Poetry and Potpourri ........ September 22, 2003

9-22-2003 | JustAmy

[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]

Happy to see you here again today.

Thank you for the good wishes.
We hope you find lots of time to stop in again. :)

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

[kneezles]

Hi Pippin, hope that you're having a great day!

[kneezles]

Hi Dave, good to see you my friend!

[kneezles]

Hi Amy, thanks for the fun thread!

[JustAmy]

Hi Kneezles .....

I'm glad that it is a fun thread. You know me, I like to post jokes and images. This is the perfect place for me!!

Tell Sassy that I said hello again.

[Temple Owl]

Not bad Amy.

Now to you know all the real sailor's word to Barnacle Bill he Sailor?

[MistyCA]

Woowie! Better late than never! Got the donuts covered!!!

[rightofrush]

What a delightful thread! While it took awhile to load, Amy, your intro was well worth the wait.

Misty, your poem was most welcome. Wasn't it Robert Frost that said that writing poetry without the discipline of rhyme was like playing tennis without a net?

[JustAmy]

I'm not sure I know the words to Mary had a Little Lamb. I hope there is no test! LOL

Welcome Temple. Hope you have time to stay awhile.

Amy

[rightofrush]

...and Ohmmmmmmmm to you too. Here's a flower, come to our feast.

[JustAmy]

Welcome to Poetry and Potpourri!!

I hope you enjoy the poems, jokes, etc. If you have time, stay awhile, relax with some coffee and donuts and read some poetry or whatever. LOL

[MistyCA]

Thank you! I am sorry we are graphic intensive and difficult to load, but once you are here, I hope you stay and enjoy yourself. Amy's goal to make this a warm and cozy respite seems to be working well. Happy to have you here!!!

[JustAmy]

A phone company put an ad in the paper in order to recruit workers. The next day, two groups of workers show up - a crew of five men and a crew of five blonde women.

The company can not decide who to give the job to, so they give the two groups a test. The company boss says, "Each crew will receive a telephone pole that must be installed into the ground. Whoever is able to hammer it in first will get the job."

Both groups agree that this is a fair test, so off they go in the Company trucks with the long telephone poles sticking out the back. A few hours pass, and finally, at 5:00, the male crew returns. "Yes!" they shout. "We came back first, so we get the job!!"

"Good work, men," says the boss, "However, we must wait until the other crew comes back to make sure that the reason they're delayed is not because of traffic or the truck breaking down."

"Fine, no problem," say the men. An hour passes, two hours pass, three hours. Finally, at 8:30, the Blonde crew arrives. All the group is flushed and breathing hard, as if they had just gone through harsh labor.

"What happened to you? What took so long?" asks the boss incredulously.

"What do you mean, 'what took so long'?? Do we get the job?"

"YOU get the job? No way! The men were back here HOURS ago!"

"Well, of course they were," say the blondes. "They only put the pole in halfway!!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ta Da ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Mama_Bear]

Hello friends, just stopping by with my poem for the day.......

HAPPY FALL, Y'ALL! ;-)

[Imal]

If you liked that, you'll love the interpretive dance version. ;^)

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening Everyone! Good to see you all.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF
by Roald Dahl

As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He went and knocked on Grandma's door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,
And Wolfie said, 'May I come in?'
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,
'He's going to eat me up!' she cried.
And she was absolutely right.
He ate her up in one big bite.
But Grandmamma was small and tough,
And Wolfie wailed, 'That's not enough!
'I haven't yet begun to feel
'That I have had a decent meal!'
He ran around the kitchen yelping,
'I've got to have another helping!'
Then added with a frightful leer,
'I'm therefore going to wait right here
'Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood
'Comes home from walking in the wood.'
He quickly put on Grandma's clothes,
(Of course he hadn't eaten those.)
He dressed himself in coat and hat.
He put on shoes and after that
He even brushed and curled his hair,
Then sat himself in Grandma's chair.
In came the little girl in red.
She stopped. She stared. And then she said,

'What great big ears you have, Grandma.'
'All the better to hear you with,' the Wolf replied.
'What great big eyes you have, Grandma,'
said Little Red Riding Hood. 'All the better to see you with,' the Wolf replied.

He sat there watching her and smiled.
He thought, I'm going to eat this child.
Compared with her old Grandmamma
She's going to taste like caviar.

Then Little Red Riding Hood said,
'But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.'

'That's wrong!' cried Wolf. 'Have you forgot
'To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?
'Ah well, no matter what you say,
'I'm going to eat you anyway.
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, 'Hello, and do please note
'My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.'

[Billie]

Misty, that animation is just TOO CUTE! You're really good at this, you know! Hope she'll be bringing those donuts to go with the koffee   every day. :)

[Billie]

Now SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?! And you said you weren't very good at this rhyming stuff. :)