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Snowy Days and Thursdays (Shall Not Get Me Down)
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Snowy Days and Thursdays (Shall Not Get Me Down) |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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Snowy Days and Thursdays (Shall Not Get Me Down) When Melancholia makes you frown Reach deep within your soul, For HappiNess lies there deep down Just takes a slight cajole. Let not those burdens callous thee; Take charge of them instead. Cast out those wretched thoughts and see You'll cheer your troubled head ! (Just trying to convince myself - It's snowing!!)  |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Boy can I relate to this! It's snowing here too! I asked my daughter to make other arrangements for picking up my granddaugher from school today (I've been picking her up since I was laid-off) because of the slippery mess! I have a real fear of going out walking when conditions are like this since I fell and broke my arm (remember the blizzard of '96...I'll never forget it!) Although it is pretty and snow is so easily romanticized, I tend to mostly HATE SNOW too! But I love your poem! Denise |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Will Get Ms. Nancy Down If you can find the ice When all about you Are shoveling theirs And blaming it on you If you can take one small fan And with it create a breeze If you can take your lunch And sit under the cottonwood trees If you can wear your shades So you don’t squint in the sunnyness Then you will be an enemy Of the Icy NaniNess! 80 degrees…slight breeze…sun peeking out of the clouds… [This message has been edited by Poet deVine (edited 01-20-2000).] |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
If you can find pure NanniNess, You'll feel the warmth of WordniNess, The sun will shine and melt your IciNess, And all will live with HappiNess. |
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HelmutB Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 964Canada |
I can tell it's winter once more Snow and ice i see galour The poem I think is nicely done I like the read back...to you Nan The ability to describe life with words is similar to painting a picture; both can be powerful tools. |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Everybody's picking on me - Nobody cares that I'm living in the Arctic Tundra!!!!  |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I would like to see some snow or rain or anything vagely resembling winter, here. Loved the poem and can imagine what it's like, but not very well.  |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Arctic Tundra? LOL Nan! Geez, I shoveled out twice last night and once this morning! And the wind chill is -23. That is if it hasn't gotten colder, that was this morning! So get happy, it will all be over soon and then we can complain how hot it is! hehe <*\\\>< Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is GOD. Where there is GOD, there is no need. Hallmark |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Nan...maybe this will help. I always think of this saying when it snows. I heard it when I was in 6th grade (and I'm not saying how many years ago that was and it's stuck through me since then.Happiness is like snow; It makes beautiful everything it covers |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Dear sweet Hootessa - Did Toerag teach you that saying about snow??? *innocent eyes* lol As for lil Nan's pooem - we need more verses, and a little accompanying music would be nice, too. hmmmm - lemme see if I can write something more... When the snow is falling all around, And the sidewalks can't be found. Everything is going to s**t, And you can't get over it, Just think of Nan and you will know "unsound." When the tundra's knocking at your door, And the windchill's below -44. Pull your coat up real tight, Use lots of covers at night, Just think of Nan and you'll not be cold anymore. Oh, oh, Nan, the Ice Queen of the land. I'd love to hold your chilly hand, But please not real tight, I'm afraid of frost bite. I'll just think of you while I get a tan. hmmmm hmmmm hmm-hmm. hmmmm hmmmm hmm-hmm..... Gee - what a nice tune.... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
What's snow? |
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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
Yeah I know the feeling.. Washington DC is white tonight the flakes fell everywhere.. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Nan out in the snow in little woolen mittens ... while in the sunny South we're sunning with the kittens. Even though the weather in Florida is a little chilly, it'll warm up by noon and then we'll feel a little silly. Silly ... for buying heavy coats we wear but twice a year. We'd rather slink into a bikini with a tan upon our rear. Sorry for the snow. I saw it ONCE in my life. I never forgot it but I didn't wait for TWICE ! I skedaddled back to the warmth of The Sunshine State real fast. Nan, I hope you wake to sun rays that melt that stuff .... REAL FAST ! ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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One Who Understands Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 251Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
What a familiar feeling! I live in Iowa, and just got a half foot! |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Understanding One - if you think that's bad, poor ol' Toe got 2 inches. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
What? I can't hear what you're saying over the whirrrrr of my fan!!! LngJnAg, Toe may have two inches but what measuring scale are you using...A dollar bill is 6 inches long! Is Toe then about 30 cents? |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Toe's got 30's sense?.... I didn't think he was that mature yet... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
And just yesterday I was thinking of taking a nap out on the lawn so the sun could bake my bones. LOL. Enjoyed the poem, Nan... and wish I could share some of the sunny south with you! *S* |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Nan: Loved the clever "HappiNess". Later, teach. Jim |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
No pity will you find from me, Oh piteous poetess! For I would give a lot to be Right where you are, Ms. Ness! You see, down here in Florida, (A fact that I bemoan), The only "snow" we ever see Is flavored in a cone! A land of dank humidity And skeeters seeking blood -- I tell ya what -- I'll take your snow And you can have my MUD! hehehe Deal with it, lady!  --Kess Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange... --William Shakespeare, from The Tempest |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Now snow I've got up to my butt... ..or ankle high at least But shoveling I shall not do It makes me so displeased... In Florida I'd love to be Or somewhere nice and warm... I'd just hang out down by the beach Where skeeters do not swarm..   |
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Paul Hoekman Member
since 1999-12-28
Posts 382Harwinton Ct. U>S>A> |
I feel for you Nan, I watched those storm clouds go by, kind of wish they stayed around. I so enjoy moving it for money then skiing on it for pleasure. Thanks for all your help. Paul |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
You know what Nan ? Today is Friday !  Loved your poem ! |
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tucsonwoman New Member
since 2000-01-05
Posts 4 |
Hi Nan, my name is Cassie Mann. I'd like to post a short poem, but can't find a way to do it. I believe you are a cheese and probably know about these things. Help me. please. I am a member and all that. So I have the 'code'. What do I do next? Yours truely, Cassie |
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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
It was 23 below today when I went to the doc...  ....I know exactly how ya feel Nan...brrrrr! I've almost forgotten what summer feels like! *Krista Knutson* ~*Like a lion, without fear of the howling pack, Like a gust of wind, ne'er trapped in a snare, Like a lotus blossom, ne'er sprinkled by water, Let me, like a unicorn, in solitude roam.*~ Hymn Of Buddha |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Hi Cassie.... hehe... welcome to my snowstorm... To post, click on "Post New Topic" at the top or the bottom of each page.... You'll see a box pop up for your text... If you have any difficulty at all, email me by clicking on the envelope on my post, (I see yours isn't on your profile)... I'd be happy to help if you need it...... |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
hahahaha the weather outside is o what 70 something here it texas hahahahaha |
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