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Message 1465963 - Posted: 18 Jan 2014, 22:12:35 UTC

JOB RESPONSIBILITY...

There was a most important job that needed to be done,
And no reason not to do it, there was absolutely none.
But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask
Is who exactly will it be who'll carry out the task?

Anybody could have told you that everybody knew
That this was something somebody would surely have to do.
Nobody was unwilling; anybody had the ability.
But nobody believed that it was their responsibility.

It seemed to be a job that anybody could have done,
If anybody thought he was supposed to be the one.
But since everybody recognised that anybody could,
Everybody took for granted that somebody would.

But nobody told anybody that we are aware of,
That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of.
And nobody took it on himself to follow through,
And do what everybody thought that somebody would do.

When what everybody needed so did not get done at all,
Everybody was complaining that somebody dropped the ball.
Anybody then could see it was an awful crying shame,
And everybody looked around for somebody to blame.

Somebody should have done the job
And Everybody should have,
But in the end Nobody did
What Anybody could have.

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Message 1466820 - Posted: 20 Jan 2014, 23:48:55 UTC

Our Thread of Puns


For tuppunce, would
our topic change.

From shoes, to booze --
an average range.

We know not where
our journey leads,

Our thread of puns
has many beads.

*

The lures, withstood,
to enter prose.

Still free to choose --
let others, care.

Our wits, we bare --
to puns, repair.


* * *

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Message 1466911 - Posted: 21 Jan 2014, 7:57:57 UTC

Nice one Jim!
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Message 1467253 - Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 12:01:08 UTC
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GOODBYEE...



















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Message 1467453 - Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 21:17:27 UTC

There will be no "Howl", from me.

;o)


Ageing


Ageing, ageing,
we all fall apart.

Each one, unique --
from life, we disembark.

Squinting through our spectacles,
to read the daily news,

To features of our many friends --
who've paid their final dues.

With cane, firmly grasped,
we totter down the street --

Anticipating words of cheer,
through hearing-aids, that squeek.

Wheezing, after jokes are told --
the youngsters are alarmed --

We gather strength, enjoy time's gift. . .
and spin another yarn.

We've bought the farm.
We've bought the yarn.

Through memories, we'll sift.


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Message 1477558 - Posted: 15 Feb 2014, 11:36:11 UTC

"My Brother Daniel"

i think he dreams in outer space
captain kirk with a younger face
he goes where the other kids can't go

rainy day in the afternoon
lost in thought in his darkened room
and a wistful smile begins to grow

(bridge)
i don't know what he's dreamin' of
but sometimes he will say
he remembers a time when he was flyin' away

(chorus)
somewhere in the sky at night
a place in time when he's feelin' right
where there ain't no high or low
a dreamer rides on a mystery ship
never wants to get off of it
the ride where astronauts don't go
but my brother daniel says he knows

he sings a song no one else can sing
the waking world don't suspect a thing
he sees an alien world in the winter snow

i wanna know but he won't tell
the place he goes beyond sight and smell
the dream where the sunbeams glow

(bridge)
i don't know what he's dreamin' of
but sometimes he will say
he remembers a time when he was flyin' away

(chorus)
somewhere in the sky at night
a place in time when he's feelin' right
where there ain't no high or low
a dreamer rides on a mystery ship
never wants to get off of it
the ride where astronauts don't go
but my brother daniel says he knows

he's tells me it's all a laugh
nothing to tell and that's all that
but i can tell by his eyes my brother knows
i can tell by his eyes my brother knows.

(2013 db michel)

No melody for this...so just a poem like thing for now.

PROUD TO BE TFFE!
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Message 1477856 - Posted: 16 Feb 2014, 4:34:36 UTC - in response to Message 1477558.  
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(2013 db michel)

No melody for this...so just a poem like thing for now.


Hello Dan,

Very nice,

+ 10

Sincerely
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Message 1479403 - Posted: 20 Feb 2014, 1:47:49 UTC
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This one is somewhat specialized, but Julie
booted my muse in the behind, and so he/she urged
me to enter. . .

The owl house, does, in fact exist, and now has
one -- or two, hopefully -- Eastern Screech Owls.
Flying in/out of the same box have been numerous
White breasted nuthatches, which I thought, originally, were
Chickadees. A lady from Mass Audubon, corrected me -- but,
not until this poem was written. No changes have been made, lest
the rhyming scheme be compromised.

The reasons for the WBN's habituation of the box, are varied,
but will not be listed, lest everyone goes to sleep. . .

*

Chick-a-dee-dee


There once was a chick-a-dee-dee,
Who boxed all her eggs, in a tree.

The young owl, inside, asked,
"From who do you hide?"

"The hawk -- not your grammar -- I flee!"


* * *

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Message 1479451 - Posted: 20 Feb 2014, 3:57:15 UTC - in response to Message 1479403.  

This one is somewhat specialized, but Julie
booted my muse in the behind, and so he/she urged
me to enter. . .

jm
13 February 2014

hi Jim,
Very nice I like your Poem,
+ 10
Sincerely
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Message 1479494 - Posted: 20 Feb 2014, 6:50:02 UTC

Nice one Jim:) Hope you're not referring to me as he/she?
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Message 1479519 - Posted: 20 Feb 2014, 7:45:48 UTC

No, Julie. I was making my muse, pc. Perhaps, this should
be amusing, to you.
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Message 1480727 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 20:23:32 UTC

Oft-times, one's muse is stimulated when reading the Wall Street Journal . . .


