tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38655522230811284232023-11-16T05:16:47.688-07:00The Spontaneous Poetry Society for Variety and ProprietyWelcome. This site is for all those who have random poems that they create on the spur of the moment, just for fun (and/or other reasons). Here we can share our poems. Whether they be short, long (well not too long), funny, or philosophical.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-85217601504744542972010-11-12T08:51:00.000-07:002010-11-12T08:51:18.477-07:00Funniest thing you will see this week...<object style="background-image: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/80entLldZOg/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/80entLldZOg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/80entLldZOg?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-26121546832640606212010-11-09T08:59:00.001-07:002010-11-09T09:02:21.032-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Care plans are so fun</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">They don't fit on my thumb</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">To some it is their chum</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Oh care plans are so fun.</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-14153969528547616332010-06-28T17:45:00.002-07:002010-06-28T17:47:46.504-07:00Summertime Haikus<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Call today painful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's one-hundred eight degrees</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Arizona</div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm feeling the heat,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> avoiding the blazing sun,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> increasing boredom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I dream of the beach,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">See you soon, California</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I want vacation.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">----------------------------------------</div></div><br />
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</div>Kara Stapleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05448681829105056026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-63052482674709606592010-01-05T21:11:00.002-07:002010-01-05T21:38:22.420-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Billowing smoke across the winter snow</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Over runs my dreary drooping eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Low and thusk the stinging saline formed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Drops and lolls across my chaded cheek</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Harping memories, distant, dark and bleak</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Kissed me as the one whom I have mourned</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Should have known it was mere flowering lies</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Harping pleasantries across thy lips did flow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Fall back to wistful winters long ago.</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-44049718178324682172009-12-29T11:05:00.003-07:002009-12-29T11:26:01.040-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Ah, to stay up late and sleep in late,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">At first thoughts it does sound great.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Have fun, watch movies, and eat candy.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">The idea is simply innocent and dandy.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">But the next morning you awake,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Finding the whole morning you forsake.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">The sun in the sky says it's midday.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Now you must work without delay.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">With so much to do you miss your mourning.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Wishing you did not ignore your alarm's warning.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">There is so much to do. You cannot complete.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">And at the end of the day you will admit defeat.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-26868283587096473242009-11-23T19:04:00.001-07:002009-11-23T19:09:12.988-07:00<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> <!--StartFragment--> </b></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A Verse Of A Nurse</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Heather McRae</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">2009</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Published for and dedicated to D4…</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">May D4-ce be with you!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">How Heather became a nurse student you ask?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Well, one evening at dinner, her mother did gasp</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“You should be a nurse; it is a fine job.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To this Heather put down her shish ka kabob .</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And replied with a sneer, “I will not. I won’t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I much rather kiss crazy Prince Henry DeBaunt!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A great engineer—now that’s what I will be.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">No girls will go there, I’ll be special you see.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">So off in her classes she proudly excelled.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But she found no great passion and one day just yelled,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“I can take it no more… What good will I do?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I just must switch my major and bid this adieu.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To help people directly and make them feel well.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And now as she said this her great heart did swell.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Her new major now nursing, she found a new joy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A passion, a love even more than a boy!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Her classes were hard but she took on the quest.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">On evenings she studied and rarely did rest.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But it all paid off. In the end she had A’s!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Now applying to nursing school was her new craze.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It took many weeks, then that too was done.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She sat back and sighed, “hope I am not outdone”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She waited for months, but it seemed to her years.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Till one day in April the letter appears</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She got into nursing school hip hip hooray!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She partied at dinner, cause this was her day.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Soon she got her supply list. It was a delight.