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                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | What is the color of darkness??? If you close your eyes
 Will you see it
 If you dream a dream
 Will you be it
 If you open your eyes
 Will your day be bright
 Or do you need someone
 to show you the light
 To see all the colors
 in the darkest of night
 It takes a good friend
 to help shine the light.....
 
 
 
  
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                      | 10/4/2013 11:59:09 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | There's my little pumpkin ...all carved and cute as can be
 
 The centerpiece of my table
 ...for all the world see
 
 He may be just a Jack-O-Lantern
 ...for one special day
 
 But in my thoughts and memories
 ...he will always stay.
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/4/2013 12:05:14 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Good one Ms Cup...... 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/4/2013 12:29:24 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 |  
 
 Why, thank you, kind suh. Yore embellishments are evah so precious to mah heart ... and just makes my ambulator go pitter-pat.
 
 
 As mah dear old Daddy used to say: "You can tell a real man and gentleman by the way he sits his saddle."
 
 I am most obliged that Daddy was such a grand old gentleman and that he was willin' ta share those words with his only child.
  
 
 
 
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                      | 10/5/2013 8:50:31 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
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                      | 10/5/2013 8:59:50 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Words that fall from this tree Come from the very heart of me
 Knowing all is not meant to be
 Emotions carried out to sea
 Washed with tides of sweet serenity.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/5/2013 9:49:06 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Life can pass us by too fast Reach out before all there is left are
 Footprints in the sand
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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                      | 10/5/2013 12:50:03 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | (this post has been flagged as inappropriate, sorry.) 
 
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                      | 10/5/2013 1:07:30 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  kennylooking4u
 
  Victorville, CA
 57, joined Dec. 2010
 
 
 | On top of Ole Smokey Where nobody goes
 I saw Annie Oakley
 Without any clothes
 
 
  
 Along came a Ranger
 And took off his vest
 When he saw Annie Oakley
 He took off the rest...
  
 
  
 
  Don't shoot me Annie,I was only playing!   
 
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                      | 10/6/2013 12:47:28 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | That distant look is in your eyes I thought with time you'd realize
 It's not the way I choose to live
 And something some where's gotta give
 
 
 You know I'd fight for you
 but how could I fight someone who isn't even there
 I've had this conversation with you
 now I want the best of you
 
 I don't care if that's not fair
 Think of me and I'll be there
 You should know how I feel
 Many words I have revealed
 
 
 There are times it seems to me
 I'm sharing you with memories
 Then there's times you look at me
 As though I'm all that you could see......
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/6/2013 6:04:09 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Baby I'm yours,just say the word Songs of wisdom that is heard
 Look at me and see what's true
 What on earth I'd do for you
 
 Stupid is as stupid does
 life on earth and full of love
 And even after years, I need you when
 You jilted me, now and again
 
 I'll never go, I'm standing here
 Lost in time now c'mere.......
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/6/2013 3:33:35 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Go!... 
 Flow. ...
 
 Row! ...
 
 Joe. ...
  
 
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                      | 10/7/2013 11:07:59 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Whisper gently in my ear, a simple whisper A whisper that speaks louder than words
 Your voice, my love, I will listen
 In my heart, it always whispers
 
  
 
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                      | 10/8/2013 1:03:09 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I'm trying to remember the view Of a photo that I took of you
 So, I got out the album today
 To recall how you looked that day
 
 You had on a pair of white shorts
 On the beach of our Kona resort
 And a flower print Hawaiian top
 You found earlier at a small shop
 
 No shoes just your tiny bare feet
 I remember, my heart skipped a beat
 Your hair shoulder length with a flip
 A new do you got just for this trip
 
 Surprised when you got home that day
 Just two words was all I could say
 
 Oh my...
  
 I've stopped looking, your photo I found
 In my heart I'll always carry you around
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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                      | 10/9/2013 8:44:23 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Three more days till Columbus Day With three ships, he sailed away
 Hopin' the world weren't really flat
 Showin' everyone where America was at
 
 
 
 
  Hay, I don' make this stuff up an I never ever lie... 
 
    
 
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                      | 10/9/2013 9:18:50 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Showin' everyone where America was at How to find gold ... that dirty rat
 And Columbus sat on his haunches getting fat
 In his custom made Italian Gucci
 'Cause Amerigo was a Verpucci!
  
