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Joyce Johnson
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0 posted 2004-04-27 07:54 PM


Faithful Mate

She is content to sit and wait
In confidence her faithful mate
Will come with food he carries.

She has no doubt he will be there,
Bringing the tasty robin fare.
She's glad he never tarries.

No roadside bar tempts him to stop,
Of ale or beer, he takes no drop.
He's always in a hurry.

She sits upon the eggs of blue;
The loving job she has to do
And waits without a worry.

No temptress will delay his flight,
He has but one goal day and night,
The welfare of his lady.

He will not waver on the way
To where the eggs for new brood lay
In Camelia branches shady.

Some day real soon there will be more,
A lovely group of three or four.
Each one awaits its serving.

His lovely bride will join him then
And help to bring the fresh food in;
From duty never swerving.

Joyce 4/27/04

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1 posted 2004-04-27 09:39 PM


as it should be,Joyce...
thanks for the reminder
daniel

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2 posted 2004-04-27 10:09 PM


Dear Joyce:  Men should be so faithful! I really like this.

Love
Betty Lou

Betty Lou Hebert

Dennis L. White
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3 posted 2004-04-29 11:05 AM


Joyce,
  We would do well to imitate these wonderful examples of nature.  
I like the rhyming pattern and the tempo of this poem.

Dennis :^)

Joyce Johnson
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4 posted 2004-04-29 03:43 PM


Thank you Tramp Poet, Trillium and Dennis.  Your words mean so much.  Love, Joyce
Isobel
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5 posted 2004-04-30 05:08 AM


Well done Joyce.  This is so lovingly versed.

Love Isobel ox


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6 posted 2004-04-30 11:00 AM


Joyce~
Oh ... this is just so wonderful ... and watching the union of the feathered-mates is joy beyond compare~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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PatAngel
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7 posted 2004-05-02 11:58 AM


Dear Joyce,

Wonderfully written! I've always enjoyed poems about nature. This one is very special. Thank you for sharing.

Love,
Patricia

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