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She went straight to the store for maroon and some white.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Then she bought all her books and a new stethoscope</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She exclaimed to her friend, “These will help me I hope.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She looked back just once when the mail brought her bill.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The sight of which made Heather terribly ill.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Months later it started, the first day of school.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Heather was so excited she started to drool.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All her teachers were smart and were really quite sweet.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And they made sure she never felt sad, incomplete.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Her new peers were all bright and fully dedicated.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And Charlene and Siara were so animated.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Assigned groups of ten, well, D4 was the best.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And their F.O.R. Sue wore a bright tie-dye vest.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">They went out to lunches, made t-shirts and more.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And with this fun group they were never a bore.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">For they talked and they talked and they laughed and they sang. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And even came up with their very own slang.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The semester went on and some started to fret.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Even though they would study, some grades they’d regret.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To study alone, well, it wasn’t enough.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">They would fail even when they thought they knew their stuff.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“Let us study together, ” some started to say.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“For together we’re better, now let’s not delay.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Each day after class, they would gather and learn.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Teaching subjects they’d stand and each would take a turn.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">They would study ‘til each felt that they could learn no more.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In fact, they would study ‘til their brains were sore. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">D4 bonded some more through their trial of school. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">‘Til their love for each peer was an enviable jewel.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> The day of the test, was their hard work enough?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Would they prove themselves to be some great nursing buff?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yes they were, yes they were. D4 got higher scores!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Their joy was so great that their happiness soars.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Together they conquered the finals and tests.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And at last they could take off the load on their chests.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But within a months time there will be no D4.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And then Heather will leave to catch sleep and then snore.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But she will leave with new hope, she can be a nurse.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“I’ll be culturally competent, wise, and diverse.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“I can do it. I’ll do it. I’ll be a great nurse.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">…To Be Continued</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </b></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-37740467190780130352009-10-05T08:35:00.001-07:002009-10-05T08:36:19.318-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">A government that can give you everything you want,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">can take away everything you have.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">-Thomas Jefferson</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-46560052857363015022009-06-20T11:16:00.001-07:002009-06-20T11:17:37.882-07:00I have uploaded a youtube video. It should be running in a few hours. <div>This video covers my first 24 hours in Juneau. </div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qIWsXUo_Y<br /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-2322443218234255942009-05-19T10:27:00.003-07:002009-05-19T10:32:01.966-07:00So they say<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">They tell me I'm a wandering soul.<br />But they don't know where I've been.<br />I've been a long time on this road-<br />and still haven't found the end.<br /><br />They tell me I'm a wandering soul-<br />But to me I'm standing still.<br />They're the ones who dart around<br />looking for the end.<br /><br />They tell me I'm a wandering soul-<br />But I know where I go.<br />For life and love and hearth and home,<br />lie just around the bend.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I found this one written on a napkin and tucked in my journal. I don't remember the story that led to it's inception, but the sentiments still resonate with me.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">-DRS</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div>DRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483009408061500408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-44071776276421284652009-05-19T10:19:00.002-07:002009-05-19T10:25:58.008-07:00A wind blown rose<div style="text-align: center;">A wind blown rose I came across<br />on a lonely moor<br />gold and red its petals shone<br />on that dreary moor<br /><br />A wind blown rose once caught my eye<br />on a lonely moor<br />Its pure beauty filled my soul<br />I never thirsted more<br /><br />A wind blown rose I came across<br />on life's lonely road<br />the twisted stem marked the place<br />I now call my home<br /><br />A wind blown rose I cam across<br />there I built my home<br />Her sweet beauty filled my soul<br />and I've never thirsted more<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This a quick poem I wrote late one afternoon, and while it's not perfect- I like it.<br />-DRS<br /></span></div>DRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483009408061500408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-78359836875159400102009-05-19T09:24:00.003-07:002009-05-19T10:37:29.483-07:00I missed you today<div style="text-align: center;">Oh my friend, my friend- I missed you today<br />far from you my thoughts would not stray<br />I miss your smile, your gentle words,<br />friendships laughter, jokes unheard.<br /><br />Oh my friend, my friend- where are you today?<br />far from you my thoughts will not stray.<br />My mind, it hovers about your head<br />and marks the paths your feet have tread<br /><br />Oh my friend, my friend- what keeps you away?<br />far from you my heart cannot stray!<br />I need your presence, the reassurance of your touch<br />I did not know I could miss anyone this much.<br /><br />Oh my friend, my friend- what ransom must I pay<br />for those thoughts you stole today?