 
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                      | 10/9/2013 10:36:17 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | No matter how hard you might try To fly way up high in the sky
 You'll end up confounded
 Because you've been grounded
 You're a beagle not an eagle.... That's why
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bummer...
  
 
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                      | 10/9/2013 10:42:28 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | It really is Verpucci day 'Tho Columbus some may say
 But really makes no nevermind
 When you chose to show your own behind.
  
 
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                      | 10/9/2013 10:53:14 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | A jackass and snail Could both go to jail
 If they ran off the road
 A wayward green toad
 Or squashed it all to Hell.
  
 
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                      | 10/10/2013 7:31:09 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 |  
 
 
 Days linger only for brief time
 Capture the sunlight in these eyes of mine
 Flood my heart with healing rays
 Bring back laughter to grieving days.
 Memories placed upon the highest tier
 Only to touch in times of fear
 Live today with full of heart
 Fuel the flame with a tender spark.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/10/2013 9:00:26 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I don' give three hoots or a holler So, I ain' gonna wear no dog collar
 I'll run a roun' free
 Ta see what's ta see
 Then I'll nap down in the holler
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  Thet ther's a real toe tapper... 
 
 
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                      | 10/11/2013 10:55:21 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I sat beneath the poet tree I tried to write of what I see
 Just over there on yonder hill
 A babbling brook and grist mill
 
 I sat beneath the tree that day
 I tried to think of words to say
 But then a sleep fell over me
 Rip Van Winkle, I am, you see
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/11/2013 12:25:24 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Poetry in motion Dancing with the notion
 A flickering flame
 Never ending game.
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 2:50:31 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I feel it inside, down in my soul And can't hide these things I know
 We should only just be friends
 But hopefully this story ends
 
 But you ain't got nothing I never had
 And I promise that it won't go bad
 So for now let's take it slow
 And you really never know
 
 Someone must have loved you
 Not the way that I do
 You're missing what I'm trying to say
 Ain't nothing getting in my way
 
 So tell me that's fantastic
 And promise me, you'll always try
 Never doubt your self my dear
 starting over is never clear
 
 I don't know what it means
 But I sit here wondering
 It just makes me wanna say
 Who let you go?
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 3:53:41 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | The Broom and Dustpan Look up to me dustpan
 I'm new and bright blue
 see the gloss on my bristle's
 not a stain on me anywhere
 while you are a old metal dustpan
 taking what I give you
 
 I see you up there broom
 new, yes your new
 I've seen quite a few
 
 Yes we are many
 a grand famous family
 You dustpans have always served us
 We are the masters of the floor
 I'm tall and beautiful
 so gracious in my sweep
 
 No one will call you humble
 for this is plain to me
 that can change, we'll have to wait and see
 
 (Well time went by)
 (and things did change)
 (for better who can say)
 (The dustpan he still holds his place)
 (The broom was thrown away)
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 3:55:36 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  bluesrule
 
  Marshalltown, IA
 58, joined Jul. 2011
 
 
 | "When I was nine years old My daddy made me see
 The story of the railroad
 And how it came to be
 He said the men who laid it down
 Had left their own hometowns
 And broke their backs to give us traction
 And that's what he did for me
 
 (CHORUS)
 Ne'er do wells and woebegones
 Show your face, for we were wrong
 Ne'er do wells and woebegones
 Feel no shame, it won't be long
 
 Do you ever stop to think
 Who built those walls around you?
 Do you ever wonder
 Who those people were at all?
 Because the hands that give you shelter
 Are the very ones that you refuse
 And proof of what they're worth
 Will live long after you are gone
 
 (CHORUS)
 Ne'er do wells and woebegones
 Show your face, for we were wrong
 Ne'er do wells and woebegones
 Feel no shame, it won't be long
 
 Come on
 
 I'm begin you listen
 With an open heart
 Your soul is so cruelly judged
 Forgive us for our tresspasses
 Were taught to us because
 We were raised by people
 Raised by people
 Just like you and so
 When the world falls down around us
 It'll lead to you our goal
 It'll be unto we all come running"
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 3:59:18 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | "Little Moments" 
 Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard
 That pretty mouth say that dirty word
 And I can't even remember now what she backed my truck into
 But she covered her mouth and her face got red
 And she just looked so darn cute
 That I couldn't even act like I was mad
 Yeah I live for little moments like that
 
