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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-90089513322240087422018-09-18T10:07:00.002-07:002018-09-18T15:18:08.162-07:00FOLLOW the FAIRY GOODMOTHER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-87881825649799038362012-12-01T12:20:00.003-08:002017-07-26T10:53:02.120-07:00Fairy Goodmother<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I am a Faerie Goodmother,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My calling is through Nature, Dreams and Art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I work for the Good of the Whole</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">through a combination of these parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I work for a Balance in Nature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and to <a href="http://lovellsimonsprints.webs.com/" target="_blank">help make dreams come true,</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of how I do this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is writing poetry for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've written many little poems</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about plants of the earth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that we might come to know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of their invaluable worth;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some you may recognize</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but I am not sure if you'll know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the many benefits they can provide for us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as we live and grow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://fairygoodmother.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=13" target="_blank">(Do explore some samples within this site!)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">CONTACT: </span></b> lovellsimonsjanet (at) yahoo (dot) ca</span><br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-65891141753437515472012-08-20T15:01:00.006-07:002017-07-26T11:06:35.053-07:00Saul Idago<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">GOLDENROD FAIRY </span></span></span> <br />
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Saul Idago <br />
brought up again<br />
to his kin, Aaron, in a letter </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">his undying dream of flying </span></div>
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in a ship with lacy wings<br />
gears and things<br />
that spun and whirled<br />
about silently</span></div>
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except when</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">periodically<br />
one could see<br />
and hear<br />
small explosions of gas</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><br />
that would propel all forward<br />
(no need to be worried)<br />
as it would rise up <br />
3 to 8 feet only with each blast. <br />
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So then, there’d be no fear of falling<br />
for if it did happen<br />
and one found oneself thrown<br />
to the ground,<br />
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It’d be quick and somewhat light.<br />
as from this miniscule height<br />
there shouldn’t be much of a wound</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to be found.<br />
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He further wrote, <br />
This would be a ship </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">you could relax in</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">maybe take a nap <br />
once or twice a day</span></div>
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It would promote healing<br />
as it would serve as a repose <br />
from daily dealings<br />
Would I kid you? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.Nay!<br />
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Let us stimulate our lives here<br />
Cast a golden spear<br />
Set a date well before</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Summer’s Farewell<br />
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to begin building a ship</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">not an ordinary one, it<br />
would fly, and be painted</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">a vibrant brilliant yellow, <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to signify<br />
this luminescent idea,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">wouldn’t you agree <br />
especially once <br />
it’s all off the ground<br />
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By my own insight<br />
I’m sure it can take flight<br />
Do not unjustly accuse me<br />
of not being sound.<br />
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Can I influence you at all<br />
Come on now, join in with young Saul<br />
Match your thoughts up<br />
together with mine.<br />
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It’s a fresh new idea</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">leave it to me, I’ll </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">soar on through with it </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">positively in time.<br />
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Now his kin, Aaron’s rode<br />
in all kinds, it’s told<br />
of ships, <br />
but only those buoyant </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">upon the water<br />
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So when he heard<br />
these words,<br />
he thought the idea<br />
absurd<br />
and so sat down to <br />
answer the letter.</span></div>
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Let this dream die, boy<br />
forget it, oh I do say<br />
Let it go the way <br />
of the Dodo Bird<br />
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This ship would not be fit<br />
with such a strange engine, it<br />
would be as a storm</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">packed full of trouble.<br />
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Well, like stone, this kid Idago</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>took the news<br />
one to one, quite cold, <br />
but then he became <br />
rather hot<br />
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And though wounded <br />
his feelings may have been<br />
Did he let go of the dream? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I do dare say, “Not!”<br />
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He got up early <br />
many hours<br />
before anything <br />
was fully opened<br />
day upon day</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">on his own<br />
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To observe, study, and draw<br />
everything he saw <br />
that had ever floated, glided<br />
or flown.<br />
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His kin Aaron, did ease up<br />
on expressing his own thoughts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">once he saw how determined</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">the boy became. <br />
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In fact,<br />
he added scientific knowledge,<br />
and modified what he could <br />
to the drawings of the plans <br />
that Saul made.<br />
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He then left the final rendition</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and the building <br />
to the boy’s imagination<br />
hoping in the end he’d be able to say,<br />
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“Whoopy, he got off the ground!<br />
I knew it all along<br />
It’s the making of a historical day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Meanwhile he could count on Ester</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">if he asked her, to make a most delicious tea<br />
It was while doing so, I’ll have you know</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">he heard a sound that rose up his curiosity.<br />
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So much so, he let his tea go, cold</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">which bugged this lady considerably<br />
but he had to know what made such<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a sound so, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">he got up and took his leave.<br />
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When out of the forest clearing<br />
then down through the meadow<br />
and up onto the roadside <br />
triumphantly <br />
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came an apparition with lacy wings<br />
gears and things</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">that spun and whirled<br />
about silently</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">except when now and again<br />
one could see and, then</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">hear<br />
small explosions of gas</span></div>
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that propelled all up and forward<br />
as Saul Idago pushed and pulled<br />
on the buttons and gears<br />
that helped cause the blast.<br />
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“Whoopy, he got off the ground!<br />
I knew it all along”, cheered Aaron</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">as he hopped, skipped, and ran all the way</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> to get a closer view, of this ship</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> and his young nephew, </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> making this a</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> most historical day!</span><br />
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br />
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some of the properties</div>
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plus its uses and looks.</div>
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If you'd like to hear them</div>
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as I am often on the wing,</div>
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You may contact me through</div>
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this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)</div>
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then I'll give you a ring.</div>
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Gobo, Barbane ‘n Hardock</div>
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Arctium lappa, Clotburr,</div>
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Gobo, Gobo</div>
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Bardana, Hareburr, Burdock</div>
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Turkey Burr Seed, Harlock</div>
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Burr burr, Burr burr</div>
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Long fleshy taproot, </div>
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Hooked-bracted flower heads that do</div>
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Hitch-hike, Hitch-hike<br />
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Rhubarb-like heart-shaped leaves</div>
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Thick stalks that can to grow six feet</div>
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but hollow, hollow</div>
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Peel these stalks before the flower heads</div>
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have enlarged and then like asparagus</div>
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you can eat them raw <br />
or boiled in a broth</div>
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stir-fried with carrots</div>
