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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends How have you been? We&#8217;ve been staying indoors as much as possible to avoid the cold. My arthritis loves this weather and hates me LOL. It&#8217;s a pretty day today. Yet there is a chance of snow for tonight and tomorrow. Oh well, it is wintertime after all! I&#8217;m letting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">How have you been? We&#8217;ve been staying indoors<br />
as much as possible to avoid the cold. My arthritis<br />
loves this weather and hates me LOL. It&#8217;s a pretty<br />
day today. Yet there is a chance of snow for tonight<br />
and tomorrow. Oh well, it is wintertime after all!<br />
I&#8217;m letting Judy sleep a little later today, being she<br />
didn&#8217;t actually go to sleep until around 5AM hehehe.<br />
Yeppers we be night owls. Judy&#8217;s been looking to<br />
buy a puppy, but we both figure it&#8217;s not a good time<br />
being we have many other more important things<br />
to spend our money on. Maybe some day later in<br />
our future. Hehe she wants a Westy. Those things<br />
are expensive. I myself don&#8217;t like animals in the<br />
house, but if Judy really wants one, maybe one<br />
day, when we have the money and our bills are all<br />
paid. Now onto hopefully a different topic. Judy<br />
woke up a few moments ago and is now flipping<br />
channels in the bedroom trying to find something<br />
good to watch. We watched Ghost of Girlfriends<br />
Past last night. It&#8217;s a spin off of Christmas Carol.<br />
We enjoyed it <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Judy and I played on our farms<br />
last night and even played one of our hidden object<br />
games. We might finish that game today and start<br />
another. I had a free Big Fish game ticket I had<br />
yet to use, so I went and bought and downloaded<br />
us a new game to play when we finish this one hehe.<br />
My mom is doing well. I call her almost every day<br />
to talk and check up on her. My grandmother, her<br />
mom, is still alive and kicking in the nursing home.<br />
Grandmother is 104 years old and will be 105 this<br />
coming September. I think she&#8217;s gonna out live<br />
us all LOL. My mom and sister want to come up<br />
this summer to see some more scenery. They came<br />
up in 2008, but had to leave only after 2 days being<br />
Peggy had a Cancer walkathon that she needed<br />
to get back for. Anyways, I hope they can make<br />
it up. With my health, I can&#8217;t travel by myself<br />
anymore and Judy&#8217;s not able to travel at this point<br />
and time in our lives. Maybe if she ever gets on<br />
SSD, we will be able to make a trip to Texas.<br />
That would be great. Well I can hear what Judy<br />
is watching in the bedroom. LOL, she&#8217;s watching<br />
The Ghost of Girlfriends Past again. There just<br />
isn&#8217;t much to watch on Sunday other than the<br />
weather channel which is the channel I have the<br />
TV on in here. It&#8217;s 14F degrees right now at<br />
4:43 PM. That&#8217;s actually warm for up here <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Nope, there isn&#8217;t much to report from up this<br />
way. Pretty much the same old same old things<br />
as from weeks passed. The Pearce&#8217;s home is<br />
a rather boring one LOL, but we do find a few<br />
highlights time to time to enjoy. We&#8217;ve gotten<br />
hooked on watching a TV program that&#8217;s called<br />
Impractical Jokers. It&#8217;s hilarious! It airs on<br />
Thursdays nights so we have other things we like,<br />
such as Wipeout on Fridays hehehehehehehehe.<br />
Yes, we still love to watch Ghost Hunters and<br />
Ghost Hunters International when they&#8217;re on <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
God knew what He was doing when He put<br />
Judy and I together. We both enjoy much of<br />
the same things. Yes, we have our differences,<br />
but that is what brings us together. Bonding<br />
the differences and making them flourish as<br />
one relationship. Often people will seek only<br />
ones interested in the same things, but there<br />
is nobody that has all of the very exact same<br />
interests. God gave us each our differences so<br />
we can find a place of enjoyment learning from<br />
the differences of others. Don&#8217;t be prejudice.<br />
We are all God&#8217;s children with all of our many<br />
different qualities. Yet there are those that think<br />
that they are better than others in every way<br />
and that is a lie. Without others, not one of<br />
us would be complete and without God there<br />
would be no hope for He sent us Jesus Christ<br />
His Son to guide us and forgive us. Let all of<br />
your prejudice feelings be filled with love for<br />
one another and cease looking to put down all<br />
of those that are not like you. Well I guess I&#8217;ve<br />
gone and rambled again haven&#8217;t I hehehehehe.<br />
OK, I reckon it&#8217;s time for me to be taking my<br />
little trip back through all that I&#8217;ve written here<br />
to see if I can find a good word or phrase that<br />
might work well for the title for today&#8217;s brand<br />
new poem. So, it&#8217;s away I go to that lil place<br />
of my recollection that I always like to call<br />
RECOLLECT VILLE. I believe I may have<br />
found a good title. Now let&#8217;s see what I can<br />
do with it. Here goes!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Without Others</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life in a moment<br />
would become sad<br />
if without others<br />
you&#8217;ve always had.<br />
Let yourself prosper<br />
finding a friend<br />
that will give moments<br />
that will transcend.<br />
Find all the blessings<br />
friendship can show<br />
as you learn things<br />
that you didn&#8217;t know.<br />
For without others<br />
you cannot find<br />
life with a healthy<br />
good peace of mind.<br />
Find a true friend<br />
shared every day<br />
even when they are<br />
so faraway.<br />
For without others<br />
we would each be<br />
left with our journals<br />
