and true!