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and soy sauce, yes, soy sauce</div>
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Similar in taste to Salsify</div>
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a French cuisine well known and liked</div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">YARROW FAIRY </span></span></span> <br />
Her name was Azulene</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as her eyes were the bluest of blue<br />
Some said she soon be Queen <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>while others spat things</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that weren’t at all, at all, true, <br />
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“She’s the Devil’s plaything” <br />
they whispered, then shouted<br />
from their grey-green narrow doors<br />
“It’s all because of her bright ideas”, </div>
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they expleted,<br />
“We’ll forever be pitted<br />
in sanguinary wars! <br />
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She’s trying to supplant Queen Nina<br />
Did you see the lady’s mantle that she wore<br />
as she rode the early stage coach<br />
with General Tauhnic beside her<br />
right up to Noble Yarrauh’s door.<br />
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It’s embroidered with a thousand leaves<br />
and has piles and piles of divine pearls sewn on,</div>
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Unlike the emperor’s new clothes<br />
the children do see this <br />
extraordinary cloth.<br />
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Well, one knows all this fashion’ll do is amuse ‘cause, </div>
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as it is bestowed by Noble Yarrauh<br />
she will become a meal for him</div>
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just another small pocket to go in<br />
I’ll say, “Tut tut, black soot ‘n apples.” <br />
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I’s more irritated as she caused <br />
Prince Hederich <br />
to suffer an awful nose bleed<br />
and many of our relations<br />
scalds and burns<br />
from boiling water that was heaved</div>
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from a cauldron over the parapet;<br />
this bath serving as a solution<br />
to pour upon those</div>
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shouting and banging at her door<br />
for an impromtu lynching.<br />
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Well now it appears she hems in her rages<br />
beneath an umbrella of tiny white flowers<br />
holding them demurely, like a thousand seals<br />
at her heart, while I believe <br />
she brews up an apparition of female troubles.<br />
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Yes, she cast an incantation<br />
to ensure seven years of love<br />
We saw her sprinkle old man’s pepper<br />
in a circle by the Ragweed<br />
upon a golden ground.<br />
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We saw her through the oculus,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a pasture, with her dog, Daisy at her skirt<br />
She wore a large ring with a white arrow<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>probably to bring <br />
forth a child’s birth <br />
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Now the men do goggle at her<br />
bloom’in June right to September<br />
looking all hot and bothered<br />
warm and sweating, <br />
about their collars.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Come now!”, called Knight Milfoil<br />
entering the center of the gathering crowd,<br />
“Surely this talk is just jealous fevers<br />
Lower the pressure, relax<br />
Get some rest, break it up <br />
Give all at least 24 hours.<br />
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But still they continued pouring forth<br />
each their own peculiar <br />
thoughts and accusations</div>
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driving all up to a feverish pitch<br />
When really, all was just speculation.</div>
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Anna Steasiah should’ve been chosen <br />
on that fair mid-summer day,<br />
when the dew was drying in the early morning sun<br />
She should’ve been the chosen one<br />
by Prince Hederich to become first lady.<br />
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But then there came Milly Foyin, <br />
repelling as an ornery gargoyle<br />
she the reason for the <br />
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that brought a cauldron of water to boil. <br />
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Gordaldo & Gordoloba piped in<br />
with their own two cents<br />
in a chorus they snidely chimed together, <br />
“She also strong smelling, <br />
with lips bitter tasting, <br />
nothing more than a thrombotic wench.<br />
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Prince Hederich felt like he died a bit then <br />
when he caught wind of </div>
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these prattling incriminations,<br />
“I should tie these fools together<br />
with the toughest of leather<br />
for their outrageous vicious fabrications”. <br />
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Yes it’s true I suffered a nose bleed<br />
and over 85 of our relations,<br />
are caught within pocket wars,<br />
but this has nothing to do with a lady’s incantaion<br />
(or my own private personal relations)<br />
of this your can rest, assured.<br />
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He pushed his way within the heat of them all<br />
despite the fact<br />
the news had previously stopped him cold<br />
with the hope that this fever would soon break up<br />
once his thoughts and feelings to the crowd were told. </div>
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Yes, it’s true that Anna Steasiah <br />
should’ve been chosen<br />
on that fair mid-summer day<br />
when the dew was drying,</div>
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but listen now, I’m not lying <br />
you’ll see,</div>
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in the end <br />
all will be much better<br />
this other way.<br />
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Till then all will be intense until I <br />
plan a way out of these pocket wars;</div>
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remember how fine </div>
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our lives were <br />
when we lived out our <br />
ideas of a man’s true role.<br />
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Do keep the peace,</div>
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build strong bridges<br />
though the truth can really ache<br />
repel vicious rumours<br />
don’t be rash or </div>
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behave like sore losers<br />
please, for our dear </div>
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Queen Nina’s sake.</div>
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In then came Noble Yarrow <br />
wrapped in emotions <br />
that visibly ebbed and flowed<br />
as he expressed what was upon his mind<br />
while trying to be kind<br />
to bring all this commotion to a close.</div>
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Do please lower the blood pressure, <br />
arrest this hemorrhaging,<br />
circulate amongst yourself<br />
some pain relief,<br />
make not a scape-goat of<br />
dear Azulene.<br />
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Stop shouting bull at her,<br />
Tell me, what’s the matter <br />
with you all, especially <br />
you two carpenter’s, you’re crass!<br />
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Rinse all thoughts from your minds<br />
that are terribly unkind<br />
They are causing many <br />
to feel aghast.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Azulene only begged for reconsideration<br />
concerning our relations<br />
in regard to the new borderlines planned.<br />
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She’s not trying to supplant Queen Nina<br />
they’re best of friends, you see <br />
and she’s much too dear <br />
within her heart to do that.<br />
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This situation has become too volatile<br />
and though I know it’s good for you and I</div>
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to expel a bit of gas now and then</div>
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Let us do clear the air<br />
No more contribute here</div>
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to the effluvium<br />
Let us go home.</div>
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This unexpected bit of humour <br />
opened the door to laughter<br />
which then had a soothing effect<br />
So they began to trickle home<br />
and from thereon <br />
kept the peace</div>
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for Queen Nina’s sake.</div>
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
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as I am often on the wing,</div>
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You may contact me through</div>
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then I'll give you a ring.</div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-83597125419032238552012-03-01T21:03:00.006-08:002017-07-26T11:07:14.225-07:00Caesar's Recommendation<div style="text-align: center;">
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There is a story </div>
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sO listen now,</div>
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for here I go</div>
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It could be fun</div>
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(you never know!)</div>
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In the days of England, <br />
Ancient Olde</div>
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When the Romans landed <br />
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That,</div>
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Because of their skirts <br />
and very short breeches</div>
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made for the sun, <br />
sand and the beaches</div>
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That this exposed their legs</div>
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to England’s cold damp air</div>
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They began to freeze <br />
much to their despair</div>
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Quick-witted Caesar <br />
gave the recommendation<br />
to rub their legs<br />
for the hot sensation<br />
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With handfuls of Nettles<br />
loaded with prickles and pins<br />
to rub them, yes, vigorously,<br />
upon their shins.<br />
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Now, who would’ve thought<br />
that this idea from Caesar</div>
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Would make their legs burn</div>
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like a regular heater!<br />
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Within the writing of many of these poems<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall<br />
some of the properties<br />
of a plant, <br />
plus its uses and looks.<br />
<br />
If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-79135182038539883762011-12-18T20:43:00.002-08:002017-07-26T11:07:25.152-07:00Willowy Wickopy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FIREWEED FAIRY </span></span></span> <br />
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Who would’ve thought </div>
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such a match could be made,</div>
