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                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | 
                          .   
                          My dog
                           
                          My dog is running 
                          In his sleep 
                          I know not where he goes
                           
                          Is he running to another? 
                          Or away from his own toes
                           
                          Sometimes he lets out a lil sad howl, 
                          And then again, a low soft growl.
                           
                          I hope he's on adventure, 
                          Even though it's in his dreams,
                           
                          Our lives are similar just that way, 
                          Chasing rainbows and sunbeams.
                          
                          
                            no, that's not really my dawg..it's just a netpic.
                        
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                      | 4/22/2014 11:42:51 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  rfhar_54
 
  Fouke, AR
 61, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
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                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Smiles are quick sunshine Lighting the day with delight
 Share the light today.
 
 Give someone a big smile
 Ask nothing in return for it
 Your reward follows.
 
 
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                      | ramshakkle 
  Interlochen, MI
 62, joined Dec. 2012
 
 
 | You ride round the merry For to snatch the brass ring
 You get smacked with a Nerf bat
 And the throbbing it brings
 You wonder if whether
 The next might be feathers
 But, no... it's more Nerf bats
 It's a cyclical thing
 
 
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                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | She thought she was, a centipede The shoes she'd buy, but did not need
 
 Closets filled, with clothes of fashion
 To match her eyes, brought out her passion
 
 Our voyages to, hither, thither and yon
 Most usually included, a shoppe of pawn
 
 Always searching for, one more antique
 Her eye for old gold, was quite unique
 
 I thank the Lord, for all of these times
 Perhaps you see her, in one of my rhymes
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 4/24/2014 11:02:38 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | A closet full of outdated technology Has anyone offered one single apology
 With their pockets full
 I will ponder an mull
 I want ta invent a new kine of 'ology'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | nat_now 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Jul. 2013
 
 
 | Hang on to that stuff, Wish I had saved my timex-sinclair,
 Some collector mighta wanted it,
 Or to show it off at a fair.
 
 A cassette player I used,
 The software were cassettes,
 Wait for the snowy tv
 To horizontal hold...that's how
 You loaded it, the instructions told.
 
 It was for learning the binary
 And also programming,
 Learn on your own, no need
 For cramming.
 *****
 It was like this..about 1985 or thereabouts
 
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                      | 4/24/2014 12:31:43 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | The simple things in life are free Who will ban that from you and me
 Some big jerk that whines and cries
 We need more rules and wonders why
 To make more rules will bring in dollars
 Then freedom rings you hear them holler
 America, the land of the free
 We need more rules,can't you see
 Lets ban this and lets ban that
 Only cause I don't like your hat
 
 
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                      | 4/24/2014 12:35:41 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | A pendulum swings from left to right The KKK has gone to black from white
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 |  
 
 
 
 The Kitten And The Falling Leaves
 
 
 
 That way look, my infant, lo!
 What a pretty baby-show!
 See the kitten on the wall,
 sporting with the leaves that fall.
 Withered leaves - one - two and three
 from the lofty elder tree.
 Though the calm and frosty air,
 of this morning bright and fair.
 Eddying round and round they sink,
 softly, slowly; one might think.
 From the motions that are made,
 every little leaf conveyed
 Sylph or Faery hither tending,
 to this lower world descending.
 Each invisible and mute,
 in his wavering parachute.
 
 But the Kitten, how she starts,
 crouches, stretches, paws, and darts!
 First at one, and then its fellow,
 just as light and just as yellow.
 There are many now - now one,
 now they stop and there are none:
 What intenseness of desire,
 in her upward eye of fire!
 With a tiger-leap half-way,
 now she meets the coming prey.
 lets it go as fast, and then;
 Has it in her power again.
 Now she works with three or four,
 like an Indian conjuror;
 quick as he in feats of art,
 far beyond in joy of heart.
 Where her antics played in the eye,
 of a thousand standers-by,
 clapping hands with shout and stare,
 what would little Tabby care!
 For the plaudits of the crowd?
 Over happy to be proud,
 over wealthy in the treasure
 of her exceeding pleasure!
 
 ...William Wordsworth
 
 
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                      | 4/25/2014 10:42:17 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | nat_now 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Jul. 2013
 
 
 | Three weeks wasn't nearly long enough, Ahhhhhhh the total bliss .. and your phonieness,
 I didn't miss,
 I'll bare my azz and THAT.....
 
