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On a Highway to Bakersfield
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On a Highway to Bakersfield |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5120 On a Highway to Bakersfield 23 February 2006 If I only knew what was in your heart Those places to travel and ponder on a highway to Bakersfield This Clovis of yesteryear Where the Ninety Nine and Forty One meet Fresno - the Manchester Center and the Valley of Venture Avenue Who knew heaven was on Kings Canyon Road Each step - each unit of clarification those canals to the south The Temple God made California of a golden harp these words to in God trust For if I only knew this place on a highway to Bakersfield The Fresno California Temple is the 78th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple has approximately 10,700 square feet of floor space. The exterior is gray granite, quarried near Fresno. The spire is topped by a gold statue of the angel Moroni (Mo-RONE-eye). The temple is located in the northwest area of Fresno, California. at 3290 North Valentine, Fresno, California. The temple is considered a “house of the Lord” where the Savior's teachings are reaffirmed through marriage, baptism, and other sacred ordinances focusing on the eternal potential of family relationships. Plans for the temple were announced January 8, 1999 by the First Presidency of the Church. Groundbreaking services were held on February 26, 1999. The Fresno temple was formally dedicated Sunday, April 9, 2000, and was primarily serve more than 26,600 members of the Church near Fresno, California. a poet who cares |
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MUSEconnieSEconnie Member
since 2006-02-28
Posts 74california |
 FABULOUS AND THANK YOU POET! LOVE CONNIE I AM BLIND/I POST IN CAPS. FORGIVE IF THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE. A VOICE READER HELPS ME READ POSTS. MY SCR-NAME POSTED WRONG, IT IS MUSEconnieHUES |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
FRIENDSHIP IS WONDERFUL AND WHEN YOU CAN WRITE POEMS FOR FRIENDS, IN ALSO A WAY OF SHARING WITH OTHERS. IT SOME HOW MAKES THE EFFORT WORTHWHILE THEN MY WAYS MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WE ALL GET INSPIRITED ALONG A PATH OF WHAT WORKS FOR US AS FOR YOU CONNIE, MAY YOUR TIME HERE ON PIPTALK TRULY BE BLESSED. OF THAT IT WILL BE. YOU INDEED DO HAVE A WONDERFUL TALENT WITHIN YOUR KIND HEART a poet who cares |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hi poettothecars! There are many wonderful places, and highways to get you there within California. I've lived here all my life, and still haven't seen them all. Enjoyed your poem! |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
Just remember, my poems are a form of virtual USA, as I have only been there within my own mind and never physically, as yet touched upon US soil. Given I was born and live, half a world away, in New Zealand. Almost closer to the South Pole than the USA On that note, it is always wonderful to get the feedback and know the fact I specialize in what I call "virtual road trips" do have there value and worth in touching upon the hearts of whom read from my works. I make no apologies for being accurate, I just try my best as to where the spirit from within takes me. a poet who cares |
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