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…the Wickopy boy </div>
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with the daughter </div>
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of the Primrose Family.</div>
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Herb, whose father must toil</div>
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from morning to night</div>
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courting a girl whose family</div>
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owns practically everything</div>
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in sight.</div>
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Yet we saw them one evening, </div>
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riding horseback </div>
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over hill and dale, </div>
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Sally rode side-saddle, </div>
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by the stream </div>
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along Deerhorn trail.</div>
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They then veered off to follow </div>
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the new wilderness road</div>
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into the woodlands, </div>
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that are now being heavily logged.</div>
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The loggers heard Herb yell “Fire’em up!” </div>
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Let’s see what these fillies can do, </div>
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I’ll race you to the top, Sal… </div>
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You owe me dessert if you lose!...</div>
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“…One sweet as nectar, my honey, </div>
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but, if I lose by chance, </div>
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I promise I’ll make you laugh </div>
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by doing a bunny dance.”</div>
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Bloomin’ all summer long,</div>
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they returned </div>
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to play these games</div>
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alternating between them </div>
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which one would win.</div>
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Heedless of others</div>
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and all that they thought</div>
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whether they rubbed them</div>
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the wrong way, they cared</div>
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not, </div>
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As they were smitten, </div>
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waterproofed, insulated </div>
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within their love pod</div>
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as if carried by the wind</div>
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spiraling high above.</div>
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It left one wondering </div>
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how the father </div>
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hadn’t a clue,</div>
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but when the news hit,</div>
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Oh, how he put on a show!</div>
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“Pile ‘o warts!” he shouted, </div>
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“He’s as good as fodder. </div>
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How dare he nibble </div>
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at the skirt</div>
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of my only dear daughter!</div>
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This he sees ‘cause he’s so green…</div>
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as the cat’s meow</div>
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Shoot! I’ll root </div>
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this problem out, </div>
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no more</div>
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will he come to call!</div>
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Men’s brains…</div>
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oh, how<br />
they do stir up trouble</div>
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how dare he choose her,</div>
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he makes my blood boil!</div>
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You’d think he’d have courted </div>
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Emma Tique instead,</div>
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brought his affections</div>
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to all altitudes </div>
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for them to wed.</div>
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But no, rumour has it,</div>
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it is him who piles his fever </div>
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upon my daughter,</div>
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This woeful joining </div>
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I adamantly vow to alter.</div>
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I’ll pull all ties to those <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
I know who can help<br />
from the Soviet Union, North America<br />
and all across Europe.</div>
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Boy, I’ll make a cure, </div>
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I’ll burn and sweep all over this land.</div>
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I’ll spin into the scene, </div>
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five of my briskest kin</div>
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They’ll help in finishing it…</div>
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all this fluff and stuff</div>
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doggon’it, I call Queen Charlott</div>
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we’ll undo all </div>
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that’s been cloaked </div>
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and spun.</div>
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Had I only gotten wind of this sooner</div>
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before it went from a molehill to a mountain</div>
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before it germinated and spread </div>
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outta hand like a wildfire.</div>
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I’da pounded the root</div>
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right to the fiber</div>
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I’da split the stem open<br />
dipped ‘im in oil</div>
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this leather-faced chap </div>
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glutinous</div>
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for my sweet daughter</div>
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would’ve learned quickly</div>
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that he aught to choose another</div>
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He hasn’t the inner pith</div>
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worthy of her hand </div>
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in marriage</div>
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With the land swelling </div>
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with so many others</div>
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he ought to extract</div>
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one of them instead!</div>
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Now though the girl’s father did bulge </div>
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so tightly with hot indignation </div>
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that we thought he might burst</div>
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Well, he had no power in the end</div>
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As Willowy Wickopy<br />
and Tall Slender Sally</div>
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bound their love together quite tightly</div>
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and so then finally<br />
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all stood side by side</div>
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tall, and erect</div>
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as Sally’s father gave her away</div>
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to be bound in marriage</div>
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Yet all the while<br />
one could see his teeth <br />
grinding minutely<br />
still, he did not refute them</div>
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His demeanor did soften somewhat</div>
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during the father/daughter dance</div>
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as she slowly spiraled around</div>
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like a vision of one floating on air</div>
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in her dress of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>layer upon layer<br />
of fine silk gossamer veils</div>
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with a pattern of blossoms </div>
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fully opened at the bottom<br />
that changed as they spiralled </div>
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up and around the dress<br />
getting smaller and closing up</div>
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until they became ribbon buds</div>
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fastened at the shoulders on top</div>
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This is the end of the story</div>
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though a strange one it might be,</div>
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I’ll tell you another one day</div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">over a cup of tea!</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div>
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
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some of the properties</div>
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of a plant,</div>
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plus its uses and looks.</div>
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If you'd like to hear them</div>
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as I am often on the wing,</div>
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You may contact me through</div>
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this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)</div>
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then I'll give you a ring.</div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-38586416117009419732011-11-04T11:14:00.003-07:002017-07-26T11:07:36.346-07:00Prickly Puzzle<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> THISTLE FAIRY </span></span></span> </div>
