Poem of the Week

I know this is not a poem, but I love this song. It brings back memories from when I was little in dance class. Click here if you want to hear this song. You Are My Sunshine The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,I dreamed I held you in my arms,but when I woke [...]

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Poem of the Week

Footprints One night I had a dream–I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lordand across the sky flashed scenes from my life.For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.When the last scene of my life flashed before me,I looked back at the [...]

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Poem of the Week

Remember .. As I walk through life,I look at all I have done.I had wandered aimlessly,And wondered what I have become. I have been through so much,It is amazing I made it through.The lessons I have learnedI am shocked I pulled through. The times I wonderedWhat life was all about.The trials experienced in life,Can make [...]

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Poem of the Week

THANK YOU Dr. KINGBy Alberta Schiele I’m just a little girlAnd I really don’t understand oppressionI had never heard the wordUntil it came up in my lesson I don’t know anything about slaveryOr the joy that freedom would bringFor I’ve only been mildly discriminated againstThanks to men like Dr. King No I’ve never been refused [...]

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Poem of the Week

The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy [...]

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Santa Got Stuck

Santa Got Stuck by Kenn Nesbitt Poor Santa got stuck in our chimney. I know it sounds weird, but it’s true. His feet made it down, but his belly was one size too large for the flue. His reindeer are up on our rooftop.His sleigh is still loaded with toys. And Santa, that kindly old [...]

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Poem of the Week

TELEVISION By Roald Dahl The most important thing we’ve learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set — Or better still, just don’t install. The idiotic thing at all. In almost every house we’ve been, We’ve watched them gaping at the screen. They loll and slop [...]

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I went to a party, mom

I went to a party, Mom,I remembered what you said.You told me not to drink, Mom, So I drank soda instead.I really felt proud inside, Mom,The way you said I would. I didn’t drink and drive, Mom,Even though the others said I should.I know I did the right thing, Mom, I know you are always [...]

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