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Unriled Joy after James Whitcomb RILEY When the Frost is on the Punkin

Unriled Joy

When the current links computer screen to internet online,
when the 'Royal Crown' is fairly set upon fair features fine,
Then her sweetness sempiternal needs no coffee to invent
pure parody from paradise, no syllables misspent.
Far from ice and snow know Florida is haven of the Gods -
It even switched Obama which upset some Harris clods,
and all praise her peerless poems their true laurel leaves assign
When the current links computer screen to internet online.

4 January 2009

after When the Frost is on the Punkin James Whitcomb RILEY 1849_1916
and My Life of Riley Joy BURKI-WATSON 1950_20xx

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poem by Jonathan Robin
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James Whitcomb Riley

(From a Westerner's Point of View.)

No matter what you call it,
Whether genius, or art,
He sings the simple songs that come
The closest to your heart.
Fur trim an' skillful phrases,
I do not keer a jot;
'Tain't the words alone, but feelin's,
That tech the tender spot.
An' that's jest why I love him,--
Why, he's got sech human feelin',
An' in ev'ry song he gives us,
You kin see it creepin', stealin',
Through the core the tears go tricklin',
But the edge is bright an' smiley;
I never saw a poet
Like that poet Whitcomb Riley.

His heart keeps beatin' time with our'n

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poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Father William

A NEW VERSION BY LEE O. HARRIS AND JAMES
WHITCOMB RILEY

'You are old, Father William, and though one would think
All the veins in your body were dry,
Yet the end of your nose is red as a pink;
I beg your indulgence, but why?'

'You see,' Father William replied, 'in my youth--
'Tis a thing I must ever regret--
It worried me so to keep up with the truth
That my nose has a flush on it yet.'

'You are old,' said the youth, 'and I grieve to detect
A feverish gleam in your eye;
Yet I'm willing to give you full time to reflect.
Now, pray, can you answer me why?'

'Alas,' said the sage, 'I was tempted to choose
Me a wife in my earlier years,

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poem by James Whitcomb Riley
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The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

quote by James Whitcomb Riley
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

quote by James Whitcomb Riley
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Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

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When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

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The Best Times

When Old Folks they wuz young like us
An' little as you an' me

Them wuz the best times ever wuz
Er ever goin' to be!

poem by James Whitcomb Riley
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It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

quote by James Whitcomb Riley
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Her Waiting Face

In some strange place
Of long-lost lands he finds her waiting face--
Comes marveling upon it, unaware,
Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair.

poem by James Whitcomb Riley
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