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I’ve a puzzle to propose to you </div>
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about the Scottish, with a little hint, too,</div>
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in that the answer involves the Danes;<br />
So if you please do kindly listen,</div>
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Why do you suppose </div>
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from some of the flowers <br />
that Scotland could choose<br />
for their emblem,</div>
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amongst some others, like</div>
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Daisies, Buttercups, Forget-Me-Knots,</div>
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Lilies, Poppies, Teasel, Phlox,</div>
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Fleabane, Bloodroot, Pussy Toes,</div>
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Harebells, Blues Bells, and Yarrow,</div>
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Blue-eyed Mary, Bouncing Bet,</div>
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Indian Pipe, Bride’s Bonnet,</div>
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Arrowhead, Fever Few, Lizard Tail,</div>
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Black-Eyed Susie, Solomon’s Seal,</div>
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Camas, Water Cress, Snow-on-the-Mountain,</div>
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Ox-eye Daisy, Pokeweed, Trillium,</div>
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Pearly Everlasting, Morning Glory…</div>
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Again, so now what could be the story</div>
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that would prompt Scotland <br />
to choose from all the flowers without a prickle,</div>
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the Cirsium vulgare, (in other words), </div>
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the Speary Thistle?</div>
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(I will tell you!…)<br />
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... (to be continued, </div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-18832050419490876762011-10-15T21:20:00.003-07:002017-07-26T11:07:47.315-07:00Walk Softly<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LICHEN FAIRY </span></span></span> </div>
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Walk softly upon the earth</div>
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when in the forest you go </div>
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for that to which you may tread upon</div>
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can take thousands of years to grow</div>
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I’m speaking of the lichen</div>
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that is brittle when it sleeps</div>
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waiting for the waters</div>
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as it slowly grows and creeps</div>
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in shallow soil</div>
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sun-baked rocks</div>
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along a decayed wood</div>
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on tree branches, also bark</div>
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found all across the world</div>
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in hues of green, red, orange and yellow</div>
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and also that of black</div>
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It’s really two plants</div>
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growing together as one</div>
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each providing </div>
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what the other lacks...<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-45109592828243375412011-10-15T20:23:00.006-07:002017-07-26T11:07:59.016-07:00Choice on the Platter<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">Allow me to introduce myself,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’m Lucien Mouces</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and I’ve something’ to say</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">about those Buck horns</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">try’in to court my sister today;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I know I shouldn’t have done it,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">but I read her diary, Ha! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and I’d rather suck a seed</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">than become related to any one</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">of those gummy sticky <br />
mess o’ fellas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I ain’t kidd’n yah,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The choice on the platter</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">would reduce a bull eating</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(He’d never get fatter)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Every one o’them’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">like the root of a toothache,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’d pulverize ‘em </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">if given a chance.<br />
They’d need more than a </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">primitive bandaide<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to stem the flowing</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">from one ocean to the other</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">from my twisting of their</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">goose tongues, rib warts, and other</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Devil’s shoe strings</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to prevent and cure their affection</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and itch for my little sister<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(oh, did I mention?)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">You see, Phyllis is my little sister,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">my one and only kin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Blond as Indian Wheat</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">tender as the first new leaves of Spring</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">‘Ere, my little upshine!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Back to her I’ll go</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">If and when she needs me</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to guide and protect her so,</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Ever since our father died</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">as he lumbered through a region</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">within the bowels of our mountain, Nelly</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to draw forth a felon;</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">40 years within the ground he lay</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(I’m loathe to re-live the pain)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">before the mountains of debris</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">from an avalanche<br />
could be removed </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to reveal his remains.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’ve felt responsible</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(Now, aren’t I the rightest?)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to kill the worms, well,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">at least the politest</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">would be to reduce the fever</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">of John Dice, Luke or Rhea’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">affection and itch</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">for my little sister.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Then there’s Aleric’s Kin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">goes by the name of Raja,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He’s real lax at his work</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">a pain-in-the… butt and,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’m certain him or I’d </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">plan to go “fisty-cuffs” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">sooner or later</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(He’d better keep his cool,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">or I reckon I’ll itch to </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">knock him first off the platter.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Ah, Music clears the head,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Art is right in us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I should partake of some</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to allow this inflamed rage</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to diminish, and,<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’ll think of my friend, Herb,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He’s a good soldier,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He wouldn’t allow his feelings</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to ignite through a prolonged smoulder.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">And Yes, there is Phyllis to consider</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and her feelings on the whole matter,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Yet, I can’t help but wonder</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">how I might tip the lot <br />
off of the platter.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’ve got it, Herb’s cousin, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">in fact goes by the name Shawn,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He’s a kind and gentle bloke</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">surely worthy and perhaps <br />
able to win my sister’s affection.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Do please excuse me</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’ve no time to lose,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and some important planning </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to do before I introduce</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">a match surely made in heaven</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">well, with a little help from me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The truth will become <br />
apparent in the end</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> <br />
Just you wait, and see!</span></div>
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall<br />
some of the properties<br />
of a plant, <br />
plus its uses and looks.<br />
<br />
If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-27546941406652178842011-07-11T14:44:00.009-07:002017-07-26T11:08:37.395-07:00Doc's Prediction<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Many long hours</div>
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did they float</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>upon undulating waters, </div>