sad history.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 5, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Well, there ya go! Hehehe I hope that made at least<br />
a little sense. I sure hope my rambling didn&#8217;t bore<br />
ya to tears LOL. Oh well, if it did, I&#8217;m so sorry <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Ok so I guess I need to move along. My friend Tiny<br />
is still hanging in there, but his insurance ran out<br />
so the nursing home sent him home the same as<br />
the freaking hospital. That&#8217;s typical. most of the<br />
doctors and nurses now days only focus on what<br />
they can get financially rather than their patients.<br />
No I know, not all are like that. I&#8217;m sure there<br />
are still a few good ones out there. So if you&#8217;re<br />
one of the good ones, I&#8217;m not talking bad about<br />
you. My sister in law Barbara is doing well and<br />
still having to drive to Brewer Maine for all of<br />
her radiation treatments. Judy rides with her<br />
often so she doesn&#8217;t have to drive all that way by<br />
herself. Plus it gives them some quality time<br />
together. They usually pick a different place<br />
to eat at each time they go hehehehehehehehe.<br />
I sure with we had a Whataburger up here or<br />
even a Arby&#8217;s or Long John Silver. There&#8217;s<br />
an Arby&#8217;s in Presque Isle, but that&#8217;s quite<br />
a freaking drive to get something to eat hehe.<br />
Presque Isle is 50 miles north of us. Ok so<br />
I guess I need to be telling you what I tell<br />
you every week and that is, I wrote once<br />
again 10 more poems and 22 haiku. One of<br />
the poems is a Christmas poem to start off<br />
the year with HoHoHo. Yes, I love Christmas.<br />
Now I need to be finding that freaking off<br />
switch that loves to elude me, but before I<br />
do that I must wish you a most wonderful<br />
God filled week. Remember, Jesus loves<br />
you and we do too. Now, where&#8217;s that off<br />
switch hiding this time? I see ya you little<br />
whippersnapper. Hiding behind our router<br />
won&#8217;t save ya hehehehehehehehehehehehe.<br />
Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Also at the end I put<br />
My Thoughts For Today</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">They can be asserted every day</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let The Times</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Time might come<br />
leaving scenes<br />
such as reds<br />
and such as greens.<br />
Many displays<br />
found in frame<br />
some could see<br />
as just the same.<br />
Often viewpoints<br />
many find<br />
are just minutes<br />
time to time.<br />
Time might move<br />
at sudden speed<br />
maybe giving<br />
what you need.<br />
Many echoes<br />
time recalls<br />
are what&#8217;s learned<br />
from bitter falls.<br />
Let the times<br />
of lessons face<br />
fill you with<br />
Lord Jesus Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When The Windows</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When the windows<br />
of the day<br />
open to a<br />
field of grey<br />
let the flowers<br />
in your mind<br />
fill the windows<br />
of design.<br />
Look on passed<br />
the greys of then<br />
and search for<br />
a fragrant wind.<br />
Watch the scenes<br />
of then and there<br />
blow with beauty<br />
everywhere.<br />
Then the windows<br />
of the day<br />
will not fill you<br />
with its grey.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dreaming Seas</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A story told<br />
from long ago<br />
brings a display<br />
that we know.<br />
Assorted views<br />
of words we hear<br />
bring us back<br />
to yesteryear.<br />
A simpler time<br />
that minutes share<br />
fill us with<br />
some fresher air.<br />
Times remembered<br />
black and white<br />
bring us to<br />
a times delight.<br />
A simple place<br />
in memories<br />
sail unto<br />
our dreaming seas.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winters Beckon</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Shadows of<br />
a snowy trail<br />
display now<br />
as time sets sail.<br />
Morning comes<br />
with sights to see<br />
as a flavors<br />
slight degree.<br />
Winters beckon<br />
snowy fields<br />
that which much<br />
it just conceals.<br />
Hiding thusly<br />
as it does<br />
blades of grass<br />
of when and was.<br />
All the white snow<br />
of the times<br />
brings us to<br />
our winter minds.<br />
Seen as all that<br />
winters beckon<br />
many wait for<br />
springtime&#8217;s second.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmastime&#8217;s Moments</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now as our memories<br />
find us today<br />
with thoughts of Christmas<br />
so far away.<br />
We should enlighten<br />
all that is found<br />
when Christmas season<br />
then comes around.<br />
Remember the blessings<br />
that which are seen<br />
better than any<br />
found in a dream.<br />
Christmastime&#8217;s moments<br />
can still live on<br />
if we will never<br />
let them be gone.<br />
Now gives us chances<br />
to bring in view<br />
Christmastime daily<br />
oh so anew.<br />
Not letting Christmas<br />
to fade away<br />
can make your heart to<br />
not fill with grey.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Our Wantings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">An answer heard<br />
from what you asked<br />
might just be<br />
a moment masked.<br />
Sometimes answers<br />
that we find<br />
are not what<br />
we wish in time.<br />
Answers to questions<br />
are often heard<br />
as just discussions<br />
of unwanted word.<br />
Let yourself see<br />
beyond your desires<br />
and see the answers<br />
ceasing the fires.<br />
Often our wantings<br />
are just a phase<br />
leading us to<br />
some miserable days.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This Side of Spring</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">As winter subsides<br />
it gives us a clue<br />
melted from white snow<br />
to then anew.<br />
This side of springtime<br />
is found in favor<br />
painted with thresholds<br />
many a layer.<br />
