Poetry

"May the holidays deliver an abundance of happiness & good cheer! Season's greetings...!!!" "Happy Holidays...!!!" " Christmas is the season of peace & goodwill till U go shopping & get the bill...!!!" "Happy Holidays...!!!" "Wishing U time to enjoy the simple pleasures of this holiday season...!!!" "Happy Holidays...!!!"

There's a French song about St. Nicholas that begins with a reference to his being the Patron of school kids. That goes well with his being the Patron of thieves & murderers...!!! I think that, at least up to 40 years ago, he was the character most associated with Christmas in France. In Quebec, we had Pere Noel, which means Father Christmas , who looked & acted exactly like jolly Santa Claus. I always thought Saint Nicholas looked creepy, kind of like a really cranky Gandalf...!!! "Happy Saint Nicholas Day" "Whatever qualities Tsar Nicholas I may have shown in his own kingly profession , it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown...!!!" Poet: Haim...!!! "Happy Saint Nicholas Day"

"We find rest in those we love, & we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us...!!!" Poet: Saint Bernard...!!! " Happy Saint Nicholas Day " "Twas the night before Christmas , when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.  The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there, The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads...!!!" Poet: Clement Clarke Moore...!!! "Happy Saint Nicholas Day"

For the Help of the Blessed Virgin Mary May v be assisted, v beseech Thee, My LORD, by the worshipful intercession of Thy glorious Mother, the ever Virgin Mary. that we, who have been enriched by HER perpetual blessings, may be delivered from all dangers, & through HER loving kindness made to be one heart & mind. who livest & reignest world without end. Aameen...!!!

"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the heart of Christmas which is love...!!!" Poet: Ada V-Hendricks...!!! ------------------------------------------------ "GOD is coming! GOD is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, Echoes ahead the advent. GOD is coming! Can't you feel it...???" Poet: Walter Wangerin...!!! ------------------------------------------------ " The Kingdom of GOD is the already but not yet...!!!" Poet: R-Alan Woods...!!! ------------------------------------------------ "With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted & sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime...!!!" Poet: Kamala Harris...!!! ------------------------------------------------ "We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give...!!!" Poet: Winston Churchill...!!! ---------------...

"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate...!!!" Poet: Elbert Hubbard...!!! --------------------------------------------- "Happiness is gratitude doubled by wonder...!!!" Poet: G.K-Chesterton...!!! --------------------------------------------- "For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus & your love for all the saints,  I have not  stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers...!!!" Poet: Ephesians 1:15-16 ( Bible Verses )...!!! --------------------------------------------- "GOD has two dwellings, one in heaven, & the other in a meek & thankful heart...!!!" Poet: Izaak Walton...!!! --------------------------------------------- "When you give & carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling. It is as though something inside your body  responds & says, (Yes, this is ...

"I am Thankful for my family, friends, health, & this wonderful teacher-blogger World...!!!" Poet: Haim...!!! " Happy Thanksgiving Day " "Feeling gratitude  &  not expressing it is like wrapping a present  &  not giving it...!!!" Poet: William Ward...!!! " Happy Thanksgiving Day "

"Monday's child is fair in face, Tuesday's child is full of grace,  Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living; And a child that is born on a Christmas day, Is fair and wise, good and gay...!!!" ----------------------------------------------------- "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to  think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to  read, and all the friends I want to see...!!!" Pot: John Burroughs...!!! ----------------------------------------------------- "Asked, upon the death of her fast friend and sister suffragist   Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1816-1902), which period of their  associate ion she had enjoyed the most: The days when the  struggle was the hardest and the fight the thickest; when the  whole world was against us and we had to stand the closer to each  ot...

"When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back...!!!" Poet: Floda...!!! -------------------------------------------------------- " A father carries pictures where his money used to be...!!!" Poet: Haim...!!! -------------------------------------------------------- " A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when  she is a woman he turns her back again...!!!" Poet: Enid Bagnold...!!! --------------------------------------------------------

"Fathers, be good to your daughters . You are the god and the weight of her world...!!!" Poet: John Mayor...!!! ------------------------------------------------------ "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection...!!!" Poet: Sigmund Freud...!!! ------------------------------------------------------ My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." Poet: Jim Valvano...!!! ------------------------------------------------------ My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, (You're tearing up the grass.)  (We're not raising grass,) Dad would reply.  ( We're raising boys. ) Poet: Harmon Killebrew...!!! ------------------------------------------------------ "It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, bu...

Pappa Thank You For Every Thing...!!! "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me...!!!" Poet: Jim Valvano...!!! Happy Fathers Day. ..!!! Happy Fathers Day...!!! One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. ..!!! Poet: Haim...!!!

"Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy...!!! " Poet: Philip Whitmore Senr...!!! " Happy Father's Day ...!!!" "He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it...!!!" Poet: Clarence Budington Kelland...!!! " Happy Father's Day ...!!!"

You For Serving our country and protecting  our freedoms...!!! Poet: Poetrysync ...!!! ---------------------------------------------------- I'll never take my freedom for granted...!!! Happy Veterans Day and thanks to all who have served and are currently serving ...!!! Poet: Haim.  Website: poetrysync.blogspot.com ...!!! ---------------------------------------------------- "The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship ... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision...!!!" Poet: Ho Chi Minh. Website: brainyquote.com ...!!! ---------------------------------------------------- "Costly for many including God’s Son; Enjoyed both now & in the age to come!" Poet: Ranaldos ...!!! --------------------------------------------------- "Honor to the soldier ...