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to and fro</div>
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oscillating with the waves</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>upon the sea</div>
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as they were heaved</div>
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further and further </div>
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from the scene<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><br />
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where earlier that day</div>
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they gambled and lost </div>
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a battle, so now</div>
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sat all sorts</div>
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of sailors</div>
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slowly swirling</div>
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upon debris</div>
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truly an eerie sight to see. <br />
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Captain Richer of Oran</div>
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should have heeded the call</div>
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of Nick Curly Doc,</div>
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Seer from ancient Gaul,</div>
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but he had felt the man simply</div>
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to be “a strange gent”</div>
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so pushed on with these words, <br />
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“It’s vital men, <br />
that we heave ho, set sail<br />
to the day I’ve committed,<br />
I’m anti to the score</div>
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as Nick has predicted <br />
I’ll wage all that we have up against it</div>
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I’ll not heed this ancient dire etiquette,</div>
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It’s eruptive! Do cease all this running to Nick, <br />
Quell the itch, and the swelling <br />
Delve deeper, and if</div>
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below the rust, mold and the ink stains, <br />
you reveal a truth that is quite plain<br />
beyond on this dark speculation<br />
then perhaps it may ring warm to my heart<br />
and I’ll give consideration <br />
to altering the date that we depart<br />
with much gladness, for the morrow<br />
following the one I have marked,</div>
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‘Til then know that all dire prediction<br />
is to me like a de-tonic to the entire system, <br />
and no matter how elephant enticing</div>
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it has been spun, <br />
it more than slightly lacks the sound</div>
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of credibility rung</div>
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Not only that</div>
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it smells of old cheese<br />
that needs more than a lemon</div>
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to make it palatable to please <br />
even my first mate, Cal</div>
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who won’t uptake any of it<br />
So, how can you expect me</div>
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to swallow even the slightest bit?<br />
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A syrup or honey, might<br />
help a tickle or cough,</div>
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but nothing would sweeten</div>
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any part of this, so from hereon…<br />
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I’ll not be deterred by this gent’s <br />
Yellow-bellied attitude,<br />
You can call me coarse-ribbed</div>
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mad or rude, <br />
Slight me to heat me to the color of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>red, Nah! <br />
It’s all the more likely that instead,<br />
I’ll call you blue</div>
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either way we’ll push off, <br />
through snow, rain or frost.<br />
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And So they departed</div>
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on that fateful day<br />
still all fell victim</div>
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as predicted,</div>
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beginning with a gale<br />
that suddenly erupted</div>
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The main mast tilted <br />
while emitting low groans<br />
and as it pushed over<br />
there came different tones<br />
somewhat like a sour scream<br />
before the telling crack</div>
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in this nightmarish dream<br />
that sent all to go running<br />
as the ship sharply pitched<br />
forward, then backward</div>
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the captain’s eye twitched</div>
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as his body was heaved <br />
into a string puppet like dance<br />
as he lost his sea legs</div>
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along with his balance.</div>
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All men on the main deck<br />
were now called to arms<br />
to pull up the ropes and <br />
all of the chains<br />
to right what they could<br />
of these dire antics</div>
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from the storm that now raged<br />
utterly manic.<br />
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The men frantically hoisted <br />
up the foresail</div>
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to steer the ship’s bow<br />
toward the oncoming gale<br />
They pulled up the slack<br />
within all of the frappings<br />
to bind the ship’s planks<br />
together quite tightly <br />
along with a hope and a wish<br />
and a prayer<br />
that all would hold steady,<br />
straight up, and secure.<br />
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The men who were caught <br />
on the deck down below <br />
worked hard with tight grips<br />
upon the oars, so <br />
their circular efforts</div>
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pulled with all their strength</div>
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would bring the ship to shore</div>
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length by length.</div>
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But alas, a freak wave</div>
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topping all of the rest</div>
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rose up like a dragon<br />
and then it did crest <br />
over and above them<br />
to come crashing down</div>
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with a terrible force<br />
that did pound<br />
an exacting toll <br />
most awful, and <br />
most dreadful!<br />
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It set the ship rolling<br />
to twist and to turn</div>
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all the while loosening <br />
the ropes and the chains<br />
Then came a creaking</div>
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a flexing of planks <br />
weakening, causing leaking <br />
so then the sailor’s hearts sank</div>
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along with their hope <br />
for the accompanying screeches<br />
signalled the integrity of the hull<br />
had been breached, and<br />
as all began to come flying apart</div>
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the captain shouted over the din, <br />
<br />
“Abandon Ship!”<br />
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All sailors leaped over <br />
erratically <br />
to then come swimming back<br />
for a bit of debris</div>
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to clamber upon</div>
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and to keep afloat</div>
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for fear of being lost <br />
with nothing to grope</div>
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beneath these seething<br />
frothing waves<br />
to be lost forever<br />
in a watery grave</div>
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<br /></div>
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Or perhaps if the tales<br />
be true<br />
to be gathered <br />
within the arms<br />
of a mermaid, too.<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div>
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A splash of sea water <br />
washed their faces<br />
bringing them back</div>
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to the reality<br />
of this place<br />
where <br />
for many long hours <br />
they did float <br />
hand in hand</div>
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upon their make-shift boats<br />
facing each other</div>
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to keep up moral<br />
and as they rode opposite<br />
they talked ‘til nightfall<br />
‘til one sighted a ship<br />
by the light of its mast<br />
which made all cheer then<br />
for their rescue<br />
at last!<br />
<br />
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<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
some of the properties</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
of a plant,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
plus its uses and looks.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
If you'd like to hear them</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
as I am often on the wing,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
You may contact me through</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
then I'll give you a ring.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-82576871040622141482011-06-06T12:56:00.010-07:002017-07-26T11:09:04.374-07:00Shamrock Fit for a King<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
Call Cleaver, call Marl</div>
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Call Clatter Mallock</div>
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The King’s rolling in Clover</div>
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He found his Shamrock.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Good Fortune, Abundance, oh Prosperity</div>
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The King’s rolling in Clover</div>
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and laughing with glee.</div>
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<br /></div>
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For two-hundred-thirty days</div>
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Year in, year out</div>
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He’s combed through the clover</div>
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for a four-leafed Shamrock.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Not a doctor or Druid Priest</div>
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could draw him away</div>
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as he pushed through the cushions</div>
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day after day.</div>
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<br /></div>
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We’d thought he had lost it</div>
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down there on his shins,</div>
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as he plucked at the sugar plums</div>
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to suck the nectar within.</div>