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This is an attempt to recreate a poem I wrote a few months ago. I lost the final copy</span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">but it was even cooler that this... much wittier and more playful. So really this is just a rough draft. If I ever find the finished version I'll post a copy... or maybe I'll just refine this one...</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">-DRS</span><br /></div></div></div>DRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483009408061500408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-56070126127461641402009-05-04T23:05:00.002-07:002009-05-29T13:47:11.284-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">As a pad-wan I admire the master,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Move wish exact finesse as a jazzter.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Randi is so totally awesome.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">She taught me not to dance like opossum.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">I can't believe it-- I've improved.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">I no longer get strange looks from dudes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Jazz class is the bomb-dot-com man.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Haven't stopped dancing since I began.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">The music sings straight to my soul,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Out loud I sing on my daily stroll.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">The atmosphere of class excites.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Luckily we're not required to wear tights</span></div></span>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-83278715034881951832009-04-24T21:29:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:30:35.712-07:00<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">The Commodity of Oddity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I noticed the situation had certain viscosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Anything other than perfection would be quite the atrocity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Thus welled up within me a violent animosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">The yellow brick road did not lead to the emerald city</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">The holes in the story, creating a massive porosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Our moment did deteriorate with incredible velocity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">When suddenly appeared a terrific monstrosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Lo and hence the munchkins attached with a savage ferocity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Though I, standing afar, watched with a certain curiosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">My heart did well with a grand generosity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">For the defunct stench of our philosophy</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Ends our dream with extraordinary lameocity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Heather McRae, Todd Decker, Kara Palmer, Derick Salaom</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-3019853423595672112009-03-14T23:52:00.002-07:002009-03-14T23:56:54.613-07:00Pining for Pi<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh how may a speak</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Of the beauty of pi?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Its uses not bleak</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But abound to the sky.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Irrational digit</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I cannot escape</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To calculate widgets</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Of circular shape.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A mere estimation</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Three point one four</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But to my exclamation</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You’re so much much more.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pi, you’re so tasty</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I’ll take any flavor</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But not be too hasty</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The pumpkin I’ll savor.</span></p><p></p>Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04241254571894514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-58796100289132231712009-02-25T20:17:00.002-07:002009-02-25T20:20:21.100-07:00Riddle Me ThisTo me you speak and from me you hear<br /> voices traveling from far and near<br />You poke me and prod me, I don't complain<br /> I'm not alive and so must abstain<br />Bought with gold, you pay to keep me live<br /> -without me you could not survive<br />You come when I call, who's master now?<br /> If only I could I would take a bow.<br /><br />What am I?DRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483009408061500408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-58671221576698716072009-02-25T10:03:00.002-07:002009-02-25T10:08:56.945-07:00Fireside PoemRaise me to thy throne, Oh God<br />and let me see thy face<br />let me know thy love divine<br />and feel thy kind embrace<br /><br />Help me heal my brother, God<br />to raise him from his pain<br />to bring to him thy love divine<br />and find solace in thy name<br /><br />Help me speak kindly God<br />and treat all near me well<br />that our souls might fill with love<br />and we'll raise our children wellDRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483009408061500408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-28496809986637542472009-02-23T15:44:00.002-07:002009-02-23T15:51:39.919-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Oh dear mine hair doth grow a frightening mess.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">It looks like blind men tried to fashion it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I cannot mask it even with my dress.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Yanking and pulling, I'm now in a fit.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Alas it is for naught to work this day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">How I wish I could change this wretched hair.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Perhaps I'll cover it with a berret.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I want to pull it out, but do I dare?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I'll cut that which doth give me much pain.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">The times I fret over my hair is past!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">No time to think if I am insane.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">At last I raise the blade and swipe it fast.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">This boyish look doth please mine eye to play.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I art most beauteous this day!</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-73254655237204728812009-01-15T12:39:00.003-07:002009-01-15T12:53:13.611-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">What am I supposed to do with such a lengthy break?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Wasting time here makes me ache.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I am bored and have nothing to say </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">For I just sit and watch time pass away.