 Well that's just like this last year on my birthday
 She lost all track of time and burnt the cake
 And every smoke detector in the house was goin' off
 And she was just about to cry until I took her in my arms
 And I tried not to let her see me laugh
 Yeah I live for little moments like that
 
 I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me
 And I thank god that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be
 It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans
 When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands
 Yeah I live for little moments like that
 
 When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark
 And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm
 And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb
 But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up
 Yeah I live for little moments
 When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
 Yeah I live for little moments like that
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 4:06:23 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  bluesrule
 
  Marshalltown, IA
 58, joined Jul. 2011
 
 
 | See the Woman She has a young face
 An old face
 She carries herself well
 In all ages
 She survives all man has done
 
 In some tribes she is free
 In some religions
 She is under man
 In some societies
 She’s worth what she consumes
 
 In some nations
 She is delicate strength
 In some states
 She is told she is weak
 In some classes
 She is property owned
 
 In all instances
 She is sister to earth
 In all conditions
 She is life bringer
 In all life she is our necessity
 
 See the woman eyes
 Flowers swaying
 On scattered hills
 Sundancing calling in the bees
 
 See the woman heart
 Lavender butterflies
 Fronting blue sky
 Misty rain falling
 On soft wild roses
 
 See the woman beauty
 Lightning streaking
 Dark summer nights
 Forests of pines mating
 With new winter snow
 
 See the woman spirit
 Daily serving courage
 With laughter
 Her breath a dream
 And a prayer
 
 John Trudell
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 4:10:36 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I sold ice in hell one time and I never made a dime
 the devil took me for a ride you see
 Worse than this ole country....
 
 God bless America
 home of the brave
 land of the free
 
 If some taxes I can pay
 just leave me some money
 for my family
 
 even tho you take half
 and my ex gets more than that
 I still have welfare to help me out.....
 God bless America.....
  
 
 written by Me......
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 5:05:21 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  bluesrule
 
  Marshalltown, IA
 58, joined Jul. 2011
 
 
 | I love my country tis of thee Amber waves I planted to survive
 
 Mother Nature has her ways
 Who am I to raise a fist?
 Against her force or what I can not sway?
 
 I know who I am
 A product of this land I toil on
 
 No excuses, no handout expected
 I will survive
 Strong in spirit and resolve
 
 Relying on my own strength
 No apathy involved.
 
 
 No God has blessed this country of ours.
 To assume so is a pipe dream
 We stand on our own merits
 
 Do unto others
 As you would have done to you
 
 The basic law of a global brotherhood.
  
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 5:14:11 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  bluesrule
 
  Marshalltown, IA
 58, joined Jul. 2011
 
 
 | More so..... the basic law of humanity.  
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 8:22:18 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
 
 He had three ships and left from Spain;
 He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.
 
 He sailed by night; he sailed by day;
 He used the stars to find his way.
 
 A compass also helped him know
 How to find the way to go.
 
 Ninety sailors were on board;
 Some men worked while others snored.
 
 Then the workers went to sleep;
 And others watched the ocean deep.
 
 Day after day they looked for land;
 They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.
 
 October 12 their dream came true,
 You never saw a happier crew!
 
 "Indians! Indians!" Columbus cried;
 His heart was filled with joyful pride.
 
 But "India" the land was not;
 It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.
 
 The Arakawa natives were very nice;
 They gave the sailors food and spice.
 
 Columbus sailed on to find some gold
 To bring back home, as he'd been told.
 
 He made the trip again and again,
 Trading gold to bring to Spain.
 
 The first American? No, not quite.
 But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 9:14:19 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | 
                          In fourteen hundred ninety-twoColumbus sailed the ocean blue.
 
 He had three ships and left from Spain;
 He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.
 
 He sailed by night; he sailed by day;
 He used the stars to find his way.
 
 A compass also helped him know
 How to find the way to go.
 
 Ninety sailors were on board;
 Some men worked while others snored.
 
 Then the workers went to sleep;
 And others watched the ocean deep.
 
