August

29

Betty’s Poem

Tommy started school today His mam thought he would cry But he was very brave And waved his mom bye-bye. The teacher showed him all the books, paper, paint and crayons. Then sat him at the table Where he played with the trains. Lunch time was really good He left nothing on his plate At [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

29

The Brave DLI

On the Cathedral Green High on the hill Stood hundreds of soldiers Perfectly still. Stood to attention Their colours held high Their pride still intact Though their endig is nigh They fought well in wars And some gave their life But the regiment stood like a bright burning light. They fought for our freedom With [...]

August

29

Smile And The World Smiles With You

Fortune comes to those who smile. Japanese wisdom **************************************** Those who bring sushine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. Sir James M Barrie ********************************************************** I love smiles and laughter. If one wants more smiles in one’s life, one must create the right conditions for it. So how does one achieve that? [...]

August

28

Footprints

One night a man had a dream He dreamed that he was walking along the beach with the Lord, Across the sky flashed scenes from his life For each scene he noticed that there were two sets of footprints In the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. When the last [...]

Filled Under: Uncategorized, poems

August

27

Smiles

Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes and in the warmth of your greeting. For the children, for the poor, for all those who suffer and are alone, always have a happy smile. Give them not only your care, but your heart. Mother Teresa ********************************************* A warm smile is the universal language [...]

August

27

More Inspirational Quotes

By asking for the impossible obtain the best possible. Italian Proverb ******************************************** If we attend to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. Samual Butler *********************************************** There is always the battle to be fought before the victory is won. Dean Stanley [...]

August

27

You Are Unique

Your presence is a present to the world. You’re unique and one of a kind. Your life can be what you want it to be Take the days just one at a time. Don’t put limits on yourself. So many dreams are waiting to be realised. decisions are too important to leave to chance. Reach [...]

August

27

A Lover’s Plea by Thomas Campion

Shall I come, sweet love, to thee, when the evening beams are set? Shall I not excluded be? Will you find no feigned let? Let me not, for pity, more tell the long hours at your door. Who can tell what thief or foe in the covert of the night For his prey will work [...]

Filled Under: poems

August

27

Sonnet 18 William Shakespear

Let me not to the marrige of true minds Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! it is an ever fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star in every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, [...]

Filled Under: poems

August

27

To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything

Bid me to live and I will live they protestant to be; Or bid me love and I will give a loving heart to thee. A heart as soft, a heart as kind, a heart as sound and free As in the whole world thou canst find, that heart I’ll give to thee. Bid that [...]

Filled Under: poems