| 6/15/2013 9:11:23 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | There was so much to see How could it be, how could it be?
 
 A tire hanging from a tree
 A resite place for you and me.
 
 
 
 
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                      | 6/18/2013 12:09:40 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | gems_n_peaches 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Oct. 2012
 
 
 | The morning after, his emotional disaster,
 
 Praying he's alright,
 Pleading with him to no longer fight.
 
 But to instead open arms
 -Stop setting off alarms
 and to not feel everything is a slight.
 
 And just know "everything can be alright".
 
 
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                      | 6/18/2013 7:39:42 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Sitting 'neath the poet tree Gazing at the blue sky above me
 As far as the naked eye can see
 Puffy, billowing clouds curry.
 
 A memory fresh from times log past
 Leave the heart a'twitter; the mind aghast
 A lifetime it all did last
 Love in the country, there was no worry.
 
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:33:07 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I spent my time watching the spaces that have grown between us.
 And I set my mind on second best
 or the scars that come with the greenness.
 And I gave my eyes to the boredom,
 still the seabed wouldn't let me in.
 And I tried my best to embrace the darkness in which I swim.
 Now walking back down this mountain
 with the strength of a turning tide.
 Oh the wind's so soft on my skin,
 the sun so hard upon my side.
 Oh looking out at this happiness,
 I search for between the gloom,
 Oh feeling blind and realize,
 All I was searching for will come soon.
 Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
 Keep your mind set, keep your hair long.
 
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:49:58 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | ~~~~~Warrior Woman~~~~~ 
 As my heart beats a rhythmic throb
 I go about my usual job
 I come and go as I please
 Never bending a weakened knee.
 
 I amble along on my way
 Say things as I may
 My voice is strong, loud & clear
 Only the truth of it some will fear.
 
 I live my life as is my wont
 For this my ancestors died and fought
 My strength lies not within another
 But was handed down from my mother.
 
 A woman has the spirit and guile
 To be anything .. for a while
 She may possess the soul of a giver
 Or be fragile and soft .. a full-life liver.
 
 Be not dismayed if the warrior blood
 Courses through her veins .. its all good
 This woman before you now stands
 Not intimidated by child, beast or man.
 
 Open your heart .. nee your soul
 For the woman in me is my toll
 I carry my burden and fight my fight
 But a woman's gentle heart is my plight.
 
 
 ...by cupocheer 03/28/2013 (copyright pending)
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:50:38 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | Loss And Gain by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
 When I compare
 What I have lost with what I have gained,
 What I have missed with what attained,
 Little room do I find for pride.
 
 I am aware
 How many days have been idly spent;
 How like an arrow the good intent
 Has fallen short or been turned aside.
 
 But who shall dare
 To measure loss and gain in this wise?
 Defeat may be victory in disguise;
 The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
 
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:54:42 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | oops 
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:55:48 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | ~~~~~Warrior Woman~~~~~
                        
                        As my heart beats a rhythmic throbI go about my usual job
 I come and go as I please
 Never bending a weakened knee.
 
 I amble along on my way
 Say things as I may
 My voice is strong, loud & clear
 Only the truth of it some will fear.
 
 I live my life as is my wont
 For this my ancestors died and fought
 My strength lies not within another
 But was handed down from my mother.
 
 A woman has the spirit and guile
 To be anything .. for a while
 She may possess the soul of a giver
 Or be fragile and soft .. a full-life liver.
 
 Be not dismayed if the warrior blood
 Courses through her veins .. its all good
 This woman before you now stands
 Not intimidated by child, beast or man.
 
 Open your heart .. nee your soul
 For the woman in me is my toll
 I carry my burden and fight my fight
 But a woman's gentle heart is my plight.
 
                        ...by cupocheer 03/28/2013 (copyright pending)
                        
                        
                          
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 1:59:28 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | gems_n_peaches 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Oct. 2012
 
 
 | Thank you, ladies  
 Nice contributions.
  
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 2:35:53 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | gems_n_peaches 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Oct. 2012
 
 
 | If I had my life to live over, I would have waived my loftier goals.
 I would have married my highschool
 Sweetheart,
 And set the table to include 6 bowls.
 
 Two little boys and two little girls,
 And we at the heads of the table,
 But I can't live my life over,
 So it is all written like a fable.
 
 I didn't know where he was "headed"
 Except I knew he would never leave town,
 And I fancied myself instead,
 At executive dinners in a gown.
 