 Day after day they looked for land;
 They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.
 
 October 12 their dream came true,
 You never saw a happier crew!
 
 "Indians! Indians!" Columbus cried;
 His heart was filled with joyful pride.
 
 But "India" the land was not;
 It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.
 
 The Arakawa natives were very nice;
 They gave the sailors food and spice.
 
 Columbus sailed on to find some gold
 To bring back home, as he'd been told.
 
 He made the trip again and again,
 Trading gold to bring to Spain.
 
 The first American? No, not quite.
 But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.
 
 
 awwww ... Shaggy ... very nice ---- Happy Columbus Day
  
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 11:43:42 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | "So Beautiful" 
 Whether I'm right or wrong
 There's no phrase that hits
 Like an ocean needs the sand
 Or a dirty old shoe that fits
 
 And if all the world was perfect
 I would only ever want to see your scars
 You know they can have their universe
 We'll be in the dirt designing stars
 
 And darlin', you know
 That you make me feel so beautiful
 Nowhere else in the world I wanna be
 You make me feel so beautiful
 
 Whether I'm up or down
 There's no crowd to please
 I'm like a faith without a clause
 To believe in it
 
 And if all the world was smiling
 I would only ever want to see your frown
 You know they can sail away in sunsets
 We'll be right here stranded on the ground
 Just happy to be found
 
 
 I have lost my illusions, I have drowned in your words
 I have left my confusion to a cynical world
 I am throwing myself at things I don't understand
 Discover enlightenment holding your hand..........
 
 
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                      | 10/12/2013 11:59:50 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | "YOU" 
 'Twas only a short season ago
 ... when the dullnes of life became a glow
 
 You reached out your hand to cradle mine
 ... and guide me through the sands of time
 
 But for these things I might never smile
 ... but would trod in loss for many a mile
 
 When I would think that all was lost
 ... that is when you loved me most
 
 As the veil of darkness came to my eyes
 ... you were there -- a blessed surprise
 
 For 'tho I was difficult and gave you grief
 ... You held me tight and brought relief
 
 Your gentle touch and strength devine
 ... Shall remain in my heart for all time.
 
 
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                      | 10/13/2013 12:05:45 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Its like trying to catch the wind Or putting sunshine in a jar
 A broken heart is hard to mend
 Strings snapped on an old guitar
 Tuning takes time and a knowing ear
 Patience love and a gentle touch
 To hold it gently without fear
 Finding the song you want so much.
 
 
 Sometimes I'm up,,sometimes I'm down
 other times I just go round and round
 I try to laugh but then I cry
 cause I see so much passing by
 trying to catch a bit of life
 without so much fuss and strife
 but the harder I try it seems to be
 the bigger the mountains encircling me
 I'm tired of climbing and weary of pain
 each step forward sliding back two again.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/13/2013 7:51:39 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I cain' never tell, if I'm up or I'm down I always hear voices, when I go ta town
 I don' wear no coat, an I never git chills
 I'm always warm n fuzzy, cuz I got my pills
 
 
 
  
 
 
  Soun's like yer bipolar...  
 
  Look who's talkin'...  
 
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                      | 10/13/2013 7:53:36 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Words and music by Alan Bergman and Michel Jean Legrand 
 Round, like a circle in a spiral
 Like a wheel within a wheel.
 Never ending or beginning,
 On an ever spinning wheel
 Like a snowball down a mountain
 Or a carnival balloon
 Like a carousell that's turning
 Running rings around the moon
 
 Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
 Past the minutes on its face
 And the world is like an apple
 Whirling silently in space
 Like the circles that you find
 In the windmills of your mind
 
 Like a tunnel that you follow
 To a tunnel of its own
 Down a hollow to a cavern
 Where the sun has never shone
 Like a door that keeps revolving
 In a half forgotten dream
 Or the ripples from a pebble
 Someone tosses in a stream.
 
 Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
 Past the minutes on its face
 And the world is like an apple
 Whirling silently in space
 Like the circles that you find
 In the windmills of your mind
 
 Keys that jingle in your pocket
 Words that jangle in your head
 Why did summer go so quickly
 Was it something that you said
 Lovers walking along the shore,
 Leave their footprints in the sand
 Is the sound of distant drumming
 Just the fingers of your hand
 
 Pictures hanging in a hallway
 And a fragment of a song
 Half remembered names and faces
 But to whom do they belong
 When you knew that it was over
 In the autumn of goodbyes
 For a moment
 You could not recall the color of his eyes
 
 Like a circle in a spiral
 Like a wheel within a wheel
 Never ending or beginning,
 On an ever spinning wheel
 As the images unwind
 Like the circle that you find
 In the windmills of your mind
 
 
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                      | 10/13/2013 10:56:35 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | There is nothing that I would rather be Than the one in the hammock 'neath the banyan tree.
 
 
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                      | 10/14/2013 9:46:55 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | There once was a group from Carnation Carnation's the town 'round the bend
 The group believes in reincarnation
 Their presence here on DH won't end
 
 They keep makin' new profiles daily
 Their posts are as haters not daters
 Escapees from the circus B. Bailey
 Junior baters, senior baters, master (mooner emoticon)
 
 
 
 
  Oh Cisco...  
 
 
  Oh Pancho...  
 
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                      | 10/15/2013 12:34:01 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Were it not for past days of living Could we now be so forgiving
 To look someone in the eye
 And admit to an awful lie
 Were it not for by gone days
 Would we be more than mist and haze
 To gently waft and drift about
 With no one near to know our doubt
 Were it not for love gone wrong
 Would there be a wistful song
 Of tears and sighs and sleepless nights
 To remind us of the wrongs and rights
 Were it not for passions kiss
 Would we have known true loves bliss
 A touch so warm it never fades
 Imprinted on us forever days
 Were it not for a last goodbye
 How could we know an anguished cry
 A dream dying or breaking heart
 The pieces scattered far apart
 Were it not for flesh and bone
 Would we be more than mortal stone.
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/15/2013 8:35:58 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 |  I never ever make this stuff up an I never ever lie Like the time in the 'LURKERS', I made apple pie
 
 
  Yer pie in the 'LURKERS' was a helpful household hint It was good, I tried it, butt I don' like chocolate mint
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/16/2013 8:54:47 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | I am not a poet... Nor an author, to be...
 I am just myself...
 In all honesty.
  
 
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                      | 10/16/2013 3:19:01 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | I once had a hole in my bucket Thet bucket, I decided ta chuckit
 So I drove in my truck
 Ta a place I could shuck
 An ended up somewhere in Pawtucket
 
 
 
 
  I bet y'all thought I was gonna say (censored)    
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/16/2013 11:42:12 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | Have you ever seen anything more beautiful than a tree?
 
 
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                      | 10/17/2013 7:35:03 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | One of my all time favorites 
 If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.
 You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,
 But I shall be good help to you nevertheless
 And filter and fiber your blood.
 Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
 Missing me one place search another,
 I stop some where waiting for you”
 
 Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
 
 
 
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                      | 10/17/2013 9:46:32 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | If I could only be in your eyes and what you see
 
 I would make a point to be
 a very special memory
 
 One which you could recall
 Spring, winter, summer, fall
 
 But alas -- but for football
 I make no difference after all.
  
 
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                      | 10/17/2013 3:06:22 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | nat_now 
  Ocala, FL
 56, joined Jul. 2013
 
 
 | Where oh where did Blabby go, He has so many questions to answer, he's the only one who may know.
 
 There are problems to solve,
 As the threads do revolve,
 
 Where, oh where did Blabby go?
 
 
 
 Aka Qirki????
  
 
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                      | 10/17/2013 3:39:47 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | It is rather quirky ...from what I can see
 
 For a sexy macho man
 ...to be up a tree
 
 When there is no blind
 ... on eyes or mind
 
 Why must he continue
 ... to show his behind
 
 It may be -- I do fear
 ... that he isn't looking for deer
 
 But may be after other prey
 ... come hail or high water any day
 
 If the season opener is next month
 ... would he always be so gruff
 
 Me thinks a day of rest is what he needs
 ... for chasing gold is surely greed
 
 But again ... and forsooth
 ...he is a man ...
  
