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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2001-04-08 06:28 PM

Do you see my golden windows?
So shiny and so clean?
I wiped them down with vinegar,
So sunlight I could glean.

Now every corner of my house,
Is filled with bright daylight.
I'll store it up and I won't need
A single lamp tonight.

I pray the birds and butterflies,
Don't think it a freeway here.
They will knock their little noggins,
And fall on their little rears.

I'm hoping if you're passing by,
You'll see the friendly glow
And want to stop to see me;
For my windows sing "Hello.

But unlike the inviting spider,
Who would use you for her meat;
I'll set out cakes and cookies,
And scones and things to eat.

We'll have a lovely gossip,
In this gleaming house of mine.
I'll send you home with a doggie bag,
Filled up with bright sunshine.

By Joyce May 2000

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (edited 04-08-2001).]

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

1 posted 2001-04-08 09:33 PM

Thank you for such a warm and welcome invitation. (Please don't forget the doggie bag)
Melton

laryalee
Member

since 2000-06-19

Posts 352
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2001-04-08 10:44 PM

Joyce, this is such a delightful combination of 'down-home' wisdom and hilarity...
worrying about the birds and butterflies....
They will knock their little noggins,
And fall on their little rears.
I just laugh at the picture!
And a doggie bag of sunshine - priceless!
Lary

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-04-08 11:02 PM

Thank you Melton and Lary. I was hoping this would be fun to read. Joyce

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (edited 04-08-2001).]

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-04-08 11:29 PM

Dear Joyce: This is a fun read as everyone has already said. I do wish it were me driv ing up to your door for tea and scones. I started washing my windows on the one sunny day we had a week or so ago and only got about half through. Vinegar is the only way to go!

Betty Lou Hebert

Red_Feather
Member

since 2001-01-19

Posts 131
The Vagabond Sea

5 posted 2001-04-09 11:26 PM

I am not so window wise, but i still wish i could visit such a place. A very warm read.

One's not half two it's two are halves of one EE Cummings

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

6 posted 2001-04-10 10:27 AM

A pleasant and inviting read...tea sounds good!

WO

Xeonox

Senior Member

since 2000-04-01

Posts 1764
CA, USA

7 posted 2001-04-21 02:34 AM

I pray the birds and butterflies,
Don't think it a freeway here.
They will knock their little noggins,
And fall on their little rears.

As all have mention about the warmness of the poem, so shall I. Your poems should be in a childerns book. I envy you my friend.

Ronil (One becomes god only when they have fully understood the role of being a human being.)

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

8 posted 2001-04-21 12:31 PM

Thank you dearest Xeonox for reading my poems again.
I thought they had slid quietly into oblivion. Joyce

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2001-04-21 08:41 PM

Joyce~
How utterly delightful !

Enjoyed the smile from the windows !
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

10 posted 2001-04-21 10:44 PM

You certainly have the sunshine turned on and plenty to share..sure would be happy to meet you at your house.. you sound like a delightful person!

Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

11 posted 2001-04-22 10:31 AM

Wonderful Joyce. A delight to read and I'm looking forward to the doggie bag.

Mike

Moon Dust

Member Elite

since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

12 posted 2001-04-23 08:29 PM

Lovely invite can come too

Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning.

ccwryter
Junior Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 16
TX USA

13 posted 2001-04-24 12:43 PM

Joyce, I am reading this at the end of the day, and yet I find myself looking forward to daylight. Thank you for such a lovely, upbeat tale. Ummm, what kind of cookies you got? I like most of them.

Mike

twinsgd
Member

since 2000-02-13

Posts 416
Ontario,Canada

14 posted 2001-04-24 11:50 PM

What a delight..wonderful upbeat poem
and er...er...er...you do windows????? lol

Jack

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