 Being all I could be, I thought meant leaving "home",
 And spreading my wings to see where I could prosper, outside a "dome".
 
 But I know I always would have wondered what was out in that big wide world,
 If I had remained rooted and close,
 Like a flag never unfurled.
 
 We only have one life to live,
 With so many options of where and how to give,
 We can never really know if our choices were the right way to go,
 But in fantasies we always leave what could have gone wrong,
 And in our imaginings, it would have been a "perfect" way to live.
 
  
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 2:56:57 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 |  
 
 
 Some fairytales do come true ~~~
 Yes, it could even happen for you
 
 But all our imaginings are not real
 They are in our mind .. for the thrill
 
 One who seeks from the bold
 Finds a keeper among the fold
 
 To keep that happiness in the fore
 One laughs and jests, when less is more.
 
 In this life-loving of human endeavor
 'Tis best to hold tight, a romance to savor
 
 Reality is the only way one can live
 What one needs, the other shall give
 
 It doesn't require much to live in harmony
 Because true love and respect are the key
 
 So if your head has been in the clouds
 Step forward and declare yourself now
 
 For as the sands, through the hourglass flow
 You may miss the one whom you sought, so
 
 Stand tall and proud, and declare from your heart
 This is our reality, where do we start?
 
 
 by cupocheer, June 19,2013 (copyright pending)
 
 
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                      | 6/19/2013 9:51:57 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Thank you, gems --- I just saw your post.  
 
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                      | 6/21/2013 6:09:38 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | One life..one story Seldom find fame or glory
 The little things are what we need
 No reward for kindly deed
 Love and honor and friendship too
 Happiness found in old things new.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 6/21/2013 8:14:46 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | 
 
 
 
  Thet there's a reel purdy hat ya got there Ms Ali Alicia ma'am... 
 
  Thet was a nice thang ta say... 
 
  It's the little thangs thet mean a lot... 
 
  You should rite a book a bout relation ships... 
 
  Ships? Oh yes... I like boats... toot toot toot...  
 
      
 
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                      | 6/24/2013 2:03:15 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I find it hard to shed a tear You brought it all on yourself my dear
 Wrong, yes you may be
 Don't leave a light on for me
 Cause I ain't going there
 
 A hundred years will never ease
 reading things no one believes
 I saw it with my own two eyes
 All the pain that you can't hide
 And this pain starts in your heart
 And this bashing tears yourself apart
 
 You won't find me bent down on my knees
 Ain't bending over backwards baby
 I won't respond, Not to please
 stick with your own kind
 It will help you to unwind
 
 I have my friends and there is no doubt
 ones I trust,and do not pout
 They fit right in and play along
 Happiness has been our song
 Happy posting and have fun
 Don't think of me I got to run.......
  
 
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                      | 6/24/2013 2:27:59 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | The distance between you and I Is only a heartbeat away,
 For you and I dwell in each others heart
 There forever we will stay...
 
 You know all my emotions,
 Many they may be,
 You know when to be gentle,
 And when to chastise me...
 
 Two gentle souls deeply connected,
 Thoughts not spoken,
 There is no need...
 For the other knows what one is thinking
 Even before they speak...
 
 So with all the love I have
 In my heart today,
 I want to express to you
 These feelings, I want to stay........
 
 
     
 
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                      | 6/24/2013 1:24:01 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | It makes no never mind to me ...... I don't live in your fantasy.  
 
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                      | 6/25/2013 1:00:23 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. Psalm 107:23-24 
 
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                      | 6/25/2013 1:03:47 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | The sun descending in the west, the evening star does shine; the birds are silent in their nest, and I must seek for mine. The moon, like a flower, in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night. (William Blake) 
 
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                      | 6/26/2013 7:51:37 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Wafting along upon the breeze as the wind soughs softly through the tress then comes a rush of heated moss where in this wood shall I find the cross? (e.g.) 
 
 
 [Edited 6/26/2013 7:52:14 PM ]
 
 
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                      | 6/28/2013 9:43:34 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | With so many thoughts, running round in my head I'll write a few here, but will any be read
 If life is a journey, with a beginning and end
 Brief stops on the way, for mistakes we might mend
 Who is to say, what is right, and what's wrong
 What's good for the goose and the gander as along
 There's a smile in our hearts, as most days we pass
 Just don't eat at Mo's, or you'll get really bad gas.......
  
 
 
 
  Oh Cisco...  
 