Perspective


* "Where has our money gone?
The jobs, created, few."

*1 "We won't invest, a dime --
until we get our way."

* "We cannot buy your goods,
without a decent pay."

* "We'll vote you out, next time.
There's more of us, than you.

*1 "In gated towns, we'll wait,
your votes will count for dust."

*1 "Democracy, for us.
And, trinkets, left, for you."

*1 "Democracy is power --
but, power, for the few."

- - -

* View, from the outside.

*1 View, from the inside?
(Hopefully, not.)


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Message 1484112 - Posted: 3 Mar 2014, 18:55:22 UTC

If a U.S. citizen may share a view, from afar. . .


Ukraine, Ukraine


Ukraine, Ukraine . . .
you strain your eyes to see --
North's Moscow onions,
South's blue Black Sea.

The west winds blow
soft waves of grain,
their thirst assuaged
by nurturing rains.

A story, old,
for enclosed land --
with guidance from
the Motherland.

A future set --
by "Da", or "Nyet".


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Message 1488074 - Posted: 12 Mar 2014, 22:03:28 UTC
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Oh, my aching head!



Asterisk

When college degrees
lead to jobs, in professions
that result in automation,
that result in fewer jobs,
in professions
that don't result in automation,
that will result in fewer jobs
for those in professions
not automated --

When those professions
become automated,

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Message 1488892 - Posted: 14 Mar 2014, 17:51:55 UTC

I Can See Them


I can see the Russians,
with my binoculars!

The're so clear!
Oh! They're, actually, here!

They say they came to Alaska
to protect its Russian-speaking citizens.

The US Government
still wants to negotiate.


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Message 1502760 - Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 17:38:44 UTC

God's Hotel


Everybody's got a room
Everybody's got a room
Everybody's got a room in God's hotel
Everybody's got a room

You'll never see a sign hanging on the door
Sayin', 'There ain't no rooms available here anymore'

Everybody's got wings
Everybody's got wings
Everybody's got wings in God's hotel
Everybody's got wings

You'll never see a sign hanging on the door
Sayin', 'At no time my both feet leave the floor in this hotel anymore'

Everybody got a harp
Everybody got a harp
Everybody's got a harp in God's hotel
Everybody's got a harp

You'll never see a sign hanging on the wall
Sayin', 'There ain't no harplin' allowed in here anymore'

Everybody holds a hand
Everybody holds a hand
Everybody holds a hand in God's hotel
Everybody holds a hand

You'll never see the sign hanging on the door
Sayin', 'There's absolutely [Incomprehensible] in this hotel anymore'

Everybody is blind
Everybody is dumb
Everybody's dumb and blind in God's hotel
Everybody is blind

You'll never see a sign hanging on the door
'Cause blind people can't see anyway in that hotel anymore

Everybody is deaf
Everybody is deaf
Everybody is deaf in God's hotel
Everybody is deaf

You'll never see a sign hanging on the bathroom wall
Sayin', 'There's no deaf people allowed in here anymore'

Everybody plays piano
Everybody plays piano
Everybody plays piano in God's hotel
Everybody plays piano

You'll never see a sign hanging on the door

Everybody got heaven
Everybody got heaven
Everybody got heaven in God's hotel
Everybody got heaven

You'll never see a sign scribbled on that toilet wall
Sayin', 'Rosy you'll get your heaven, dial 686 444'


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Message 1503040 - Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 5:25:23 UTC - in response to Message 1502760.  

Nice one, Julie :)
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Message 1509075 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 3:04:59 UTC
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Hello Lynn, Julie, Jim Martin, Daniel Michel and everyone in our SETI@home community.
I hope you are feeling well today. I"m feeling well.
Best Wishes
Byron

I'm not very good at writing poetry But I love this Poem or is it a Song?

from the Film: Doctor Zhivago (1965)



Somewhere, my love, there will be songs to sing
Although the snow covers the hopes of Spring
Somewhere a hill blossoms in green and gold
And there are dreams, all that your heart can hold

Someday we'll meet again, my love
Someday whenever the Spring breaks through

You'll come to me out of the long-ago
Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow
Till then, my sweet, think of me now and then
Godspeed, my love, till you are mine again

Someday we'll meet again, my love
Someday whenever that Spring breaks through

You'll come to me out of the long-ago
Warm as the wind, and as soft as the kiss of snow
Till then, my sweet, think of me now and then
Godspeed, my love, till you are mine again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXtFRl1nSs4



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZa7R5_qHY
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Message 1509084 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 3:37:31 UTC - in response to Message 1509075.  

Poem or song, it is lovely isn't it :)

Nice to see you Byron and really glad you're feeling well :)
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Message 1509357 - Posted: 28 Apr 2014, 2:09:20 UTC

After a few weeks, following the death of my Sony VAIO, am back with a Del
(haven't quite yet figured out how to rotate the "E", yet). And, so . . .


Job Opportunities


Comrades, in Europe!
Do you need work?
Help glorious Motherland
rebuild Iron Curtain.

Free black bread, cabbage,
vodka (in moderation) --
plus, paycheck.

Your name will be inscribed
on bronze plaque
under glorious flag
of Soviet Union 2.0.

Urge elected officials
to give serious consideration.

Comradely yours,
V. Putin
Pres., Russia

* * *

jm
9 April 2014

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I trust these lines won't offend; if they do,
feel free to delete them, Julie.
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