Inspiration

[snowshoehair]

It's the ripple effect in the waters that keeps spreading throughout our lives....
Little drops of water.

[Admin]

Your post reminds me of Penny's poem, Lori, and it's truly amazing. I'll just post it again. It's on the website but I love to read it.

Tiny Drops of Water

The Mountain is before me
Tall and intimidating
In its absoluteness

I alone can not scale its peaks
I alone can not reach its summit
I alone can not surmount its enormity

But like tiny drops of water
Each falling softly, and gently
Quietly relentless
Upon the mountain top
Joining together to form a trickle
Then joined by more to form a rivulet
Finally reaching the bottom
Carrying with them the debris
of their descent

Over and over and over again
These tiny drops of water
Each insignicant alone
But together eventually
Form a furrow in the Mountainside
And then another furrow, and another and another
Until eventually, the Mountain, has been rent asunder
No longer insurmountable
No longer intimidating
No longer an obstacle

Let me be a tiny drop of water

Copyright 2008 by Penny Austin

[wisdomkeeper]

Hmm, what is that quote? Something about imitation being the greatest form of flattery?

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

The Least of These

I was cold, so cold
And you found me
and made me warm

I was hungry, so hungry
And you found me
and gave me sustenance

I was alone, so alone
And you found me
and gave me your love

And though your heart is breaking
And though your soul is angry

Be at peace

For I was the least of these

And we will walk together once more in the beautiful kingdom of God's Love.

Copyright 2008 Penny Austin

[scoobysmom]

Beautiful, Penny...

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

Although justice has slipped and fallen
on the icy heart of man
And though the truth remains hiding
behind smiles and whispers
Know that God's justice is divine
and eternally final.

Copyright 2009 Penny Austin

[DoxieLover]

What a nice compliment...

Remember that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Also keep in mind there is no substitute for the original.

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

Small Victory
by Garnet Rogers


You've no business buying a mare like that
But buy her if you must,"
He bit the end off his cigar
And spat it in the dust
"She's old, she's lame and barren too,
She's not worth feeding hay,
But I'll give her this," he blew smoke at me,
"She was something in her day.
""I recall her well 10 years ago
She was a winner in her prime
She was fast and lean and willing
But they raced her past her time
And though she had the heart
Her legs were gone
It wasn't hard to see
But they kept her at it in the hopes
Of one more small victory.
""She was shunted round from track to track
From Kentucky up to Maine,
They'd run her in cheap claimers
All doped up to mask her pain
And if its my advice you want, I'd say
The poor things had her day,
You'd be thowing good cash after bad
Its best," he turned away
Oh they led her round the auction shed
And bidding started low
She'll go for dogfood someone said
The markets been that slow
But she raised her head and pricked her ears
And before the hammer fell
"She's was mine"
My friend turned round to me
"You're softheaded I can tell.
"But she'd been shoved from pillar to post, said I
And always done her best
They used her up, they rung her dry
You'd think she earned her rest
So if she does not bode out her day
Beneath some shady tree
I'll have saved her from the knackers yard
And that's enough for me
Oh that was near two years ago
She's filled out some since then
And more so since she's been in foal
She eats enough for ten
And this morn as I crept to the barn
Around 'bout half past three
There stood nursing on still trembling legs
One more "small victory".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0c3gA76uPQ

[Beth]

Cool poem Penny.

[fxtrtrgrl]

Beautiful, Penny. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?

[scoobysmom]

Brought tears...

[Annabreher]

Full of promise
A soft eye
Beautiful legs of a
wonderful kind
tail that never seems
to end
like a unfinished sentence
Hands in mane
coarse and soft
intuitively knowing
what this life may bring
combined to the beauty beside
you
a gentle soul
a common ground
you whisper in their ear
I was lost but now I am found

-Written by...ME.

-Anna

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

That's beautiful, Anna!

[fxtrtrgrl]

Wow, Anna, that IS beatiful!

Lyn

[Annabreher]

You're so sweet guys! Thanks!!
I haven't wrote poetry in ages. Maybe I should start again, lol!

-Anna

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

why not!

[snowshoehair]

This is a good place for it Anna!

[Annabreher]

For Wind Dancer
by: Yours truly!

A little hand meets a
furry side
one look
instant connection
Fighting for his life
all for a little girl
and the joy of flight
A spark that never dies
dreaming of the air beneath his
feet
and of a little girl
sharing his hope
Optimism.
Love.
Wind Dancer.

-Anna

[Rowdy]

OK, now that one brought me to tears, Anna!

[IMustBeCrazy]

We have some talent in this herd for sure!

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

When I am Old........

I shall wear Turquoise and diamonds

And an Old Straw Hat

With ribbons and flowers on it

And I shall spend my Social Security

On white wine and carrots

And sit in the aisle of my barn

And listen to my horses breathe



I will sneak out in the middle of a summer’s night

And ride the old grey mare

Across the moonstruck meadow,

If my old bones will allow.

And when people come to call,

I will smile and nod,

As I walk them past the gardens to the barn

And show, instead, the flowers growing

There in stalls fresh lined with straw.



I will shovel and sweat and

Wear hay in my hair as if it were a jewel.

And I will be an embarrassment to all

Who look down on me.

They who have not yet found the peace in being free

To love a horse as a friend,

A friend who waits at midnight hour

With nuzzle and nicker and patient eyes

For the kind of woman I will be

When I am Old.

By Lori Cadwell

[Rowdy]

from Cecilia (our 9 year old)!
from Eva; "That was a real good poem!"
Frem me...we all loved it!

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

Camelot saves 3-10-10

add another 31 to the safe list!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKRgKZVFa8

[fxtrtrgrl]

Penny, any idea where #443 went?

[Mr. Midnight's Mom]

not off the top of my head, no