  Oh Pancho...  
 
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                      | 6/28/2013 5:22:01 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | Fog 
 The fog comes on little cat feet.
 It sits looking over harbor and city
 on silent haunches and then moves on.
 
 (Carl Sandburg)
 
 
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                      | 6/28/2013 6:34:38 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | pitter patter hear the little feet
 of the tiny ones
 marching to their beat
 
 up the hall
 around and down
 make a noise
 they all fall down
 
 
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                      | 7/1/2013 12:18:17 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | We've been leading this way for a while always keeping our hearts to denial
 But the rules of the game are as such,
 there are some things you never should rush.....
 
 With the way that your looking tonight,
 it was only a matter of time
 Before i get so overwhelmed,
 that i just could not help myself.......
 
 I said, I love you,I didn't mean to
 but the moonlight just gave me away,
 Now that I said it,trying to forget it,
 and pretend it was all a mistake.
 
 I keep trying,to deny it,
 this feeling that I know must be true,
 Stumbling and falling and still after all,
 I keep falling in love over you......
 
 What's the point of this masquerade,
 after all of the cards have been played,
 Now,there's nothing for me left to hide,
 I hope I have fate on my side.......
 
 Either way i got nothing to lose,
 surrender is all i can do,
 And if you should be mine in the end,
 I'll remember it all happened when.......
 
 
 God knows I love you........
  
   
 
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                      | 7/1/2013 8:21:01 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | I hate that smile 
 plastered across your face.
 
 It never ceases and those
 
 white bubbly eyes never loose
 
 that perfect glaze. It makes me
 
 jealous that you are able
 
 to retain such a smile every day
 
 without ever letting it fade.
 
 But this is where we differ. Unlike
 
 you, I am real. I feel pain
 
 and emotion. You, you just lay pinned
 
 to the wall
 
 with a thumbtack sticking through your azz.
 
 Stupid frog, stop smiling;
 
 you're not real, so stop
 
 acting like you are.
 
 
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                      | 7/2/2013 3:10:59 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | Sweet Afton by Robert Burns 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
 My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
 
 Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen,
 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
 Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear,
 I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair.
 
 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
 Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills;
 There daily I wander as noon rises high,
 My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
 
 How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
 Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow;
 There oft, as mild Evening sweeps over the lea,
 The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
 
 Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
 And winds by the cot where my Mary resides,
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
 As gathering sweet flowrets she stems thy clear wave.
 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
 Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays;
 My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
 
 
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                      | 7/3/2013 7:30:17 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Images of you burned in my head Color of your eyes and hair
 Way you walked and things you said
 Looking out the door..why aren't you there?
 
 
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                      | 7/4/2013 1:38:13 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | walking in the shadows that sounds like me
 looking in life's windows
 wondering what can it be
 
 to see you there
 so near,yet so far
 wondering what if
 as i look at a star
 
 I think of life's wonders
 as I sit here and gaze
 you sure make me think
 and you sure could amaze
 
 
     
 
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                      | 7/4/2013 6:54:21 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | holy shit,I don't know why looked out the window and started to cry
 seen a rainbow bright and new
 not only one,but I saw two
 
 green on bottom,the one below
 green on top the second one showed
 what a sight for my eyes
 God's gracious wonder,ain't no lies
 
 makes one think of the
 beauty that is a bound
 saw it myself
 with no one around.......
 
 happy fourth of July.....
 fireworks without a sound.....
 
 
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                      | 7/4/2013 11:11:46 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | There's a ghost down in the hall there's a ghoul upon the bed
 there's something in the walls
 there's blood up on the stairs
 and it's floating through the room
 and there's nothing i can see
 and i know that that's the truth
 because now it's onto me
 I don't understand it
 
 There's a tapping in the floor
 there's a creak behind the door
 there's a rocking in the chair
 but there's no-one sitting there
 there's a ghostly smell around
 but nobody to be found
 and a coughing and a yawning
 where a restless soul is going
 
 
 
 And who gave you the right to shake my family?
 and who gave you the right to shake my baby,
 and who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
 you put a knife in my back
 shot an arrow in me!
 tell me are you the ghost of jealousy
 
 
 where is a restless soul a going
 where could it be heading
 want a piece of me or are you just threading?
 booh!my ghost,booh!
 