 
 
 YOU can KISS
 
  
 
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                      | 4/25/2014 11:00:57 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Pink Floyd 
 
 "Money"
 
 Money, get away
 Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.
 Money it's a gas
 Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
 New car, caviar, four star daydream,
 Think I'll buy me a football team
 Money get back
 I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack.
 Money it's a hit
 Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
 I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
 And I think I need a Lear jet
 Money it's a crime
 Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
 Money so they say
 Is the root of all evil today
 But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
 giving none away
 
 "HuHuh! I was in the right!"
 "Yes, absolutely in the right!"
 "I certainly was in the right!"
 "You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
 "Yeah!"
 "Why does anyone do anything?"
 "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
 "I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
 why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
 screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
 It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"
 
 
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                      | 4/25/2014 11:33:23 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I thot I dun rit here I see I ain' not, not yet
 Perhaps cuz my eyes sear
 From my tears thet are wet
 
 It's a sorrowful mornin'
 Leavin' me not on high
 Tho GAWD sent a warnin'
 'DON'T EAT NO MORE PIE'
 
 
 Easter pie overload...
  
 
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                      | 4/25/2014 5:43:38 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 |   
 
 
 
 
 
 Brother Of Mine
 
 
 
 © Samira
 
 Brother of mine
 I know sometimes I may whine
 But deep down I really find you somewhat divine
 
 You are smarter than you think.
 Smarter than me – in some ways
 Wiser than you know -
 You have experienced pains and joys
 Some twice your age have never seen
 Because of all of this you are three times the man
 
 Brother of mine
 I could be no prouder
 I could love you no more
 I will always be here for you.
 No matter what occurs -
 No matter what is said or done
 I will never be too far away
 No matter the distance
 You’ll always be in my heart.
 
 
 
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                      |  rfhar_54
 
  Fouke, AR
 61, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | I see a egg they missed 
 
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                      | 4/25/2014 8:33:35 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I feel that I lived in a sifter Floating through life as a drifter
 Most times I was lucky
 Others calling on plucky
 Never once was I ever a grifter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 4/26/2014 9:04:00 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 |  
 
 
 
 Crazy Love
 
 
 I can hear his heartbeat for a thousand miles
 And the Heavens open every time he smiles
 And when I come to him that's just where I belong
 Yet, I'm running to him like a river strong
 
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 
 He's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
 And when I come to him when the sun goes down
 He takes my troubles all away, takes away my grief
 Takes away my heartache, in the night like a thief
 
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 
 Yes, I need him in the daytime
 Oh, but I need him in the night
 Yes, I want to throw my arms around him
 And kiss and hug, and kiss and hug him tight
 
 And when I'm returning from so far away
 He gives me some sweet lovin', brightens up my day
 Yes, it makes me righteous, it makes me whole
 And makes me mellow, down to my soul
 
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 He gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love
 (I need his, his love, love, love, love, crazy love)
 
 Crazy love
 Crazy love
 Crazy love
 
 
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                      | 4/27/2014 8:19:28 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Sleep still in my eyes Early morning sighs
 Trying to forget
 Memories adrift
 
  
 
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                      | 4/27/2014 8:54:48 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | So many things happening It seems all at once
 
 This May will be busier
 Than some other months
 
 There's Cinco de Mayo
 But May Day is first
 
 And then there's the Derby
 Down the stretch with a burst
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 4/28/2014 9:26:56 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | So many things happening 
                        It seems all at once
                         
                        This May will be busier 
                        Than some other months
                         
                        There's Cinco de Mayo 
                        But May Day is first
                         
                        And then there's the Derby 
                        Down the stretch with a burst
                        
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I knew I'd fergot at the time
 I now will add to this rhyme
 Mom' Day is a day ta remember
 Every May, an never September
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 |    
 
 
 THE WILLOW CATS
 --Margaret Widdemer
 
 They call them p*ssy-willows,
 But there's no cat to see
 Except the little furry toes
 That stick out on the tree:
 I think that very long ago,
 When I was just born new,
 There must have been whole p*ssy-cats
 Where just the toes stick through----
 And every Spring it worries me,
 I cannot ever find
 Those willow-cats that ran away
 And left their toes behind!
 
 
 P*ssy Willow
 Tiny little p*ssy willow
 Softer than a baby’s pillow
 Sometimes when I stroke your fur
 I almost hear you purr.
 
 Author Unknown
 
 
 
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                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Do you ever try to understand Remove you stubborn upheld hand
 Hear the words beneath my smile
 Try to go that extra mile
 How can a friendship so easy die
 Hurt another with deceit and lies
 Mock the heart given so free
 Punishment for being me.
 
 
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                      | 4/29/2014 8:07:11 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | There is one more day In the month of May
 
 I forgot to remember
 An that is Memorial Day
 
 
 
 
    
 
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                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I thought we were still in April How did I get a month behind
 I never turned my calender page
 I thought I didn't have to yet
 but wait a minute I took another look
 It is still April by hook and crook
 You tried to steal my month away
 By saying just one more day
 Oh you couldn't trick me there
 It's time to change your underwear.....
  