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">A new thought now,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">without any rhyme schemes or rhythm patterns.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I write only because I am told to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Yet perhaps I am compelled to write,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">simply filling the void of thought with brainless actions.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">It is time to fill that void with something more productive than poems.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">17 hours of Whack-a-mole anyone? Anyone?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Anyone.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Or we could prepare ourselves for the new semester</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">For planning makes my joy bubble and fester.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">My schedule looks so nice and neat.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Yet somehow it's still incomplete.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Where are the assignments that fill my life?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">For I find no life when there is no strife.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And now the end is drawing near.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">We hope you will be a dear,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">and always tolerate our pointless words,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Remember to always feed the birds.</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-66382073754423553732009-01-05T11:57:00.003-07:002009-01-05T12:05:06.939-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Today I have no inspiration</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">For which to write a poem.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">I feel no sensation.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">This surely is a problem.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">I want to write something witty</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">But nothing comes to mind.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Surly I am one to pity.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">My life remains undefined.</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-3367031033974550942009-01-03T23:36:00.000-07:002009-01-03T23:38:39.041-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Yesterday is history.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Tomorrow is a mystery.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">But today is a gift...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">That is why it is called the present.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">-Master Ugway</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">(Kung Fu Panda)</span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-28307238182219967172008-12-23T17:48:00.000-07:002008-12-23T17:52:19.479-07:00Naps<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Oh the power of a nap,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">They just rejuvenate you in a snap!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">And though a few mintues is the cost of this bliss,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">those are a few mintues I am sure not to miss.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">But still a problem comes, that you can surmise,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">From them, I can just never get the will to arise!</span></span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459551204265734985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-88874999563147072562008-12-18T15:26:00.000-07:002008-12-18T16:11:27.175-07:00My Perfect Prince<span style="color:#ffff00;">Do you ever wish<br />when the moon is full<br />that your future prince charming<br />will be monotonous and dull?<br />Do you hope he'll have 7 hairy fingers and 21 chunky toes<br />and a contagious fungus growing on his nose?<br />Have you said to yourself: self, do you know what I need?<br />I need my Prince to have a plump sluggish steed!<br />For who needs to ride off into a golden apple sunset?<br />The man I find will be colorblind I bet<br />I want a man with hair the color of muddy rain<br />and a smile that proclaims to the world: "I'm completely insane!"<br />Do you ever say, I hope he has a beard grown out to his knees<br />and if it's possible, could he have 4 double chins please?<br />Many men have come and gone with the hopes of being the one<br />when I see them I shout "Get out!" and go to fetch my gun<br />Some day, I have confidence that he will come<br />until then I examine my thumb.........<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-47386664316250548652008-12-17T17:42:00.000-07:002008-12-17T17:46:17.200-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I sat reading poetry on my iPod,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">While my son played in the mud.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Perhaps I should plant some sod,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">For having only brown dirt is a dud.</span></div>Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05826579900266439967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-71976674856846425472008-12-17T14:30:00.000-07:002008-12-20T21:52:24.559-07:00What's Inside?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Here is Pam,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Smiling like a little lamb,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Oh so happy she seems,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Until you know about her dreams.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">She isn't really happy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">She wants to tear out your liver,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">So you better make it snappy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">If anything you want to give her. </span></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865552223081128423.post-87316628030716546292008-12-17T13:14:00.000-07:002008-12-17T13:38:33.764-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Oh boy look at the time</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">My stomach churns full of chyme</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">now all day I can eat lime</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Tuition rates will leave me with a dime</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">But in the end I'll turn out fine</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">To buy presents I'll stand in line</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">And listen to all the rhyme</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">For Christmas I yearn and pine</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">For a friend as large as Frankenstein</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">And he will always be just mine!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Poem written by</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Heather, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">Siara,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Rebecca, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Nathanael</span></div><div><br /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689537828990993675noreply@blogger.com0