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Poem: "Lending a Hand"

Mar 09, 2012 19:02

This poem came out of the March 6, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from wyld_dandelyon and sponsored by Anthony and Shirley Barrette. You can read more about the Monster House series on the Serial Poetry page.

Lending a Hand

The man who came to mend the roof ( Read more... )

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catsittingstill March 10 2012, 01:09:15 UTC

"he just does that on his own."

Wonderful!

Yes... ysabetwordsmith March 10 2012, 01:54:20 UTC

Not all people who do heroic things have a Destiny. Some are just quietly decent people.

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 10 2012, 02:09:43 UTC

The roofer sets his hammer down
And does his level best
To catch the falling gargoyle chick
And tuck it in its nest.

The weaver hears a tiny cry
And lays aside her comb
To help the stranded kitten down
Or lead the puppy home.

They do their deeds and go their way,
Not knowing what they've sown;
They do not have a Destiny;
They do it on their own.

Re: Yes... ysabetwordsmith March 10 2012, 07:33:10 UTC

That is beautiful! Thank you so much. I'll link to it from the series entry.

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 10 2012, 13:25:25 UTC

Thank you. I'm very glad you like it.

Re: Yes... janetmiles March 10 2012, 14:44:18 UTC

Oh, this is wonderful.

By the way, you've just shown up twice in as many days on my friends' posts with nifty stuff. May I add you to my reading list?

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 10 2012, 16:14:20 UTC

I'm glad you like it, and sure, you can add me. Thanks!

Re: Yes... wyld_dandelyon March 11 2012, 15:58:09 UTC

Is there a tune for this?

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 11 2012, 17:25:12 UTC

There can be one, if you would like

Re: Yes... ysabetwordsmith March 11 2012, 18:27:46 UTC

I would love to have a tune for this song. A title would also be helpful for linking to it. Maybe something like "On Their Own" ...?

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 11 2012, 23:43:16 UTC

I will see what I can do :-)

I was thinking about possibly treating what I wrote there as verses, adding a chorus, perhaps something like

He's (She's / They're) just the decent people that
We all can hope to be.
He does (She does / They do) the good that comes his (her /their) way;
If he (she, they) can, why not me?

And "On Their Own" would probably work as a title.

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 13 2012, 22:22:41 UTC

Tune is here in my lj

Re: Yes... wyld_dandelyon March 11 2012, 22:07:45 UTC

Well, it's a given that _I_ would like it to become a song.

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 11 2012, 23:43:54 UTC

I will see what I can come up with for a tune, and see above for some ideas about a possible chorus.

Re: Yes... catsittingstill March 13 2012, 22:22:51 UTC

Tune is here in my lj

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