 
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                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I ain't rushin' the month An it still ain't May oneth
 I wanna be the early bird dog
 Butt surely, do not wanna hog
 
 News what didn' the make news
 With out no con flictin' views
 I all ways wanna be the first
 I ain't lyin', so witch is worst
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 4/30/2014 9:47:53 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | 
 
 
 So don' be sad thet April is all mose gone...
 
 
 
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                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I once seen a poet, beneath a big tree He lied there asleep, and didn't see me
 I wondered if this was, what all poets do
 Dreaming of rhymes, perhaps that they do
 
 
 
 Is it easier to read with or without punctificational marx???
 
 
  
 
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                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | before I could read I'd ask my mudder
 what's this say
 It all looks like clutter
 These are the words she said to me
 never put a comma where a period should be.....
 
 
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                      | 5/1/2014 12:18:53 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | IF, 
 
 All of my 'IF's' were turned into wishes
 
 And all of my wishes came true
 
 There's only one wish, for which I would wish
 
 THAT wishes really did come true
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/1/2014 1:41:16 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 | Footprints In The Sand - Leona Lewis - Lyrics ---
 You walked with me, footprints in the sand
 And helped me understand where I'm going
 You walked with me when I was all alone
 With so much unknown along the way
 Then I heard you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
 I'll carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 I see my life flash across the sky
 So many times have I been so afraid
 And just when I have thought I lost my way
 You give me strength to carry on
 That's when I heard you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
 And Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 When I'm weary, well, I know you'll be there
 And I can feel you when you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sadness and despair
 Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is full of sadness and despair
 Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 ---
 
 
 
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                      | 5/2/2014 12:15:26 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  rfhar_54
 
  Fouke, AR
 61, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | 
                          Footprints In The Sand - Leona Lewis - Lyrics---
 You walked with me, footprints in the sand
 And helped me understand where I'm going
 You walked with me when I was all alone
 With so much unknown along the way
 Then I heard you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
 I'll carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 I see my life flash across the sky
 So many times have I been so afraid
 And just when I have thought I lost my way
 You give me strength to carry on
 That's when I heard you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
 And Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 When I'm weary, well, I know you'll be there
 And I can feel you when you say.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is filled with sadness and despair
 Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 
 I promise you, I'm always there
 When your heart is full of sadness and despair
 Ill carry you when you need a friend
 You'll find my footprints in the sand.
 ---
 I like that one zoe
 
 
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                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | life can have issues like a newspaper that does
 not always peachy
 with sweetness and fuzz
 
 some people crumble
 like a cookie,I'm told
 some cheap origami
 all set to unfold
 
 life can be painful
 like a rock in your shoes
 don't hang your head
 while you sing butt hurt blues
 
 life will annoy you
 like mosquito's,it's true
 knock you around
 till your souls black and blue
 
 not always smooth
 like a nicely paved road
 more like a mine field
 all primed to explode
 
 life is a game
 that you may win or lose
 don't mope around
 while you sing butt hurt blues
 
 life will surprise you
 like a ghost that says boo
 sometimes as crazy
 as days at the zoo
 
 not always rosy
 like a flowery bed
 sometimes a demon
 whose mouth must be fed
 
 life may hold options
 your welcome to choose
 but don't curse your luck
 while you sing butt hurt blues
 
 
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                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 | Thank you, Rf    
 
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                      | ramshakkle 
  Interlochen, MI
 62, joined Dec. 2012
 
 
 | Oh, a very sorry people, yes - did I find here.
 Oh, they had no music -
 and they had no beer.
 And, oh, everywhere
 that they tried to perch
 Belonged to Castle Sugar -
 or the Catholic Church. - Bokonon
 
 
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                      | 5/3/2014 10:32:31 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Fer every drop a rain thet falls, my maters grow Fer every time I pamper them, with miracle grow
 Them happy little yeller flowers, their faces smile
 An wile they grow all Summer long, I know thet I'll
 
 
 Believe in miracles...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/3/2014 7:14:48 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | A feeling between a father and son even tho his dad and mom
 is not together as one
 what a thought to put on one
 who's fault is it
 no one is to blame
 such as life what a shame
 It breaks my heart to think of this
 for him I wonder,where is the bliss
 through his eyes I think he missed
 the meaning of life,when a simple kiss
 meant so much more than everything....
 
