When things go wrong
An’ trouble comes a-visitin’, it always brings a friend along;
Month: February 2017
POEMS from CHINA: “Inspiration” by Liu Shen Hsu
The water borne towards me is full of fallen flowers
As I follow the stream it is fragrant all the way.
NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS ABOUT DOGS: “Dog chose man”
There is a story told by the American Indians that the Great Spirit decided to divide the worlds of animal and man
POEMS from ENGLAND: “A kitten”
He’s nothing much but fur
And two round eyes of blue,
He has a giant purr
And a midget mew.
POEMS: “A good world” (about friendship)
A world where folks come forward, when They see our feet are slippin’ To help us till we come again To where the honey’s drippin’.
POEMS: “A cat” (about loss of a cat)
Our feet still go around the place the food dish used to be, and sometimes, coming home at night, we miss them terribly.
POEMS about dogs: “The story of creation”
When God made the earth and sky, The flowers and the trees, He then made all the animals And all the birds and bees, And When his work was finished
POEMS FROM CHILE: “Ferns” by Gabriela Mistral “Los helechos”
…”they grow, they rise quietly, like whispering words,”
-“suben, suben silenciosos
como unas palabras lentas,”
POEMS from Australia: “Harps we love”
Its strings are mighty forest trees; And branches, swaying to and fro, Are fingers sounding symphonies.
POEMS: “Good books”
They’ll help you pass the time away,
They’ll counsel give if that you need. He has true friends for night and day Who has a few good books to read.
POEMS: “Think happy thoughts” (the power of positive thinking)
Where daily comes the sunshine, but to find
It cannot enter through the close-drawn blind.
Fling up the curtains of your mind today
POEMS: “The gentle gardener” (I’d like to leave behind roses and forget-me-nots)
I’d like to pass away from earth
and feel I’d left behind
But roses and forget-me-nots
for all who come to find.