 
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                      | 7/5/2013 12:00:38 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | Once upon a time a frog Croaked away in Bingle Bog Every night from dusk to dawn He croaked awn and awn and awn Other creatures loathed his voice, But, alas, they had no choice, And the crass cacophony Blared out from the sumac tree At whose foot the frog each night Minstrelled on till morning night 
 Neither stones nor prayers nor sticks. Insults or complaints or bricks Stilled the frogs determination To display his heart's elation. But one night a nightingale In the moonlight cold and pale Perched upon the sumac tree Casting forth her melody Dumbstruck sat the gaping frog And the whole admiring bog Stared towards the sumac, rapt,
 
 And, when she had ended, clapped, Ducks had swum and herons waded To her as she serenaded And a solitary loon Wept, beneath the summer moon. Toads and teals and tiddlers, captured By her voice, cheered on, enraptured: "Bravo! " "Too divine! " "Encore! " So the nightingale once more, Quite unused to such applause, Sang till dawn without a pause.
 
 Next night when the Nightingale Shook her head and twitched her tail, Closed an eye and fluffed a wing And had cleared her throat to sing She was startled by a croak. "Sorry - was that you who spoke? " She enquired when the frog Hopped towards her from the bog. "Yes," the frog replied. "You see, I'm the frog who owns this tree In this bog I've long been known For my splendid baritone And, of course, I wield my pen For Bog Trumpet now and then"
 
 "Did you… did you like my song? " "Not too bad - but far too long. The technique was fine of course, But it lacked a certain force". "Oh! " the nightingale confessed. Greatly flattered and impressed That a critic of such note Had discussed her art and throat: "I don't think the song's divine. But - oh, well - at least it's mine".
 
 "That's not much to boast about". Said the heartless frog. "Without Proper training such as I - And few others can supply. You'll remain a mere beginner. But with me you'll be a winner" "Dearest frog", the nightingale Breathed: "This is a fairy tale -And you are Mozart in disguise Come to earth before my eyes".
 
 "Well I charge a modest fee." "Oh! " "But it won't hurt, you'll see" Now the nightingale inspired, Flushed with confidence, and fired With both art and adoration, Sang - and was a huge sensation. Animals for miles around Flocked towards the magic sound, And the frog with great precision Counted heads and charged admission.
 
 Though next morning it was raining, He began her vocal training. "But I can't sing in this weather" "Come my dear - we'll sing together. Just put on your scarf and sash, Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash! " So the frog and nightingale Journeyed up and down the scale For six hours, till she was shivering and her voice was hoarse and quivering.
 
 Though subdued and sleep deprived, In the night her throat revived, And the sumac tree was bowed, With a breathless, titled crowd: Owl of Sandwich, Duck of Kent, Mallard and Milady Trent, Martin Cardinal Mephisto, And the Coot of Monte Cristo, Ladies with tiaras glittering In the interval sat twittering -And the frog observed them glitter With a joy both sweet and bitter.
 
 Every day the frog who'd sold her Songs for silver tried to scold her: "You must practice even longer Till your voice, like mine grows stronger. In the second song last night You got nervous in mid-flight. And, my dear, lay on more trills: Audiences enjoy such frills. You must make your public happier: Give them something sharper snappier. We must aim for better billings. You still owe me sixty shillings."
 
 Day by day the nightingale Grew more sorrowful and pale. Night on night her tired song Zipped and trilled and bounced along, Till the birds and beasts grew tired At a voice so uninspired And the ticket office gross Crashed, and she grew more morose -For her ears were now addicted To applause quite unrestricted, And to sing into the night All alone gave no delight.
 
 Now the frog puffed up with rage. "Brainless bird - you're on the stage -Use your wits and follow fashion. Puff your lungs out with your passion." Trembling, terrified to fail, Blind with tears, the nightingale Heard him out in silence, tried, Puffed up, burst a vein, and died.
 
 Said the frog: "I tried to teach her, But she was a stupid creature -Far too nervous, far too tense. Far too prone to influence. Well, poor bird - she should have known That your song must be your own. That's why I sing with panache: "Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash! " And the foghorn of the frog Blared unrivalled through the bog.
 
 
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                      | 7/5/2013 12:12:23 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | whoever shot John I will send you the bill
 said Mandy Mae
 as she signed his will.
 
 whatever was said
 it isn't true
 I like frogs
 and kiss them at will.
 
 
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                      | 7/5/2013 2:40:13 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I’m bleeding out, It's the last thing that I do
 Oh, to bring you down
 I’ll bleed it out for you
 So I bare my skin And I count my sins
 And I close my eyes
 And I take it in........
 
