tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82906418251797006042024-03-07T20:06:48.582-08:00Dave White's Poetry OfferingsThis is offered as simply a grouping of poetry which I have written over the years. Nothing more. Nothing less. Most of the poems you will find here were written many years ago.Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-13938580309623867152011-11-04T05:38:00.000-07:002011-11-04T05:44:03.681-07:00LET THE LEAVES FALL<div>Let the leaves fall where they may</div><div> <p class="MsoNormal">Let them always fallen stay</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Their life cycle now has run</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Their intended work is done</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">There’s no reason they should rise</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thrusting up toward the skies</p> <p class="MsoNormal">They have lived their life of green</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hanging up where they were seen</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Now they’re color turns to brown</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As they lay upon the ground</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let the leaves fall where they may</p> <p class="MsoNormal">They have nothing left to say</p></div>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-69705726356599067602009-06-15T05:27:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:17:48.577-07:00YOUR PRESENCE<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your presence just walked in the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I feel you by my side.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">You must have heard the other night<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">When I laid down and cried.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your presence walks across the room,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And takes me by the hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It makes my inner feelings now<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Feel oh so very grand.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your presence stands so quietly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Without a single word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I thank the Lord so very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">My prayer He must have heard.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your presence isn’t really you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">With all your wondrous ways,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But with your presence by my side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I’ll pass the next few days.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-62067748775092363642009-06-15T05:23:00.000-07:002009-06-15T15:12:29.645-07:00WHEN I HEAR A SPARROW SING<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">When I hear a sparrow sing,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Oh the joy that he does bring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">When I hear his springtime song,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then I know he does belong</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Where he can be heard by all;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Center stage, Carnegie Hall.</span></span><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-51400939446858718792009-06-15T05:03:00.001-07:002009-06-15T15:24:50.251-07:00SEEKING<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking what, and where, and when.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking now and seeking then.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking that elusive place.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking out from in the race.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It is there somewhere I know.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Always after it I’ll go.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Never knowing what I’ll find.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Never daring change my mind.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking out and up and on.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeking all until the dawn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Knowing not just what I seek.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Knowing that my drive’s not weak.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Caring not what it will take.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Caring only that I wake<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">With a joy for what I seek.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With a joy for what I seek.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-51350183193651401432009-06-15T05:00:00.000-07:002009-06-15T15:27:00.205-07:00SCALLOPED THOUGHTS DO BECKON<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Scalloped thoughts do beckon<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And press to understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">They meet with some resistance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And pass from hand to hand.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes they’re placed above the tide,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But get lost in the spray.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Their staying does depend upon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The shift of sand today.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The breeze can gather up those thoughts,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And blow them round about.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But they can gather back again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If breeze be not too stout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One seldom feels the flowing tide<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Could stable thoughts prepare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But they can gather easily<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Out in the fresh salt air.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-85015959762735258732009-06-15T04:43:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.221-07:00REFLECT UPON YOURSELF<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reflect upon yourself</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Search down deep inside</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">See if you can reach a thought</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">That you have tried to hide</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you find one, pull it out</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Set and think awhile</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then go back and search some more</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">To put yourself on trial</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-66030144049248241682009-06-15T04:41:00.001-07:002009-06-15T15:31:15.016-07:00OVERGROWN GRAVEYARD<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Overgrown graveyard,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Moss covered stones,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">All titled and twisted<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And marking the bones<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Of ageless dead faces<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">All looking the same<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">There stands a big one<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Displaying my name.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-36895073528367169672009-06-15T04:39:00.001-07:002009-06-15T04:40:25.492-07:00A FRIEND<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dark moods<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Stretching out<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Crawling all around<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">More often here<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">More often deep<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">More often stay around<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Time is adding to the same<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Time is long to go<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Something makes it more intense<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Exactly, I don’t know<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes I feel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I can’t endure<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Till the distant end<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Guess I better<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Head on out<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Go look up a friend.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-18291171447645180812009-06-15T04:33:00.001-07:002009-06-15T15:33:25.990-07:00LONELY CALL<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’ve often heard<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">That lonely call;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">A far off whip-poor-will.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’d stop awhile,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And so intent, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Listen till he’d still.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">More oft then not<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">There’d be some more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Quickly joining in.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The first would stop,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And fly away,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And silence would begin.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">But as I stood<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">In darkness still<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">They’d start up once again.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’d listen more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And my reward<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Would be completed then.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-13867484945698941722009-06-15T04:30:00.000-07:002009-06-15T15:35:28.850-07:00LITTLE TAG-ALONG KID<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yesterday,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I turned around,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Looked over my shoulder,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And you were gone.</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then I noticed <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">You were by my side.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Won’t be long now<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Before you will pass me up,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And be way out ahead<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Leaving me behind to remember<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">What it was like<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Being young.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-11391598718158670722009-06-15T04:28:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.221-07:00LAST SWIM<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It’s interesting how I somehow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Feel I shall never reach<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">That lonely distant strip of sand<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">They often call a beach.