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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Down in the hollow where the wildflowers grow, near a busy beaver pond, where the water flows slow, on a branch up high, in an old apple tree, sit a proud whippoorwill and a little chickadee. A busy woodpecker in his dogwood tree whistles to his neighbors sitting happy as can be, then he goes back to work in the tree where he sat, Rat a tat! Rat a tat! Tat! Tat! Tat! The buttercups yearn to be kissed by the bees, as the long green grasses, dance gaily in the breeze while a love song rises from a muddy frog pit and echoes through the forest Ribbit! Ribbit! In a sweet clover patch not too far from here, bunny rabbits munch near the white-tailed deer as a mother duck guides her waddling pack, to a clear blue stream with a Quack! Quack! Quack! Later that day when the sun falls low, an orchestra of crickets play a symphony below, while a single star shimmers in the velvety night, and the forest is aglow with firefly light. When the woodland creatures settle into sleep and the nighttime wanderers begin to creep, The possums awaken and the red fox too, as the great owl calls, Who? Who? Who are you? Standing on a cliff beneath the silvery moon, a lone gray wolf howls a sad, mournful tune, while the bats fly high and the raccoons play, in Huckleberry Hollow at the end of the day. |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Debbie - I've been waiting to see this here, I loved it the first time I read it, have read it several times since, and....love it still. Bonnie  [This message has been edited by BSC (edited 06-29-2000).] |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
This goes to the top of my charts we need more like this  Rex}>{{{{o> |
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mini poet Member
since 2000-02-06
Posts 56Canada |
my dad called me to read this Wow I wish I wrote it Jennifer |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Incredibly delightful! Here's my vote..... |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Are you by any chance related to a coal miners daughter???/...lol I LOVE THIS POEM...*VOTE* jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Thanks Bonnie for encouraging me to send this one in! I thought it would be fun to try my hand at a childrens poem! and Prometheus, in answer to your question, no, but I did have a raccoon in my trash once!lol Thanks Everybody! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Hey!... I love this...  |
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Kellsue Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 210Waukesha, WI USA |
I love it!!!!!!! Kelly ~Kellsue Reflect upon your present blessings-of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~Charles Dickens We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Debbie~ Really cute ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I can just see this in a beauiful children's book with lovely pictures...it would be perfect!..Wonderful poem! |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
Now this is beautiful Debbie! A wonderful use of imagery and onomatopoeia. Eric. "We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
The kind of poem I love to see in a book! Corinne |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Wow! What a delight this is! Very well done, Debbie! Denise |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
absolutely wonderful... great poetry. |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I can't begin to describe how much I appreciate your kind responses to my poem! I know that many of you have been writing a long time and I really value your opinion! Thanks again, Debbie |
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