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<br /></div>
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We’d thought he had lost it</div>
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from his foot to his crown,</div>
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were worried he’d suffer</div>
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wounds from the ground.</div>
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<br /></div>
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We called his Knight, Flav</div>
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who became quite annoyed,</div>
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We could tell by his spasms,</div>
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complaints of ulcers…</div>
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To witness his King in this </div>
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undignified way</div>
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was not something he expected, </div>
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felt it dire, this behavior</div>
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end right away.</div>
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Call Cleaver, call Marl,</div>
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call Clatter Malloch</div>
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to pull the king from the Clover</div>
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our subjects may talk.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Here they come though, I don’t know</div>
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if the king can be restored to good health.</div>
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It might quite chronic, need a tonic</div>
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or fine healing salve.</div>
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<br /></div>
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(So we asked…)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Can you help, Sirs?</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we can, Sir…</div>
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Well, we’ll give it a try</div>
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<br /></div>
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No pretense, here, it could be severe</div>
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We’ll tell not a lie.</div>
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<br /></div>
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But, he’s a symbol, keep it simple</div>
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Pretend to be cool</div>
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Relax him, bring him back in</div>
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the castle to rule.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The soft hairs upon their necks</div>
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stood up as they approached the king</div>
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as he played bucking bronco</div>
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while they coax him in.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Three times they tried together </div>
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to bring him away</div>
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But he whooped, laughed, fought, and coughed<br />
‘til he got his own way.</div>
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<br /></div>
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So for,</div>
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Two-hundred-thirty days</div>
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year in, year out</div>
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he’s combed through the clover</div>
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for a four-leafed Shamrock.<br />
<br />
Not a doctor, or a druid priest</div>
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could draw him away,</div>
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Until perhaps,</div>
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this v-e-r-y day!</div>
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<br />
Call Cleaver, Call Marl</div>
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Call Clatter Mallock,</div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">The King’s rolling in Clover,<br />
He found his Shamrock.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
some of the properties</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
of a plant,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
plus its uses and looks.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
If you'd like to hear them</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
as I am often on the wing,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
You may contact me through</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
then I'll give you a ring.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br />
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<br /></div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-71384008533563791332011-05-10T12:22:00.007-07:002017-07-26T11:09:20.476-07:00On the Wild Side<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
I’ve been around since the <a href="http://www.methowconservancy.org/course/2012/nisbet_last_meal.pdf" target="_blank">Tollund Man </a></div>
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(That’s 100 BC)</div>
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They still know me in Ireland</div>
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(and in the Hebrides)</div>
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<br />
I’ve been through the wars of Europe</div>
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(Including World War Two)</div>
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Napoleon gave me to his troops</div>
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(Within the Bread)</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’ve been given to sheep, pigs and hens</div>
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You’re the one who should take me in instead</div>
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Though I’m strong, I’m also mild</div>
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Pile me up high within a salad,<br />
You can use my leaves, seeds and stems,<br />
Prepare the first just like spinach,<br />
<br />
But remember....<br />
<br />
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<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
some of the properties</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
of a plant,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
plus its uses and looks.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
If you'd like to hear them</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
as I am often on the wing,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
You may contact me through</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
then I'll give you a ring.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br />
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<br /></div>
lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-12600065681501530272011-03-30T11:35:00.005-07:002017-07-26T11:09:39.752-07:00Copper Pot of Gold<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
<br />
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<span style="color: black;">There is a story</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">ancient old</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">about a copper</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">pot of gold,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">tho’ not of the kind</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">usually sought by man,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">but a living kind</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">that grows freely </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">upon the land,<br />
whose value really</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">is quite priceless</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and this was known</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">by a certain pirate</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">who gripped that pot</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">till the day he died</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">with a strength like iron</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">so that even if we dared</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">we could not pry it loose</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">with all our might;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He clutches it still </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">though all that's left of him</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">is bones</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and perhaps the distant</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">moans and groans</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">of what he died of </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">mysteriously </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">as he sat at the base</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">of an old oak tree.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Really, truly</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">quite quite ponderous</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">as all about the scene</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">is an eerie green</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">like that of phosphorus</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and engraved upon the pot</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">are words, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I believe for all of us</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">that to continue</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">to try and rid the world</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">of this gold</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">is preposterous</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">bordering</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">on </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">monstrous!</span><br />
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<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<a href="http://fairygoodmother.webs.com/fireweedproperties.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a>to help one to recall</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
some of the properties</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
of a plant,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
plus its uses and looks.</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
If you'd like to hear them</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
as I am often on the wing,</div>
<div style="color: black; text-align: center;">
You may contact me through</div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-7715817135225639632011-03-15T17:37:00.009-07:002017-07-26T11:09:56.220-07:00Faerie Lore<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lend an ear if you wish to hear</div>
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of the Lore about Faeries,<br />
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It's in the form of a poem <br />
so I don't go on<br />
too long<br />
for fear of boring you.</div>
