Famous Quotes - The Summer Wind, Came Blowin in, from Across the Sea - Tony LaRocca - Poems / Poetry
The wind came blowing from across the sea
The wind came blowing just to look for me
The wind brought with it driving rains
The wind, it blasted out my brains!
-Tony LaRocca
from Poems that Will Never be in an Elementary School English Book
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The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
FATHER’S DAY
In Nineteen ten in Spokane
Mrs. Dodd started the day
To honor Dads like her own
In a very special way.
Hers was a Civil War Veteran
Who was widowed in childbirth
He raised her and five Brothers
And she knew what Dads were worth.
She went and told her minister
That Dads needed a day, too
Like Moms and to thank them
For all the good things they do.
A State Holiday for years
And some others followed suit
But Congress feared if they Proclaimed
It was their own horn, they’d toot.
It took sixty-two years till Nixon
Made it so across the Land
So everyone could celebrate
What Mrs. Dodd had really planned.
The fifth largest greeting card day
To tell Dads what they are worth
For without them, even our Moms
Would have never given Birth.
So, give ol’ Dad a phone call
Or if you can, see him face to face
For like Mom, there’s only one
That you never can replace.
Del “Abe” Jones
06-18-2006
SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
The Patron Saint of Ireland
Died in the Fifth Century
On the Seventeenth of March
Is that Anniversary.
That day is during Lent
When the Irish celebrate
With dance and drink and feast
Of cabbage and bacon they ate.
The first Patty’s Day Parade
Was held in New York City
In Seventeen sixty-two
By Irish in the English Military.
Over the next thirty-five years
Immigration and “Irish Aid” grew
Where the Societies held parades
As drums beat and the bagpipes blew.
Up until the Great Potato Famine
In Eighteen forty-five came to pass
Most immigrants were Protestant
And came from the middle class.
But then to escape starvation
A million poor Catholics came here
Despised by their counterparts
Because of ignorance and fear.
Though, they soon began to organize
Saw their great numbers gave them power
And their voting block, the “green machine”
Became the swing vote of the hour.
The Parades became a show of strength
Where candidates vied for their vote
Many attended New York City’s
President Truman, one of note.
Now they celebrate around the World
To be part of the Irish scene
Last year one million went to Dublin
For the wearing of the green.
Once just a religious occasion
Of a barely known Holiday
But now, everyone is Irish
At least, for this one day.
“Mankind’s greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity.” copyright 1984 by Del “Abe” Jones
Join the Famous Quotes Mailing ListWe don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering - these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love - these are what we stay alive for.
- Dead Poet’s society
funny is the way of love
“funny is the way of love, peaceful
and as innocent,as a dove.
allow your love to elevate both your
heart and soul,
that should be your only goal.
allow your heart to sing with joy,
pretending,as a little boy,
playing with his little toy.
“funny is the way of love”
love should extend beyond all barriers,
never to be contained, nor should it
be constrained,
but,always free,open and honest to the
core, so,if your lover ever lies or
cheats on you,just show them to the door.
“funny is the way of love”
love should be filled with joyous emotion,
full of kindness,and devotion,
man knows of no other greater notion.
“funny is the way of love”
love should always remain devine, always
subtle and sublime, never to wilt and die
on the vine.
“funny is the way of love”
copyright 2003 joseph p.martino
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