Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, 2010

JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[left that other site]

A Very Musical Tuesday

Let's Just Keep It Our Little Secret from now on, OK? Hee Hee

Love,

ML/LTOS

[yorkie]

"Have a Little Music To Open Up Your Day!"

Kin I play wit youse?

[tiapam]

[yorkie]

I LOVE that graphic, Meg!

[MEG33]

LOL..Thank you!

[MEG33]

Awwwww I love yours, too!

[MEG33]

So pretty, jaycee.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY TUESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

There is a story behind this picture.

Always known as a photographer who would take almost any chance if it meant getting the picture, Gene Smith’s good luck throughout the Pacific deserted him on May 23, 1945. While on the east coast of Okinawa photographing an essay titled "A Day in the Life of a Front Line Soldier," he was seriously wounded by a Japanese shell fragment. The missile hit him in the head cutting both cheeks, injuring his tongue and knocking out several teeth. Characteristically, he was taking pictures at the time and the fragment passed through his left hand before entering his cheek just below the eye and near the nose. His comment in the hospital later: "I forgot to duck but I got a wonderful shot of those who did... my policy of standing up when the others are down finally caught up with me."

Ernie Pyle, another great war correspondent, who was on Okinawa with Smith and was not so lucky, wrote of him, "Gene Smith is an idealist, trying to do great good with his work but it will either break him or kill him."

Smith’s war wounds cost him two painful years of hospitalization and plastic surgery. During these years he took no pictures and whether he would ever be able to return to photography was doubtful. Then one day, during his period of convalescence, Smith took a walk with his two children and even though it was still intensely painful for him to operate a camera, came back with one of the most famous photographs of all time: "A Walk to Paradise Garden." This memorable image was to serve as the final picture in the famous "Family of Man" Exhibition.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[MEG33]

~Welcome To Tuesday At Amy's Place~
Billie has internet problems

A YELLOW FLOWER

A yellow flower—brave 'though a bit shy
wanted so badly to jump up and fly.

His wish was bigger than all other things
and one day he grew two small yellow wings.

He got colored spots that gave him power—
a butterfly's born out of the flower.

A blue flower now wants to jump and fly
but somehow he can't—he still wonders why.

His wish might not be as big as the sky
or he just cannot be a butterfly.

What the planet would look like—a bird sings—
if all the flowers got butterfly wings?

Dragana Konstantinovic
Translated by the author

~Have A Beautiful Day Everyone~

[jaycee]

What a sweet Tuesday greeting, tiapam, thank you!

[jaycee]

Thank you, tiapam! I took it easy today as my upper back seemed better after using that hot bed buddy before I went to bed last night Heat helps me and it doesn’t for some.

[jaycee]

This was a real tear-jerker, Dolly! It had a lovely ending to wipe away those tears though! Thank you very much.

[jaycee]

You sure find great musical graphics, M.L! Thanks~~~~!!!

[jaycee]

*grin*

[tiapam]

"that hot bed buddy"

What in the world is that? Thought for a moment it was someone that fell out of the rain yesterday in Tenn. LOL!
Glad you are feeling better!!

[jaycee]

Thats an adorable little graphic, Meg! Yeah, we were doing a little make believe exercise..LOL! My upper back had been bothering me for a couple of days but I used that bed-buddy before I went to bed about an hour or more and when I got up this morning, it wasn’t hurting. Maybe it got better on its own or maybe (I believe) the heat helped it!

[tiapam]

:)

[jaycee]

What a cute little squirrel graphic, yorkie.

[luvie]

Very nice, Megs!


Another yellow flower (and guests)...from my garden...

[jaycee]

Just darling!