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Much is true, some poo... poo,</div>
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These are words used by others to describe us.</div>
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I shouldn't repeat them, should probably delete them<br />
There are some faeries who may make a fuss.<br />
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So do keep all under wraps, or perhaps</div>
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they may twist and knot your hair,</div>
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All the while laughing, maybe even clapping</div>
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at your frustration and despair.</div>
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Yes, it may come as a surprise, we're not always nice,</div>
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In fact can be nasty.</div>
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Usually though, we jovial,<br />
even helpful and happy.<br />
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One reason though I'll have you know,</div>
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we can can feel considerable displeasure,</div>
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Is when disrespect and destructiveness<br />
is inflicted upon nature.<br />
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That's another story that may make you feel sorry</div>
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which is not my purpose today,</div>
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So I'll go on with my poem</div>
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without further delay.</div>
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We can be enormously ugly</div>
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Terribly beautiful and,<br />
Awfully mischievous.<br />
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We're elusive, capricious, callous, gregarious,</div>
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a powerful enchanting muse.<br />
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We're keepers of wisdom, do not dismiss us<br />
simply because we don't feel like you do.<br />
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We're delicate, tragic, beguiling, magic<br />
and hold witness to you, too.<br />
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We're highly emotional, part of the ebb and flow<br />
of cosmic tides and embody sensitivity,<br />
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We're inspirational, laughing, joyful</div>
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and are attracted to creativity.</div>
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We're creatures of raw stuff, simply adore those<br />
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We can glide over water, and are part of</div>
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invisible aspects within the world's workings.<br />
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You may see us glittering, twinkling, in flight<br />
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Hear a peal of bells, see us dancing in circles</div>
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to harps, reed whistles, tambourines.</div>
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We come from over the horizon, upon a misty island,</div>
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We live in the rocks, hills, trees,</div>
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even beneath your feet in the dirt.<br />
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We try to remind you of your connections</div>
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with each other and the earth.<br />
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We have many names</div>
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that have come over time</div>
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from numerous different places.</div>
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Like Ghillie Dhee, Gwaragedd Annwn (Gawrageth Anoon)</div>
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Killmoulis and Black Annis.</div>
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There are Pixies and Shee</div>
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Kobolds, Selkie,</div>
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Goblins, Spriggins, and Glaistig.</div>
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I think you’ll know</div>
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of Bogies and Dwarfs</div>
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maybe even the Will o’ Wisp.</div>
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Surely the Lepichaun, </div>
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perhaps the Browinie,</div>
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but there will be others <br />
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Like the Booka, Cluricaun, Coblynau, </div>
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(Ben-nee-yeh) Bean-nighe</div>
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and Knockers.</div>
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Hear of the Nuckelavee, (Leanan-Shee)Leanan-Sidhe </div>
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Puck, Redcap, and Urisk</div>
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There's the Alp-Luachra, Fenoderee</div>
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as a list, I think that’s it.<br />
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I’ll tell you a bit more</div>
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about one, two, three…</div>
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maybe four,</div>
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if you’re willing to listen…</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then, I will begin... </span><br />
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If you wish to hear more of this lore,</div>
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then do email me at the address below...</div>
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lovellsimonsjanet(at)yahoo(dot)ca</div>
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-40451523178703975502011-02-21T11:59:00.004-08:002017-07-26T11:10:21.212-07:00In the Groove, and Totally HOT!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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From Hairy to Smooth</div>
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I’m in with the Groove,</div>
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Truly, I’m Hot</div>
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Tho’ some like me not.</div>
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<br /></div>
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They think that I’m square</div>
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When really I’m round</div>
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From black to white</div>
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I will pound</div>
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a punch of flavour</div>
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in many a dish,</div>
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I’m good with eggs, cheese, meat</div>
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soup, salad, fish.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Pound me back</div>
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when I’ve gone to seed,</div>
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Call me Mustard,</div>
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don’t call me weed,</div>
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As I can be useful</div>
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and good for you,</div>
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Grind me into flour,</div>
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add me to stew.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’m fast growing,</div>
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all over the land</div>
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in almost every Province,</div>
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ditch, field, culvert, <br />
wasteland.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’ve many relations</div>
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some you might know quite well,</div>
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Cabbage, Radish, Turnip;</div>
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Rutubaga, and Kale…<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div>
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There’s another I’ll mention</div>
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tho’ it might make you pout...</div>
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall some of the properties,<br />
also the plant's characteristics and looks.<br />
<br />
If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-52977647369264071712011-02-05T14:15:00.010-08:002017-07-26T11:10:57.033-07:00Velveteen Cloak<div style="text-align: center;">
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She wore a chocolate colored velveteen cloak</div>
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with soft warm down for the lining,</div>
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A chill wind plucked at her fine silk hair</div>
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into a dance, swirling, flying.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Over 300,000 stars burst forth </div>
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to join in this dance with the wind,</div>
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Seeds, really trying to catch a ride</div>
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for new life in distant lands.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Paul Typha stood tall, silent and still</div>
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remembering Latilia Folie,</div>
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This image impressed upon his mind</div>
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as it would for all eternity.</div>
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<br /></div>
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She said she’d be back</div>
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come next Spring </div>
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by the water</div>
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where they first met.</div>
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She pressed to him</div>
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with her love weaved in,</div>
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a doll lest he forget.</div>
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She need not fear, he held it dear,</div>
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His love would last forever,</div>
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He’d never dream, or be so green</div>
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as to fall for the charms of another.</div>
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Not even the one</div>
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who while quite young</div>
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resembled his tender sweetheart,</div>
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And tho’ now vivacious, bold and flirtatious,</div>
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To Latilia, he’d given his heart.</div>
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Even if he were free, he’d let her be</div>
