Joyful July

posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Fireflies in a mayonnaise jar
Corn on the cob
Wiggly worm on a hook
Scaling bluegills.

A pile of bicycles
Music by the band shell
Fresh mown grass
And dragonflies.

Cottage on the lake
Sand in the swimsuit
scratching the sunburn
The smell of outb...

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Baby's Feet

posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
See the baby's tiny feet
Just the size of my thumb
Long fingers like her dad's
Perfect for beautiful rings

Now she's learning how to walk
Swimming before she's two
Running everywhere she goes
A marvel of a child

Look how tall and full of grace
S...

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Widow's Lament in 3/4 Time

posted over 2 years ago | 3 comments
I'm tired and I got dirty hair
It's Saturday night
I ain't goin' nowhere,
The toilet is stopped up
The stale bread will mop up
The chile from last Thursday night.

The plumber he came right on by
He got out his extra long
Ex-ten-sion rod
A'plungin...

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Is Sarah Palin Brilliant?

posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
I've been eavesdropping on one of the groups where there is a lively debate going on as to whether our GOP VP '08 candidate was given an unfair deal by the left leaning media. This is sprinkled with the now familiar footage of a whiny Palin in a d...

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