Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. June 18-19-20, 2004

6-18-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear and Billie

[JustAmy]

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[JustAmy]

It's So Nice To Have A Dad Around The House
by: Helen Steiner Rice

DADS are special people
No home should be without,
For every family will agree
They're 'SO NICE TO HAVE ABOUT' -
They are a happy mixture
Of a 'SMALL BOY' and a 'MAN'
And they're very necessary
In every 'FAMILY PLAN' -
Sometimes they're most demanding
And stern, and firm and tough
But underneath they're 'soft as silk'
For this is just a 'BLUFF' -
But in any kind of trouble
Dad reaches out his hand.
And you can always count on him
To help and understand -
And while we do not praise Dad
as often as we should,
We love him and admire him,
And while that's understood,
It's only fair to emphasise
His importance and his worth -
For if there were no loving Dads
This would be a 'LOVELESS EARTH'.

[JustAmy]

Graphic by MamaBear

Dad

I didn’t buy you flowers, no candy or a card.
Picking out a gift for you, is really very hard.
What gift would say what I feel, about just who you are?
You worked two jobs to feed us, you let me wreck the car.
You picked our mom, made a home, for all of that, “Thank you.”
I hope, I have made you proud, I hope regrets are few.
There is one thing you should know, I haven’t told you yet.
It seems the older I become, the more like you I get.
Happy Father’s Day, to you, just one more thing I'll say.
Love you Dad, but not enough, to wear my hair that way.

David 6/20/2004
aka DIF © 2004

[JustAmy]

WALK A LITTLE PLAINER, DADDY
SAID A LITTLE BOY ONE DAY
I'M FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS,
AND I WANT TO KNOW THE WAY
SOMETIMES YOUR STEPS ARE VERY PLAIN
AND SOMETIMES HARD TO SEE.
SO WALK A LITTLE PLAINER, DADDY,
FOR YOU ARE LEADING ME.
I KNOW THAT ONCE YOU WALKED
THIS WAY, MANY YEARS AGO,
AND WHAT YOU DID ALONG THE WAY
I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW.
FOR SOMETIMES I AM TEMPTED
AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
SO WALK A LITTLE PLAINER, DADDY,
FOR I MUST FOLLOW YOU
SOMETIME WHEN I AM ALL GROWN UP
YOU ARE LIKE I WANT TO BE
THEN I WILL KNOW A LITTLE BOY,
WHO WILL WANT TO FOLLOW ME.
AND I WOULD WANT TO LEAD HIM RIGHT,
AND HELP HIM TO BE TRUE.
SO WALK A LITTLE PLAINER, DADDY
FOR WE MUST FOLLOW YOU

Author Unknown

[Terabitten]

Okay y'all, the newest song is done. It's called Carnival. Hope y'all like it.

Carnival

[JustAmy]

Graphic by MamaBear

Dad Comes Home

When Dad comes home it’s Holiday, just any time of year.
My Daddy makes me glad to see him when he’s here.
I think my Mom gets jealous, because I make a fuss,
But heck, I’ve got her all the time, and Dad comes home to Us!!

I greet him at the doorway. I like to get a hug.
I’d run to get there quicker but I stumble on the rug.
But Daddy always catches me, he watches me real good,
And I’d go off with him to work, at least, I wish I could.

But I must stay with Mommy, we need to practice smile,
So that we will be ready when he comes back after while.
It is a game like peek-a-boo. We play it every day.
We have to do it all the time. He’s not so good at play.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . June 19,2004
© 2004

[JustAmy]

Very nice!!

Thank you for sharing it with us, TS.

We wish you a Happy Father's Day. Have a wonderful Sunday.

[JustAmy]

Fathers Are Wonderful People
~Helen Steiner Rice~

Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day
In the gruelling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...

And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side.

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

Thank you for the wonderful Welcome Graphics used in today's thread.

Both Father's Day graphics are fantastic and the church graphic is lovely. You did an excellent job framing CG's picture of him and his father. Thank you again. (((((MB)))))

[JustAmy]

Thank you for sending us the picture of you and your Dad.

Thank you for writing and sharing your Father's Day poem with us. The picture of the two of you made the poem special.

Thank you again.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for the wonderful Father's Day poems. Also, thank you for getting them to me on such short notice.

They are both great and no way would I have used only one.

Thank you again and Happy Father's Day!

[JustAmy]

PS: Happy Father's Day!!

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

Graphic by Billie

Kerry’s Stand

You really have no class at all,
Your money cannot buy it.
Please make a stand for what you are,
Commitment, you should try it.
On issues you can’t take both sides,
Though that is what you’re trying.
If your supporters had a clue,
They’d see that you are lying.
So pick a side and make a choice,
To prove you have Conviction.
We know you can’t and never will,
For lying’s your affliction.

Conspiracy Guy 3/1/04
aka DIF © 2003 - 2004

[JustAmy]

Thank you both.

With the re-election of President Bush so important to our freedoms, I thought a repost would be appropriate.

Thank you for the great graphic.

[JustAmy]

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!!
We wish a very special day for you very special people.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Sunday !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[PGalt]

Thanks Amy. I'm off to work in a couple of minutes. Happy Fathers Day to all of the great fathers that visit FreeRepublic.

[KangarooJacqui]

By hell, I'm not a poet,
I'm not even a nice girl.
But I've been married once or twice
And seen some of the world

Some people find me funny,
Others, a pain backside,
But to all who say bad things
Well, heck, I let 'em slide.

I had my share of tragedy
And joy, in my short life -
And reckon I'd make somebody
A firm, no-nonsense wife.

KJ, 20/6/04

(Excuse me but it's the first poem I've written in donkey's ages... and if the cuss words are a bit much, feel free to delete it!)

Cheers all

Kangaroo Jacqui

[Conspiracy Guy]

I gave Dad a copy of this Fri night. I think it got to him.