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as much was told of her boldness,</div>
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To take her in might be medicine,</div>
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but it also could be poisonous.</div>
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<br /></div>
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This sent a chill through him until</div>
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he felt like his blood was congealing.</div>
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To rekindle warmth, he thought in due course</div>
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of his soft and sweet Lotilia.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Right from the start<br />
She warmed his heart</div>
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He knew they’d be together,</div>
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She thought of him through thick and thin</div>
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He’d stand over and protect her.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Though she departed she knew in her heart, <br />
he would be back come Spring</div>
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with the birds singing, collecting and bringing</div>
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soft down for their nests, within.</div>
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<br /></div>
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This got her thinking, she too would be bringing</div>
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home a fine collection...</div>
<br />
... to be continued at an event<br />
yours or mine,<br />
give me a call<br />
to find the time!<br />
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Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall some of the properties,<br />
also the plant's characteristics and looks.<br />
<br />
If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
<br /></div>
lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-49691324155630108002011-01-22T09:36:00.003-08:002017-07-26T11:11:32.903-07:00Calling on the Dazzles<div style="text-align: center;">
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Golden Yellow Sunbeams<br />
were the dresses that they wore<br />
when the Sharp-Toothed Lion<br />
came knocking at the door.<br />
<br />
You see he wasn't feeling right,<br />
What it was he couldn't say,<br />
It began early in the morning<br />
between 6 and 7 that very day.<br />
<br />
He'd heard these Dazzling Beauties,<br />
the faeries of the hill<br />
could help to ease his troubled tum<br />
without the use of pills.<br />
<br />
He saw them floating downwards,<br />
their wings tucked in for now<br />
as they had their parachutes<br />
to help them to the ground.<br />
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<span style="color: black;"></span> <br />
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<span style="color: black;">He put away his sharp teeth</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tucked his claws in, too</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">as when seeking faerie help</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this is the polite and proper thing to do.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">They gave him tender young leaves</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>older, tougher, too</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The young ones in a salad</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the older in a stew.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Of the roots,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">They dried, pounded, powdered</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>boiled, sliced and fried</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Some he took internally</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a little applied outside.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Though he didn’t care for sliced roots</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>boiled, fried or raw,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">He didn’t mind the tonic tea</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t bad at all.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Soon he felt his appetite</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>coming back quite swell</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">so he thanked the Dazzles very much</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and left a gift as well.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The faerie clock closed up her arms</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as now the day was late</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The lion bounded out the door</span></div>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the faeries closed the gate.</span><br />
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<br />
Within the writing of this poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall some of the properties,<br />
also the plant's characteristics and looks.<br />
<br />
If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-49645742690756542472011-01-05T19:06:00.002-08:002017-07-26T11:12:02.177-07:00The Perfect Flower<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Many, many long years ago, in Ireland (or so I’m told)</div>
Queen Aine was to have a party<br />
for fabulous fine guests, all of the best<br />
dressed in gowns and attired smartly.</div>
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She invited first-rate famous elves<br />
from within the entire land,<br />
She also chose the finest of Faeries<br />
This affair was to be quite grand.</div>
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“Oh do come,” she bid them from<br />
the gold-edged invitation,<br />
“You’ll enjoy the food<br />
and the music will be good.<br />
It will be a most memorable occasion.</div>
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The castle’s dressed in all our best<br />
from gate to highest tower,<br />
with ribbons, frills, tinkling bells,<br />
and every kind of flower.</div>
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So naturally with the castle dressed<br />
and with everything looking at its best,<br />
the Queen thought of her wardrobe.<br />
<br />
She needed something new<br />
extravagantly so<br />
she called forth for her Faeries,</div>
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and commanded they find<br />
the best flowers in time<br />
and to bring them for her inspection,<br />
So faeries flew for flowers and perfume<br />
in every possible direction.</div>
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Upon their return, the Queen did learn<br />
they had successfully completed their mission<br />
as they laid at her feet, in rows quite neat,<br />
the finest of their collection.<br />
<br />
Upon viewing the faeries flower collection,<br />
the Queen became indecisive,<br />
With so many to choose from<br />
it was hard to pick just one,<br />
The solution was elusive.<br />
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Apple Blossom so white<br />
was a beautiful sight<br />
and deserved the Queen's affection,<br />
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but it didn’t at all,<br />
in fact made her stall<br />
as she feared<br />
it would wash out her<br />
rosie complexion.<br />
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Daffodil and Crocus,<br />
a lovely focus<br />
as their color<br />
is never a bore,<br />
would’ve won the Queen over<br />
along with the Clover,<br />
but they had used these flowers<br />
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She picked up the Tulips,<br />
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Tansies and Lillies,<br />
her favourites everyone guesses,<br />
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but she already owned<br />
had fashioned and sewn<br />
these into every one of her dresses.<br />
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Now with these flowers eliminated<br />
the Queen became frustrated,<br />
and so she looked to the Poppy;<br />
though brilliantly red<br />
it appeared to her dead<br />
as the leaves drooped down<br />
rather sloppily.<br />
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Now feeling quite miffed<br />
she gave Dandelion a sniff<br />
and was filled with a lovely elation,<br />
and her eyes were now locked<br />
upon a Forget-Me-Not<br />
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and so she gave it considerable <br />
deliberation,<br />
Until her eyes did roam<br />
upon a lovely rose,<br />
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but she knew this was far too popular,<br />
and though she fancied the Pansy<br />
she began to feel antsy<br />
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as by now<br />
she wasn't at all sure.<br />
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She gathered up a Thistle,<br />
got jabbed by a prickle<br />
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and felt like she really <br />
might cry,<br />
when she spotted <br />
the Pink<br />
and began to think,<br />
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"Why not give this flower a try!"...<br />
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... [to be continued at an event,<br />
yours or mine will be quite fine.]<br />
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Within the writing of many of my poetry<br />
are hints that act as memory hooks<br />
to help one to recall<br />
some of the properties<br />
of a plant, <br />
plus its uses and looks.<br />
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If you'd like to hear them<br />
as I am often on the wing,<br />
You may contact me through<br />
this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)<br />
then I'll give you a ring.<br />
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The above particular story<br />
was actually made to be a game<br />
for children to run, laugh and play<br />
as they learn of<br />
various flower's names.<br />
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lovelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679159872231546102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419641785586627298.post-37514988147328929642010-11-24T19:33:00.004-08:002017-07-26T11:14:59.995-07:00What I Want To Be When I Grow Up<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The above Fairy Goodmother is played by my Aunt Faye Nixon</span></b></span></div>
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I have Finally figured out what I would like to be when I grow up and according to some, I am right on track—half a century is a good age to share knowledge and experience.</div>
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To this end, believe it or not, I would like to be a Faerie Goodmother! One who teaches about nature through imagination, story-telling, dreams and art.</div>
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The ultimate dream is to build a <a href="http://members.webs.com/MembersB/EditPage/index.jsp?pageID=136524516#" target="_blank">Creative Nature Center </a> in the form of <a href="http://www.cobcottage.com/category/image-galleries/cob-pictures/cob-buildings-cob-cottage-coquille" target="_blank">strawbale and cob structures</a> which would be conducive to the overall theme of creativity, nature, art, and sustainable living.</div>
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In the meanwhile, the stories are being written, and you may see the Faerie Goodmother appear in unexpected places while flying toward the dream!<br />
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