 
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                      | 5/3/2014 11:25:55 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | When your nose goes numb And you're feeling quite dumb
 And the whiskey is talking
 While you struggle with walking
 Those are the times when you just wanta cry
 put your head on a pillow trying to die
 But you suck it all up on go on to tomorrow
 Cause life sucks sometimes.. and ya can't hide your sorrow.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/4/2014 11:28:51 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Two pomes with dilemmas Like two ants both name Emma
 So what is the answer to
 
 Take words from the secon'
 An then add ta the first
 Git dunk wile quenchin' yer thirst
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Two days in a row, it's bin sunny I surely must mow, fer no money
 
 Thereabouts springs forth a great need
 Ta spray, pluck or whack a dammm weed
 
 Spring forward ta a more joyass time
 Brings more work, witch I don' fine sublime
 
 The good part a this equational factor
 Is he ride on my green John Deere tractor
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/6/2014 11:29:13 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | To me you are an angel in disguise. Full of intuition, intelligent and wise.
 Always giving and helping through good times and bad times.
 You are the best friend I've ever had.
 
 If I had one wish it would surely be
 to give you as much you've given me
 
 Though I've put our relationship through some cloudy days,
 you've been my sunshine in so many ways.
 Though trials and tests, right by me you stood,
 and gave me your hand whenever you could.
 
 Thank you so much my friend
 My gratitude for you has no end....
 
 
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                      | 5/7/2014 12:17:28 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 |  Mr Jeff... 
 
 
 
 
 Not ever, no never, not ever wood I
 
 Try catchin' a bird, as she flies by
 
 Seen ever a bird, like this, no not I
 
 Not ever not once, fly by in the sky
 
 Perhaps on the run, a cage she escaped
 
 Long tail, bright colors, an hooded cape
 
 I'm patently waitin', I hope she decides
 
 Windows wide open, she might come inside
 
 Butt I wood not keep her, too pretty fer me
 
 Somewhere out there watin', is her family
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/8/2014 5:48:47 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | ramshakkle 
  Interlochen, MI
 62, joined Dec. 2012
 
 
 | Like a frog in a slow-warming pot We can't tell when the water's too hot
 Euthanasia so gentle
 And, so incremental
 We could drift off in bliss - but, we're not
 
 
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                      | 5/8/2014 11:07:35 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Every year during, the month of May Come May flowers, and Mother's Day
 
 What better time, to bake a cake
 Mom would for you, for Heaven's sake
 
 This simple recipe, is way too easy
 With only one pan, it's not greasy
 
 Two eggs, cake mix, and some pie filling
 Mixed all together, if you are willing
 
 Bake according, to cake mix instruction
 What goes on top, use your compunction
 
 Frosting, whipped cream, or a la mode
 Wonder of wonders, where did it all go
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Mother 
 She holds the key to life
 Molds our minds, shapes our hearts,
 Gives us pleasure and takes our pain.
 
 Mother of all our success.
 Keeper of all our secrets.
 Guardian of the steps we take.
 
 Treading lightly and wisely.
 Speaking softly with gentle words.
 Holding tightly but openly.
 
 Letting go so we can run.
 Believing without hesitation.
 Asking without prying or condemning.
 
 
 Open your eyes to Mother.
 There is no other.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/9/2014 10:47:28 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I clumbed up in the poet tree From way up there, the stars I'd see
 
 I couldn't see them from the groun'
 Even tho, they're all aroun'
 
 An ta my rite, was the BIG Dipper
 I held on tite, so's not ta slipper
 
 The view was kewl, all thet I seen
 An then I woke, 'twas butt a dream
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/9/2014 12:14:47 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 |  
 
 
 
 Don't think of Her as gone away--
 Her journey's just begun;
 Life holds so many facets--
 This earth is only one.
 
 
 Just think of Her as resting
 From the sorrows and the tears
 In a place of warmth and comfort
 Where there are no days and years.
 
 
 Think how She must be wishing
 That we could know today,
 How nothing but our sadness
 Can really pass away.
 
 
 And think of Her as living
 In the hearts of those She touched
 For nothing loved is ever lost--
 And She was loved so much.
 
 
 In Remembrance of My Wonderful Sweet Mother
 
 
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                      | 5/9/2014 4:56:48 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | Years of trials, and sickness perhaps, have stolen the freshness of her life, but the perfume of the mature rose is of a richer love than when it was first born, as time bears its witness to her sanctity. 
 
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                      | 5/9/2014 10:48:37 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | By Valentinus Bakfark. Sequenced by M. Behr at Kunst der Fuge. 
 
