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graeshine2006
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since 2008-06-03
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The Prairie Lands, USA

0 posted 2008-06-10 09:33 PM



I'm writing two poems here and there are a few more I will add eventually, but I wanted to say how much I love these silly poems due to THEIR history.  I made these up on the road from a Buckly farm house to the big town of Bloomington, IL as I was driving to my cleaning jobs when I was first married and with babies!  It was so fun to sit in the car and put these together and then write them down when I got home!  Hope you enjoy their silliness!

Helen Keller

Helen Keller could not speak,
Nor could she hear or see.
But Helen had a great big heart
And the lady was quite smart.

What I said is not quite right.
Her hands and brain gave her sight.
With her fingers, Helen spoke
And she heard what she needed,
Though her ears were broke.


Jessie Owens

Jessie Owens had a knack for track.
Some people doubted it ’cuz he was black.
But at the ’36 Olympics, he won seven medals
And made Adolf Hitler mad as the devil.

© Copyright 2008 Debra Grae - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
1 posted 2008-06-10 09:45 PM


Smiling very large, darlin'
because our "tempos" are quite similar...

it must be a midwestern voice
because our rhymes are not quite choice
and we hear with our heart and
not our voice of da-dum da-dum- da-dum
but yet your poem holds its thrum.

Brava!

" It matters not this distance now  " Excerpt, Yesterday's Love
~*~
KRJ

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
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2 posted 2008-06-11 02:26 AM


Enjoyed the fun, Debby.  I didn't know who Jessie Owens was, but now I do!

Reminded me of Owen More.  I don't know who wrote this, but:

Owen More
went away
owin' more
than he could pay.

- Owl

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149
Bangalore,India
3 posted 2008-06-11 04:20 AM


Hi graeshine2006, looks like history in the making. Nice write. Prasad

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Enchantress
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4 posted 2008-06-11 04:42 PM


Well done!!  
Loved these!

Hugs~Nancy

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2008-06-12 01:01 PM


I would have learned my history lessons in school better if they were as "Fun, Silly" and as entertaining as are these poems!


EA


Margherita
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6 posted 2008-06-12 05:20 PM


Very cute and it's nice to learn that you created them while driving, a very creative way to remain awake and fit.

Love,
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 posted 2008-06-12 05:32 PM


graeshine2006,

These are very good, and historically accurate.  I don't find them silly at all.

Bobby

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