 When the day has come
 But I’ve lost my way around,
 And the seasons stop and hide beneath the ground
 When the sky turns gray And everything is screaming
 I will reach inside Just to find my heart is beating
 Oh you tell me to hold on.......
 
 But innocence is gone And what was right is so wrong
 When the hour is nigh And hopelessness is sinking in
 And the wolves all cry To fill the night with horror
 When your eyes are red And emptiness is all you know
 With the darkness fed I will be your scarecrow.....
 
 
 But innocence is gone And what was right is wrong
 Cause I’m bleeding out.......
 If the last thing that I do Is to bring you down
 I’ll bleed it out for you........
 
 
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                      | 7/5/2013 2:58:11 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | a heavy heart is one for sure a nastiness that one endured
 a thick blood cell from you I see
 a cut so deep,it will not bleed..
 
 an open heart was offered you
 an ugly past was sure endured
 an openness was past on to
 an honest answer was always true..
 
 and we gave it up
 and hope was gone
 and what you meant
 and what was wrong..
 
 anger the present
 anger the past
 anger your sorrow
 anger at last..
 
 
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                      | 7/6/2013 5:05:24 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | What I noticed today Surprised me in a way,
 as the storm came passing through
 I seen a lot and I don't recall
 Flowers never bend in a rainfall
 
 Through the corridors of sleep
 Past the shadows dark and deep
 My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
 I don't know what is real,
 I can't touch what I feel
 And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.
 
 The mirror on my wall
 Casts an image dark and small
 But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
 I am blinded by the light
 Of God and truth and right
 And I wander in the night without direction.
 
 There's no difference if you're born
 To play the King or pawn
 For the line is thinly drawn between joy and sorrow,
 So my fantasy becomes reality,
 And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow,
 But flowers never bend in a rainfall......
  
 
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                      | 7/6/2013 5:16:31 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | I awoke today I awoke today 
 one sick man; one sick man;
 
 first the sweats first the sweats
 
 then the chills then the chills
 
 diarrhea's seduction diarrhea's seduction
 
 a runny red nose a runny red nose
 
 belched cough belched cough
 
 sneezes from hell sneezes from hell
 
 full body ache. full body ache.
 
 Sound like the flu Sound like the flu
 
 one would surmise, one would surmise,
 
 with the exception of this. with the exception of this.
 
 I had a flue shot a month ago. I had a flue shot a month ago.
 
 Give me a break, Doc; Give me a break, Doc;
 
 I've had enough I've had enough
 
 Please ! Please !
 
 
 
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                      | 7/6/2013 5:19:50 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | The poison frog looks at sky He croaks in joyous sound;
 The storm gathers
 The rain gathers
 The typhoon adds additional
 Clouds at brim
 
 The poison frog looks at sky
 He laughs and asks;
 Where will amphibians
 With no houses
 And many toads
 Go for shelter?
 
 I, the poison frog, the rough,
 The hairy and the stingy
 Shall the toad of anyone
 Touch me in my house
 I shall poison it, it, it, it It, it..............................
 ......the poison frog sings
 
 
 
 [Edited 7/6/2013 5:21:31 PM ]
 
 
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                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
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 Carry You Home
 
 
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                      | 7/6/2013 5:29:28 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | There he sits A spotted frog
 He grins from ear to ear
 Waterbugs quake across the
 Pond's surface
 
 The spotted frog sits
 Stone-still on his perch
 Silently stalking a humming dragonfly
 
 His eyes shimmer
 His mouth waters
 His tounge is itching to snap out
 And snatch the poor bug's life
 His prey draws closer to his Invisible enemy
 
 All of the sudden
 The urge is too strong to contain
 His tounge snaps
 
 The dragonfly silently flaps his last
 Wingspan, breathes his last breath
 The frog has devoured the innocent Creature
 
 There he sits A spotted frog
 Silently stalking another dragonfly
 The urge to hurt and devour
 Too strong to subdue
 
 
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                      | 7/6/2013 5:50:06 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | CARRY YOU HOME LYRICS..... 
 Trouble is her only friend and he's back again.
 Makes her body older than it really is.
 She says it's high time she went away,
 No one's got much to say in this town.
 Trouble is the only way is down.
 Down, down.
 As strong as you were, tender you go.
 I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
 A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
 I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
 I'll carry you home.
 If she had wings she would fly away,
 And another day God will give her some.
 Trouble is the only way is down.
 Down, down.
 As strong as you were, tender you go.
 I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
 A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
 I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
 I'll carry you home.
 And they were all born pretty in New York City tonight,
 And someone's little girl was taken from the world tonight,
 Under the Stars and Stripes.
 As strong as you were, tender you go.
 I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
 A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
 I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
 I'll carry you home.
 
