Poetry and Potpourri .... October 6-7, 2003

October 6, 2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[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.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, Ms.BIS! Hope your day is a perfect one. : )

[Darksheare]

I'm in, but I'll be random for a bit.
Being used as 'muscle' to move stuff.

[appaloosa]

While You Are Defending Me


On an island of fire,
In an ocean of steel,
I witnessed Sweet Freedom, Sweet Freedom rise.
I pledge, under God, my allegience to thee,
For your Honor, your Valor,
Will never die.

So to you in the air,
And you at sea,
And you always faithful to me,
To you who roll on in the cold grey dawn,
Godspeed, while you are defending me.

In the smoking ruins of shattered peace,
Where hate, and evil, took wing to fly,
You simply say,
We roll today.
For your Honor, your Valor
Will never die.

So to you in the air,
And you at sea,
And you always faithful to me,
To you who roll on in the cold grey dawn,
Godspeed, while you are defending me.

In my prayers at night,
In my anger and fright, I cry,
How can He let this terror be?
The answer came,
I love you the same,
My father,
My brother,
My daughter,
My son,

So roll on my father,
Roll on my son,
Roll on, my husband, roll on,
Roll on, my brother in the cold, grey dawn,
Godspeed, while you are defending me.

In the world to come,
When war's night is done,
We shall see Sweet Freedom, Sweet Freedom rise.
I pledge, under God, my allegience to thee,
Godspeed, while you, are defending me.

So to you in the air,
And you at sea,
And you always faithful to me,
To you who roll on in the cold grey dawn,
Godspeed, while you are defending me.


(C)2003 by Appaloosa

[JustAmy]

Hope everyone is having a great day!!
I have to leave for awhile .....
First to vote!! Then to run three errands.
I will be back later to welcome each of you.

[JustAmy]

Please offer a special prayer for a 7 year old with Leukemia ...

" Jacquelyn is not doing very well. The inflamation is very large and she is in excruciating pain and there has been no improvement yet. Please pray hard.

292 posted on 10/07/2003 11:13 AM PDT by tiki [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 291 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]"

Here is the LINK

Please Fellow Freepers, pray extra hard for this little girl. Also pray for Our Father to give her family strength.

Prayers work!
Thank you a 1000 times for each prayer!

[deadhead]

Good Afternoon All from New York :-)
The above is a photo of a park I frequently go to.

Continued Prayers for Jacquelyn, so very sad.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening friends!

The Phœnix and the turtle

Beauty, truth, and rarity,
Grace in all simplicity,
Here enclos'd in cinders lie.

Death is now the phœnix' nest;
And the turtle's loyal breast
To eternity doth rest,

Leaving no posterity:
'Twas not their infirmity,
It was married chastity.

Truth may seem, but cannot be;
Beauty brag, but 'tis not she;
Truth and beauty buried be.

To this urn let those repair
That are either true or fair;
For these dead birds sigh a prayer.

-- William Shakespeare

[MistyCA]

Good afternoon, Amy! I am enjoying the thread...lots of good stuff here today! And I honestly think one of the best additions to the Poetry thread is the little flying unicorn at the beginning. Each time I come here I enjoy seeing it.

Sorry I haven't been able to hang out here, and I have been really bad about getting to all my pings. My apologies to all for that~!

[JustAmy]

Thanks for coming by today, Cal.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for sharing the poem this morning.
We hope you come back often.

[JustAmy]

I. M. Looney ..... she would have to be an angel to cope with those two Hooligans.
Soooooo .... Presenting the Hooligans Mother.

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Billie ....
Thanks for coming by this morning. California needs all the good wishes we can get!!

[JustAmy]

Thanks for the good wishes for California.
It won't be too many hours until we get rid of the gray!
It is wonderful to see you every morning.

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Darksheare ....
Looks like we missed each other today; hope to see you tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
We are looking forward to more of your work.

[JustAmy]

Hi Colleen ....

That is a beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thank you for continuing your prayers for Jacquelyn and her family. That is so sad, to know that she is in so much pain and to know how her family must be suffering along with her.

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Victoria .....
Thanks for coming by .... I'm sorry that I couldn't get here any earlier.
See you tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

Good Evening, Misty ....

We are happy to see you whenever you can make it.
Didn't Mama_Bear do a beautiful job with that unicorn? We used a lot of the orginal poetry thread so it would be recognized by FR poets; Mama_Bear took a nice beginning page and make it beautiful. IMHO

You may see other changes in the future. Stay tuned.

[MistyCA]

The unicorn is the best! Good job, MamaBear! It was a good idea to transist with some of the original work, but it will be even better when you put your own signature on the thread! :) Good show.

[MistyCA]

I love the things you post, Victoria!