 
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                      | 10/19/2013 11:46:32 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Funny the things I remember When it's cold, the end of September
 'It doesn't really matter to I'm'
 She use to say that all of the time
 Funny that would come to my mind
 Except perhaps to remind
 Funny the things I remember
 When it's cold, the end of September
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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                      | 10/19/2013 11:56:52 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | I climbed a tree for the mystery
 of seeing the site
 from up high
 
 I felt like a bird
 when I got up high
 fresher air
 from the sky
 
 low and behold
 the stupid branch broke
 I flapped my arms
 it was no joke
 
 my wings they failed
 and so did I
 no more fresh air
 from way up high......
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/20/2013 9:27:08 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Sundays ain' fer poet trees Sundays are fer footballs
 As long as I got some a these
 An thet nature never calls
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
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                      | 10/20/2013 10:12:44 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  findingalicia
 
  Lexington, KY
 64, joined May. 2011
 
 
 | Etched on my brow like a scar The time of living can sometimes marr
 Picking up one foot at at time
 Facing the forward road to internal rhyme
 Pieces of the puzzle so often lost
 Others never know of the price or cost
 So we go on no matter how hard
 Looking for that missing card
 Hoping to find it, praying we do
 While all the while being true to "you".
 
 
  
  
 
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                      | 10/20/2013 2:34:46 PM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | A BRAND NEW DAY 
 Author: Aeni
 
 Rest your head and close your eyes
 Everything will be okay
 For when you wake with the sweet sunrise
 It will be a brand new day
 Turn down the lights and pull me close
 Feel only the beating of our hearts as we lay
 For when you wake with the soft morning breeze
 It will be a brand new day.
 
 Relax your body and caress my soft hair
 Let all of life's worries melt away
 For when you wake with the warm summer scent
 It will be a brand new day
 Fall fast asleep and dream with me
 Whisper "I love you, I'm here to stay"
 For when we wake in each other's arms
 It will be a brand new day.
 
 
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                      | 10/21/2013 9:43:58 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | 'Could You Live Like That' by me  
 
 Could you live with someone who always sees sun
 Could you be with someone who likes to have fun
 And what if this someone is never ever grumpy
 And he likes blueberry porridge, creamy not lumpy
 
 Could you live like that?
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/23/2013 9:53:36 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | There once was a little green frog An this frog got loss in the fog
 He said, 'not ta worry'
 So, along he did scurry
 'Cuz this fog ain' Los Angeles smog'
 
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/24/2013 9:41:58 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | shaggyoledog 
  Ocean Shores, WA
 69, joined Apr. 2011
 
 
 | Some mornings kin be so hard I'd rather be out in the yard
 Butt hear I sit
 Like a nit wit
 Ritin' stuff fer a howl mark card
 
 
  
 
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                      | 10/24/2013 10:16:01 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | cupocheer 
  Assumption, IL
 66, joined May. 2010
 
 
 | I had a {i]Flyer ... little red wagon
 when I was just a girl
 
 I flew in my Flyer
 ... 'till I was nearly gaggin'
 but now I like guys.
  
 
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                      | 10/26/2013 5:01:57 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      | jeffandr 
  Leechburg, PA
 55, joined Aug. 2011
 
 
 | Plate glass windows they mock your transparency
 Your heartstrings weighed down
 by all that you harbor
 you're stuck in your misery
 
 Your heart beats in a cacophony
 of pushed down feelings
 and your cold exterior has left the room freezing
 Below zero, You're arctic
 You'll accept no help, too mellow dramatic
 
 You speak words of malice
 with a tongue like a blade
 someone to play with
 sometimes you do jade
 
 Continue on in your self destructive ways
 and continue on hating me for days upon days
 you cling on like they'll pull you out of deep water
 when all they'll do is help you drown farther
 
 What you see as a life boat
 is really the weight in your chest
 I wish I could find it in me
 to wish you the best.......
 
 
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                      | 10/27/2013 1:46:07 AM | ***~~~~the poet tree~~~***etc. |  | 
                    
                      |  kennylooking4u
 
  Victorville, CA
 57, joined Dec. 2010
 
 
 | Once upon a time there was an engineer Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
 He had an engine and he sure had fun
 He used GOOD & PLENTY candy to make his train run.
 Charlie says, “Love my GOOD & PLENTY!”
 Charlie says, “Really rings my bell!”
 Charlie says, “Love my GOOD & PLENTY!
 
 
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