 
 MY REPLY TO James Blunt
 
 tender are precious moments
 tender are so many life's
 tender is feeling pain
 tender is sheltering from rain
 
 carry you home,means so much
 precious women shall not be touched
 the war goes on,caused by man
 woman are treasures,and should be protected........
 
 
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                      | 7/7/2013 2:04:11 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | whilst fretfully she sleeps Frog Prince kisses the Princess
 turning her into a beautiful frog
 
 yes, and well...they lived
 happy ever after as water
 in the bottom of a deep deep well
 
 what kind of fairy story
 were you after....
 ahhhh the grim human kind
 
 frog prince & frog princess
 hop happily about a bit
 eating delicious(ribbit) flies
 
 oh how our love has
 spawned tadpoles
 will be tadpoles I suppose
 
 now it's time for us to
 croak it remembering
 our happy once upon a times
 
 
 
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                      | mack_de_mack 
  Las Cruces, NM
 96, joined Apr. 2013
 
 
 | Said Frog papa to Frog mamma, 'Where is our little daughter?'
 Said Frog mamma to Frog papa,
 'She's underneath the water.'
 
 Then down the anxious father went,
 And there, indeed, he found her,
 A-tickling tadpoles, till they kicked
 Their tails off all around her.
 
 
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                      | 7/9/2013 11:24:03 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Missing all my friends that have gone away Wishing them all well..but wish they could stay
 Just to lend an ear or spread a smile
 A lingering laugh once in a while.
 
 
    
 
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                      | 7/11/2013 7:00:10 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  ireneann
 
  Stuart, FL
 60, joined Dec. 2009
 
 
 | Same thoughts...Just a different day. Where ever you are ...I pray you're safe.
 Noticing many blank spaces......
 Awaiting the return of friendly faces.
   
 
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                      | 7/13/2013 9:11:47 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
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                      | 7/13/2013 11:33:10 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Kiss me now kiss me then Your lips so soft I need you again
 Kiss so special, so perfect so right
 Eyes engage for an endless night
 Kiss so soft kiss so sweet
 Behind your kiss a hidden treat
 Kiss so special kiss surreal
 No kiss from the past has this feel
 Kiss so good kiss so great,
 Kisses from you almost seem like fate,
 A Kiss from me a kiss to you,
 kisses from you are always so true,
 Kisses a plenty kisses a few,
 This kiss this feeling I never knew,
 A kiss from you needs me to make two....
 
 
    
 
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                      | 7/13/2013 7:53:09 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Kisses in the dark Kisses in the rain
 Kisses in the sun
 Kiss me once again.
 
 
    
 
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                      | 7/16/2013 12:58:52 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | If questioning would make us wise No eyes would ever gaze in eyes.
 If all our tale were told in speech
 No mouths would wander each to each.
 
 Were spirits free from mortal mesh
 And love not bound in hearts of flesh
 No aching breasts would yearn to meet
 And find their ecstasy complete.
 
 For who is there that lives and knows
 The secret powers by which love grows?
 Were knowledge all, what were our need
 To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?.
 
 Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why"
 I love you now until I die.
 For I must love because I live
 And life in me is what you give.
 
 
    
 
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                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Jeff you write such beautiful poems..    
 
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                      | 7/18/2013 10:29:19 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Awwwww,Thank you so much Alicia......  
 
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                      | 7/19/2013 9:59:36 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | A poet? didn't know it.  Make it rhyme every time..
  
 
  
 Welcome.
  
 
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                      | 7/20/2013 12:20:50 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Written with a keypad. Sealed with a kiss.
 If your my friend,
 please answer this:
 
 Are we Friends or are we not?
 You told me once But I forgot.
 So tell me now and tell me true,
 So I can say,I'm here for you...
 
 Of all the friends I've ever met,
 you're the one,I won't forget.
 And if I die,Before you do,
 I'll go to heaven And wait for you...
 
 I'll give the angels,Back their wings
 And risk the loss of everything.
 Just to prove my friendship is true
 to have a friend,a friend like you!
 