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.95in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I swim so hard to keep in sight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">That lonely distant shore.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I swim all night. It’s out of sight.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I push to swim some more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">My head slips down beneath a wave.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">My mouth gulps water in.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">My chances seem to ever be<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Increasingly so slim.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Some force is pushing harder now<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To keep me swimming on.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If I can only swim some more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I might just see the dawn.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But dawn does come without a beach,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It’s still far out of sight,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And I can push no further on<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family:georgia;">For I have no more fight.</span>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-60954243214891213102009-06-15T04:18:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.222-07:00I’M SOBER NOW<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’m sober now.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Wish I had been last night.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I wouldn’t feel so bad this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I don’t even remember leaving the party.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I do remember<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Gripping the wheel<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Staring straight ahead<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Trying so hard<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Not to go too fast<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Or go off the road.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I notice there’s a big dent<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;">In my front fender.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I sure don’t remember that.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I asked my wife about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She just shook her head<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;">And said it was there<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">When she got up.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">My head sure hurts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I wonder when I got that dent?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I guess probably I’ll never know.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Johnnie just came in with<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;">The morning paper.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The headlines read</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >“DEATH BY HIT AND RUN”.</span></li></ul>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-58973018257798497582009-06-15T04:09:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.222-07:00HOME AGAIN<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">A memory from childhood days<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Of cold and wint’ry blasts,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Keeps coming clearly back to me<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And seems to last and last.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I hear the wind there howling<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Around the house outside.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I want to pull the covers up<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And get beneath and hide.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I seem to feel the house could shake<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As wint’ry winds do whip.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">A little deeper underneath<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The covers I do slip.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I hear the snow there blowing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Against the window pane.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I close my eyes so very tight.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I’m home again in Maine.</span>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-6626910406504894092009-06-15T04:02:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.222-07:00A SOUL<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">A green and empty wine bottle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lay cracked upon the street.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Once full, once clean, once needed,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Til a soul it chanced to meet.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The bottle full meant many things<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">To many different folk.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The one that had the bottle last<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Did give a gentle stroke.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He held the bottle tightly squeezed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Against his unshaved face.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">To him is was the only thing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">But him, in this dark place.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He sat against the curb,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And held the bottle tight,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And slowly kept a sippen<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Throughout the long cold night.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">When that green bottle emptied<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The soul detached himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He stumbled back into the store<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >And took another from the shelf.</span>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-17953372427905548512009-06-15T03:59:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.223-07:00DAY DOES COME<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Early morn<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rising sun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Time of peace <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And inner thoughts</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Waking up<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Clearing mind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Fresh damp air<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And birds are singing</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reflecting back<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On last nights dreams<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On plans that you have laid</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Fog still lingers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Robin chirping in the yard<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Coffee perking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dog barking in the distance</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">All together<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Placed as one<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Softly, slowly<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Day does come</span>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-33061286756976651762009-06-15T03:55:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.223-07:00CHARLIE IN THE WINDOW<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Charlie in the window, he was a pure bred cat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Charlie in the window, so patiently he sat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Charlie in the window meets people when he can.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Charlie in the window, he met the garbage man.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The window was the front part of a downtown Brooklyn store.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The window was his favorite place, for it was near the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Most days he stayed inside the store and never ventured out.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This day he slipped out through the door, as it did open stout.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He walked around the corner, then to where the alley sat,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And gathered in a garbage heap beside a cute stray cat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He looked her in the face that day, and asked if she would stay.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She nodded quickly to his face, and asked if he would play.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">They romped around that garbage heap, and scattered several cans,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then scampered back on top of it, and sat there holding hands.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">They were so happy on that pile of refuse left for days,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And Charlie in the window he just loved her reckless ways.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Their pleasure ended shortly when, the garbage man he came.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He cleaned up all the garbage, and though it was a shame,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Poor Charlie in the window then lost his cute stray cat,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >And Charlie in the window, so patiently he sat.</span>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-1186166633279368322009-06-15T03:52:00.001-07:002009-06-15T17:16:35.779-07:00BRING YOUR DARKENED WALL<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Oh nighttime you descend<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Like falling rain<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Upon a window pane<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Or the closing of a book.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">You cover all<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">In your own way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">To end the day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">When only lovers look.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And though your strength<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Resides within the mind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And is so hard to find<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It daily conquers all.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">So come in silence<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And in silence stay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Till break of day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And bring your darkened wall.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-90958421377592782022009-06-15T03:48:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.223-07:00A ROSEBUD<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Oh precious dainty rosebud,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dripping moist with dew,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">With gentleness you open<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">To live the long day through.