 
 Have no fear, for love is all around you.
 All come helpless from a common womb.
 Perhaps you do not know that love surrounds you.
 Perhaps you do not know that you're in bloom.
 Yet mothers, too, are children, ever loved,
 Minded by the living and the dead,
 Old enough to give, as time has proved,
 The need no less, though time and tears have fled.
 Have faith that love's a mystic tide that flows
 Equally to and from the heart,
 Returning, turning as it comes and goes,
 'Mid moon and moon your sea, your song, your art.
 Sing, then, of this moment of your giving,
 Deep within the ebb and flow of living.
 All you feel is what was felt for you,
 Yearning your own yearning will renew.
 
 
 Happy Mothers day to all Moms.....
  
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 1:58:11 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  rfhar_54
 
  Fouke, AR
 61, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | I heard this once before I'm not sure who wrote it but it say a lot. 
 I humbly appraise my mother's worth,
 It began with pain to give me birth,
 Which triggered off a love so strong,
 Blossoming into a life-long bond.
 
 When needed, she was always there,
 Someone I realized would always care.
 And the older I got the more I knew,
 A mother's love sincere and true.
 
 Now as I watch my mother age in years,
 I'm happy to help and ease her fears.
 Privileged now to play my part,
 As she did for me from the very start
 God bless the moms
 
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 9:25:06 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 10:22:58 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | A Gift fer my Snookums... on Mother's Day 
 
 
 A longtime ago, recalled with retrospectorant
 I got fer my Snookums a strong decon gesterant
 
 She suffered from sneezin' an wheezin' all nite
 There was no sleep fer me, thot not thet I mite
 
 A sweet lovin' gesture, I thot my gift was
 I soon foun' out other wise, an thet is b'cuz
 
 In her voice, I could hear, sour casm a brewin'
 I had ta think fast, our relation ship
 
 
 to be continued...
 
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 12:02:17 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | 
                          A Gift fer my Snookums... on Mother's Day
 
 
 A longtime ago, recalled with retrospectorant
 I got fer my Snookums a strong decon gesterant
 
 She suffered from sneezin' an wheezin' all nite
 There was no sleep fer me, thot not thet I mite
 
 A sweet lovin' gesture, I thot my gift was
 I soon foun' out other wise, an thet is b'cuz
 
 In her tender young voice, sour casm a brewin'
 Our relation ship flushed wood not be re newin'
 
 
 to be continued...
 
 
 
 
 Saturdays are fer fone calls...
  Where was I...  
 
 
 Snookums, deer Snookums, thet gift is a joke
 I gotta s'prise, notta thoughtless ole bloke
 
 We're off on a cruise, at the end a the week
 First cabin, first class, away we mite sneek
 
 So...Let this be a lesson, fer any a you who'd
 Give gifts like mine, yer screwed blued an tattoo'd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 10:00:18 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | To my stalker....... 
 
 I doubt I know someone as creepy as you.
 Even if I got the chance, I don’t think I’d want to.
 Especially since you’re someone that watches me post
 And just to let you know, you are a ghost.
 
 This is enough, tell me no more,
 I closed the curtains and locked the door.
 How can you say we’re meant to be?
 Coming from a stalker, that’s pretty funny.
 
 Everything you’ve posted, was behind my back.
 Sanity, for your information, is something you lack.
 Crazy enough to keep talking of me,
 Soon enough, an asylum is where you’ll be.
 
 A rude awakening is what you’ll get,
 A lifetime of regret, better yet.
 Don’t be expecting any response from me,
 Cause a following ghost can't be seen.
 
 
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                      | 5/10/2014 10:42:47 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
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                      | 5/11/2014 2:30:27 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  rfhar_54
 
  Fouke, AR
 61, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | Zoe  
 
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                      | 5/11/2014 9:12:25 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | If I could rite pomes, on this Mother's Day I'd think reel hard, an then I mite say
 
 Mom yer the best Mom, then all a the rest
 Specially wen ya wern't dunk, an unner a rest
 
 I know thetcha tot me... no tails outta skewl
  Butt I gotta tell ya, I never liked yer gruel
 
 Butt cents I cain't rite, no pomes thet are good
 Juss know I wood rite one, if I only could
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 5/13/2014 10:49:43 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
 | Hi RF!  
 
  
 
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                      | 5/13/2014 12:54:16 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | What do you mean jellybean Don't you know you're not that clean
 get a shower,get a bath
 And get back on the beaten path....
 
 
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                      | 5/14/2014 5:23:54 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | just_zoe1958 
  Burlington, VT
 56, joined Dec. 2011
 
 
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 Love,
 your sidekick
 
 
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                      | 5/14/2014 8:29:51 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | nat_now 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Jul. 2013
 
 
 | You're all so right, It's gone to the birds,
 The same ol chyt
 With the same ol words.
 
 
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