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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2000-06-29 03:18 PM


In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb

You came in like a lion
So pompous and loud
Talking and working
The obvious crowd

Pleasing and teasing
And using your charms
Facing, embracing
Each one in your arms

I waited my turn
Just like everyone else
And I couldn’t take my eyes off
Your wonderful self

I had long been in love with you
Equal to none
And was saddened to think
I was not number one

You spent the whole evening
Enchanting the room
With your laughter that everyone
Tried to consume

So charming, so witty
So handsome, so sweet
A devil, an angel
Delightful to meet

The women all catered
To your every whim
And I could feel jealousy
Brewing within

By the end of the evening
You finally came
And gave me a kiss
As you whispered my name

Then you closed your blue eyes
And your one-year-old charms
And left like a lamb
In your Daddy’s warm arms

Elizabeth Santos


[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 06-29-2000).]

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LoveBug
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1 posted 2000-06-29 04:31 PM


Liz, this is such a sweet poem! You have my vote!  

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde
"The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea

BSC
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2 posted 2000-06-29 07:04 PM


Elizabeth, How precious, written beautifully as only a sweet Grandma could.  Bonnie
Rex Allen McCoy
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3 posted 2000-06-29 07:53 PM


I have a granson who takes center stage
Lovely poem Elizabeth

Seymour Tabin
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4 posted 2000-06-29 09:34 PM


Elizabeth,
You have my vote on this one. Love Sy

hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 2000-06-29 10:03 PM


Liz...I remember this one well and love it as much now as I did the first time...it's certainly got a vote from this owl  

To love means never to be afraid of the windstorms of life: should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Moonshine
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6 posted 2000-06-29 10:06 PM


This is great ES - well done!   "voted"
J.

Jamie
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7 posted 2000-06-29 10:14 PM


Just when the envy of his highness was burning me up, I discover this one drinks from a sip cup... I absolutley love it Elizabeth. jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".



Martie
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8 posted 2000-06-29 11:31 PM


Liz--another of my favorites...glad you posted this tender love.
Romy
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9 posted 2000-06-30 09:30 AM


What a delightful surprise ending to a poem that I thought was going in a different direction!  Very sweet and written beautifully!
Denise
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10 posted 2000-07-01 09:51 PM


This is precious, Elizabeth!  

Denise

Mike
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11 posted 2000-07-15 09:16 AM


what a wonderful delightful gem did I find this morning...
Yu Lan
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12 posted 2000-07-15 07:45 PM


that's so lovely.. ^_^ a bold young boistrous child, bubbling with love 4 her daddy.. *_^ and of course, a little attention.. ^^

Loved this one, another earned vote here..

Luv,< !signature-->

Lynne

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tsu



Yu Lan
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13 posted 2000-07-15 07:48 PM


sorry, psted twice...


[This message has been edited by Yu Lan (edited 07-15-2000).]

Dark Angel
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14 posted 2000-07-16 01:50 AM


Beautifuol and Precious Elizabeth.. Loved it   you have my vote dear.
jamesjiao
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15 posted 2000-07-16 07:23 AM


Liz, something different today eh? Is the kid one of your grandchildren? sounds really sweet hope I can have a kid as cute as yours.

- James
The beauty of nature is displayed,
not through itself,
but through the creatures
dwelling within its bosom.



Sudhir Iyer
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16 posted 2000-07-16 03:57 PM


Remember this one very well, Liz...

a definite for the book...

regards, sudhir

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17 posted 2000-07-16 11:35 PM


Elizabeth~
You know how this one touched my heart.
Did it again !
Thank you.
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Temptress
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18 posted 2000-07-17 01:21 AM


Yes..I've read this one before. It is one of my favorites from you. I love unexpected endings.  

Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau"



Elizabeth Santos
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Pennsylvania
19 posted 2000-07-25 04:13 PM


I regret not having responded earlier to your wonderful comments on this poem about my grandson. Thank you all very much for your gracious remarks.
Liz

Heather Miller
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20 posted 2000-07-27 01:15 PM


Oh my I think this is the sweetest poem I've read  
LITL,
Heather

With God all things are possible.



ethome
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21 posted 2000-07-27 01:20 PM


Elizabeth I don't know how in the world I missed this.  I just love it...you had me hooked all the way through...you deviless you.......really I thought you were going to snub some arrogant lover somehow...then what do you do.....you steal my heart once again.

click!....you taught me this.

Elizabeth Santos
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22 posted 2000-07-27 08:04 PM


Heather,
I'm so glad you liked it

Ethome, don't worry, everyone else was fooled also.

Liz

I liked the sippie cup remark. Had to read that to my family

Liz

Parker
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23 posted 2000-07-28 04:47 PM


Liz, your a twisty one you are. I love these one by you. Always written so well.....
I vote.

Parker

Elizabeth Santos
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24 posted 2000-07-29 05:26 PM


Thank you, Parker
Couldn't resist the little lamb, huh?
It was a fun poem to write
Liz

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