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Each fragile petal slowly bends<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">To reach the early light.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">So patiently you’ve slept throughout<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The long and lonely night.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Moist dew in tiny droplets<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">So slowly trickles down.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On top of daggered shaft<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">You sit as like a crown.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As dew drops slowly fade,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And bud full open spreads,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Great beauty is exposed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In lovely flower beds.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-71944935920914581832009-06-14T19:41:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.224-07:00WOODLAND TRAGEDY<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">There the Lady Slipper lay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Broken on the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Withered in the blazing sun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">No more heart shall pound.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yesterday it stood erect<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reaching to the sky<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Looking at it proud and straight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Beauty to the eye.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Fragrant blossom pink and bright<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sending forth it’s spell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As I left it yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Living strong and well.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">But as I did chance to pass<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Going home today<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I was shocked and sad to see<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >There the Lady Slipper lay.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-1923785544491631662009-06-14T19:37:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.224-07:00WHERE I’LL RETURN<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tis cold and freezing, bout twenty below.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The howling wind is whipping the snow.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The sky is dark, the day so bleak.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Looks like it might snow for nearly a week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The temperature drops a few more degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The cold wind is whistling through the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The snow starts falling to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To pile in drifts without a sound.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The flakes of snow are soft and dry.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Each flake drops slowly from the sky <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To add its dainty little size<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To drifts that are so slow to rise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tis cold and freezing, dark and bleak.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The type of place I yearn to seek.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To there I someday will return.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -3.9pt;"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >My heart again will never yearn.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-65738101130117257192009-06-14T19:33:00.000-07:002009-06-15T17:19:08.580-07:00SPARROW IN THE COLD<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Just outside my window<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">There sits a tiny bird.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It gives a tiny cherr-up<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">That hardly can be heard.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A small white-throated sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">With perky streaked crest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Today he sits and preens himself<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To look his very best.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Although he doesn’t show it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It’s cold outside today.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">That’s why I sit and wonder,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">How can he be so gay?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But he just sits and fluffs himself<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To ward off all the cold.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">About this chilling weather,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Does he have to be told?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It seems to me that if he knew<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He’d try to make it better.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If he’d just come and sit with me<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To get out of the weather,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’m sure he’d like it better here<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then out there in the cold.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">About this chilling weather<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Does he have to be told?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-56347424495994571532009-06-14T19:30:00.000-07:002009-06-15T16:09:06.224-07:00LITTLE BOY DANCING<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I saw the devil in him fade<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As he danced within the shade,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Imagination working overtime,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And I did love him.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">In his small and simple way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He brought beauty to my day,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">From where I did not know,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">But I did love him.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I knew he’d never know the joy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">That I felt for him, my boy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">With feelings at that point I could not hide,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">For I did love him.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">So as he danced within the shade,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And the devil then did fade,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">He was mine – my little boy,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >And I did love him.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-50124492558071789892009-06-14T19:22:00.001-07:002009-06-15T17:43:30.930-07:00BUTTERCUPS AND BANJOS<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Shining bright, great sun is high<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sky so clear and blue<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Riv’lets trickle over rocks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Moistness is the dew.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Infinite does seem the way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Many seem to go<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Those that look so deep inside<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Never seem to know.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Color sways as breezes blow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bob-o-links do fly<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Buttercups are out there too<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reflecting in the sky.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Meander through the fields of grass<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Take the whole scene in<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rest upon a pleasant hill<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Banjos then begin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Surface thoughts that float along<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Often plucked at will<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Take a thought and put it down<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then the breezes still.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-20119042147483370892009-06-14T19:14:00.000-07:002009-06-15T17:16:05.059-07:00I WALKED ACROSS A LAWN TODAY<span style="font-size:14;"> </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I walked across a lawn today<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And saw a butterfly.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It fluttered down close to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then up into the sky.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was a pretty shade of blue<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tho interspersed with red.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It fluttered here. It fluttered there,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then to a flowerbed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It picked a rose still moist with dew<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And fluttered there to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then as I silently looked on<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It settled down and lit.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading8" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It went about its business there</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Like I was not around.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">So I stood there just watching it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And dared not make a sound.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It took the nectar from that rose<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then to the next it went.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It did the same thing to each one<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Until they all were spent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And as I watched it like before<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It fluttered to the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I watched it go till out of sight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Then softly said goodbye.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290641825179700604.post-22203798301385099332009-06-14T11:02:00.000-07:002009-06-15T17:17:04.508-07:00A DANDELION<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:14;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A dandelion grew today</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Up to the point of death,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And as it dried with naught to say,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I took a deep, deep breath.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dave Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113292249617933733noreply@blogger.com0