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Balladeer

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0 posted 2002-12-06 08:17 PM

(it has been pointed out, and correctly so, that I got the year wrong...oops! Well, please forgive me for that and simply connect war and birth - I'll try to be more careful in the future - promise!!)

It is, of course a certainty that all who study war
Recall the date December 7th, 1944.
As bombs were dropping on Pearl Harbor on that fateful morn
Across the world in war-torn state a child was being born.

One has to wonder if the mother worried that her child
Might not survive the lunacy that drove the planet wild.
A child born in chaotic madness with no end in sight
Was sure to cause great consternation for her on that night.

The war is long since over - fifty-eight years now have passed
The child has grown to womanhood...the time went by so fast!
Pearl Harbor I'll salute tomorrow - and that small child, too.
Happy birthday, Titia Geertman. Know that we love you!

[This message has been edited by Balladeer (12-06-2002 09:06 PM).]

Cpat Hair

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1 posted 2002-12-06 08:18 PM

yes happy birthday... and let us not forget those lost tomorrow...

Magnus

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2 posted 2002-12-06 08:33 PM

Three years to the day...a child was born
to a world of so much strife and yet, in
the lull of the madness...a miracle came
to be...and remains today a part of this
world and our little haven...

Happy Birthday Titia, and thank you
Michael for this gift you give...

CSKpoet
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3 posted 2002-12-06 08:41 PM

Yes a Happy Birthday!
a very nice dedication
warm thoughts,
Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

Bill Charles
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4 posted 2002-12-06 08:49 PM

Balladeer - I'm not sure if I've read your poem correctly, but I think they dropped the bombs on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941... Of course I may have missed something.. but a nice birthday one...

BC

Balladeer

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5 posted 2002-12-06 09:02 PM

WOW! Talk about brain-dead! Thanks, Bill. That certainly was a monumental goof....oops! Sorry, Titia :embarrassed:

Nan

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6 posted 2002-12-06 09:16 PM

...and then my Dad went to Pearl Harbor for the duration... I've been hearing stories about that place all my life... Well done Deer - What's in a date after all...

Except maybe Titia's birthday - Happy Day, Titis...

Titia Geertman
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7 posted 2002-12-06 09:36 PM

Surprise it was my sweetest Deer
To find this poem you wrote for me
It doesn't matter if you got a date wrong
For me it's always the right one you see

Born I was at the light of a candle
In the worst Winter of World War Two
Pearl Harbor's date I will always remember
As I will these lovely words from you

Thank you so much my friend

and thanks to all other poets for their sweet wishes.

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

Mysteria

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8 posted 2002-12-06 09:49 PM

Happy Birthday Titia, and I hope it is a great one too. This brings sad thoughts to mind of mothers during that time, and how they must have thought about their newborns. I was born at the end of WWII, and started a new war of my own that day

A great poem to a wonderful lady, and who cares about the year after 29 anyway right Titia?

Seasons Greetings from Canada eh!

vlraynes
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9 posted 2002-12-06 10:44 PM

Aww, 'Deer...this is such a sweet tribute to our Titia,
and penned in your own unbeatable style.

Titia...Happy Birthday to you, my friend!
May this be the best one yet.

Love and hugs to you both,
~Vicky
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

SmartChick
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10 posted 2002-12-06 10:45 PM

Very interesting story, Balladeer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TITIA!
May all your wishes and dreams come true!

Mistletoe Angel

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11 posted 2002-12-07 02:59 PM

(big hugggsssssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TITIA!!! (smiles) I have heard so much of this day in history and hope this will never happen again, God Bless You and Titia and all the veterans, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Balladeer, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Midnitesun

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12 posted 2002-12-07 03:04 PM

Happy Birthday Titia!
And it's only a number, Michael.

Kethry
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13 posted 2002-12-07 05:28 PM

Happy Birthday Titia,

Is Michael saying, you are old!!!
Kethry

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NewEnglandlazurlu
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14 posted 2002-12-07 10:24 PM

Michael, thank you for remembering Pearl Harbor Day, a day of such tragedy and sadness in our country.

And special birthday hugs to our dear Titia.

Hugs, Marti

'A witty saying proves nothing.'
Voltaire (1694-1778)

Sunshine

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15 posted 2002-12-08 08:57 AM

Balladeer, Titia is pleased with you
no matter what err you may make
to remember her birthday and others,
why, all you really forgot is the cake!

suthern

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16 posted 2002-12-08 10:08 AM

I was in the pharmacy yesterday, and as I wrote my check, realized the date and murmured "It's Pearl Harbor Day." The youthful moron behind the counter immediately acted like he was throwing confetti and yelled "Yippee! Hurray for Pearl Harbor Day!"
I took my time with the check writing so I could give him a history lesson... along with a fairly large dose of opinion. *G* I'm not sure if anything got through... but perhaps some WWII veteran came in and was greeted with respect instead of by Party Central. *S* I can hope anyway. *G*
On the other hand... Titia's birthday is certainly reason for celebration, complete with banners and balloons and bundles of good wishes... hope it was a great one!
I like this very much, Bal... *S* And I don't blame you at all for getting the year wrong... I know it's getting harder for you to remember your days as a young man. *hee hee*

Kit McCallum

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17 posted 2002-12-08 01:29 PM

A wonderful Birthday tribute to a lovely woman, Michael!

Happy Birthday Titia!

Best wishes and hugs to you both,
/Kit

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