 
  
 
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                      | 7/20/2013 12:23:49 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  august_lady_bug
 
  Dallas, TX
 60, joined Feb. 2012
 
 
 | The first time I saw you 
 I'll never forget
 
 The sweet aura around you
 
 Just caused me to melt
 
 As we moved on throughout time
 
 It has gotten sweeter
 
 Sweeter with time
 
 
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                      | 7/20/2013 2:37:56 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | When friendships undergo a test It's often found old friends are best
 The sampler on the parlor wall
 Has these few lines which say it all
 The best of friends can change a frown
 Into a smile when you feel down.
 
 The best of friends will understand
 Your little trials and lend a hand.
 The best of friends will always share
 Your secret dreams because they care.
 The best of friends, worth more than gold,
 Give all the love a heart can hold.
 
 When I post here,cause I am down
 Guess who always comes around
 A friend or two to help me out
 to lift me up when I am down
 Thanks to you I can go on
 and thanks to you for my smile.....
 
 
 
 I love all my friends here........
  
 
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                      | 7/20/2013 9:10:17 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Each day I wake from my sleep Rise up to greet the sun
 Without you how could I ever keep
 All the good things that are done
 Smiles and laughs and flirty signs
 And little hellos and are you fine?
 Deep inside this wandering soul
 I sometimes get lost, away I go
 But friends like you pull me near
 Always there to kill the fear.
 So days go by but I never forget
 Friends like you, so glad I have met.
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 7/21/2013 1:17:31 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Where is my broken heart? It was here yesterday.
 It was here the day before,
 I shook hands with it just last week.
 
 Where is my broken heart?
 Have you seen it anywhere?
 Did you steal it away from me
 when I wasn't looking?
 Or did it take flight all on its own?
 
 Where is my broken heart?
 Did I leave it with you?
 Did it fall from the shelf?
 Did it whither or melt?
 
 Where is my broken heart?
 It was the only thing I had left
 To hold me tightly at night
 and accompany me during the day.
 
 If you see my broken heart
 please tell it I miss it
 and that I love it
 and I that want it to come back to me
 So I can feel whole again.
 
 
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                      | 7/21/2013 7:41:33 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Ok here it is....... 
 
 A careful man I want to be,
 A little fellow follows me.
 I do not dare to go astray
 For fear he'll go himself the same way.
 
 I cannot once escape his eyes,
 What ever he sees me do, he tries.
 Like me he says he's going to be,
 The little fellow who follows me.
 
 He thinks that I'm so very fine,
 Believes in every word of mine.
 The base in me he must not see,
 The little fellow that follows me.
 
 I must remember as I go,
 Through summer's sun and winter's snow,
 I'm building for the years to be,
 The little fellow who follows me.
 
 
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                      | 7/22/2013 1:27:52 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | The sage philosopher at night, When other men are breathing light,
 Out of a troubled sleep I see
 Start up in bed, holding the key!--
 And wrap him in his dressing-gown,
 And get him up and set him down,
 And write enough to ease his head,
 And rub his hands, and go to bed;--
 And at the window, peering through,
 All this time--the Bugaboo!
 
 Edna St. Vincent Millay
 
 
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                      | 7/22/2013 1:46:57 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | (continued) 
 Yet, if, in the foggy Aleutians, if on the misty
 Island of Kiska, island of Attu, any
 Flower, however weak and bleak, appears
 In spring, between the cloudy craters, why then, although
 It should take us a thousand years,
 We can stare into the fog until it shines, we can force it to
 unfold us.
 We must ask the men who have been there; they will know.
 
 
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                      | 7/22/2013 1:10:05 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | eastfoot 
  Bossier City, LA
 59, joined Jul. 2012
 
 
 | (and then) 
 Life, were thy pains as are the pains of hell,
 So hardly to be borne, yet to be borne,
 And all they boughs more grim with wasp and thorn
 Than armoured bough stood ever; too chill to spell
 With the warm tongue, and sharp with broken shell
 Thy ways, whereby in wincing haste forlorn
 The desperate foot must travel, blind and torn,
 Yet must I cry: So be it; it is well.
 So fair to me thy vineyards, nor less fair
 Than the sweet heaven my fathers hoped to gain;
 So bright this earthly blossom spiked with care,
 This harvest hung behind the boughs of pain,
 Needs must I gather, guessing by the stain
 I bleed, but know not wherefore, know not where.
 
 
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