Yet now as winter<br />
comes to conclusions<br />
it sometimes gives us<br />
minutes illusions.<br />
It might just snow<br />
another day seen<br />
and make the time<br />
much later for spring.<br />
This very view<br />
of winters design<br />
could be the path<br />
that leads to springtime.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segments Written</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Fractured stories<br />
written heard<br />
could become<br />
a moments word.<br />
Segments written<br />
not so real<br />
could become<br />
what many feel.<br />
See the stories<br />
true to light<br />
with each day<br />
and also night.<br />
Let not stories<br />
fractured tales<br />
lead you where<br />
the sadness swells.<br />
Find the truth in<br />
in oceans dories<br />
and sail with<br />
some better stories.<br />
Seek the truthful<br />
in the words<br />
as some seagulls<br />
flocks of birds.<br />
Let not written<br />
words of time<br />
paint you in<br />
a bad design.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">After The Rain</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When storms have passed<br />
you might just find<br />
scenes displayed<br />
of a saddened time.<br />
After the rain<br />
the scenes might show<br />
light of day<br />
that blessings grow.<br />
Let the storm clouds<br />
that have come<br />
be what brings<br />
the days new sun.<br />
Look on passed<br />
the times of pain<br />
and seek peace<br />
that&#8217;s after the rain.<br />
Let the sadness<br />
you&#8217;ve discerned<br />
become brighter<br />
lessons learned.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Frozen Pages</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now the windows<br />
I look through<br />
show me much<br />
a different view.<br />
One of white snow<br />
on the ground<br />
that in Texas<br />
was not found.<br />
Februaries<br />
seen all white<br />
as I look out<br />
day and night.<br />
Now the windows<br />
frozen pages<br />
turn of snowflakes<br />
winters stages.<br />
Frozen moments<br />
in my glance<br />
now are pages<br />
song and dance.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">An echo repeats<br />
what it heard from another<br />
as a reflection.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Flavors of winter<br />
are painted on each morning<br />
beginning each day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Waiting for springtime<br />
could cause you to miss right now<br />
and beauty displayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seen as our troubles<br />
some lessons will be prospered<br />
that now might not see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The slight of judgment<br />
could leave you in much despair.<br />
Don&#8217;t judge too quickly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Moments of snowflakes<br />
paint distant valleys and hills<br />
with scenes all alive.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A picture speaks words<br />
of an artists perception<br />
displayed as his thoughts.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond our vision<br />
there are painted emotions<br />
that may mislead us.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Turning points of time<br />
bring us different chances<br />
to stop or begin.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Viewing a snowflake<br />
needs an untainted vision<br />
that allows its sight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dissolving nightmares<br />
can be done with a few dreams.<br />
Create the magic.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Books that are unread<br />
leave stories as just shadows<br />
hidden in the walls.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Knowing is a blessing<br />
if it&#8217;s used as a lesson<br />
to prevent wrongness.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The garden of night<br />
enlightens many shadows<br />
that our eyes conclude.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tormented gestures<br />
only cave inside themselves<br />
as our reflections.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Needing and wanting<br />
bring two different turnstiles<br />
alive with the ages.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Harboring anger<br />
could cause explosions inwards<br />
that might steal your life.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Changes are fathomed,<br />
but sometimes not correctly<br />
as they are displayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today&#8217;s own mural<br />
begins as a mere journey<br />
for our eyes to see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winter&#8217;s decisions<br />
come with snowmen to be built<br />
with some snow angels.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Morning gives a glimpse<br />
of what the day can provide<br />
with choices to choose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life is a story<br />
that we find written each day<br />
filled with mysteries.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Feb 4, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">My Thoughts For Today</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today is full of chances that need<br />
better choices to prevent the many<br />
bomb shells of life from blowing up<br />
in your face. Life can either begin as<br />
a journey of blessings or a pathway<br />
of nightmares. Use the chances that<br />
you have today with eyes opened wide.<br />
See today as a welcoming sight for<br />
a better tomorrow. Hope is alive as<br />
flavors of blessings from God.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">May God bless you all&#8230;<br />
Blessings from Bill Pearce<br />
©Feb 5, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends How has your weekend been? I hope your weather was nice enough to allow you to go out and enjoy it. Even with rain there can be fun ya know. Of course when it&#8217;s hailing, it&#8217;s not particularly the greatest time to go out and do anything LOL. The weather [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">How has your weekend been? I hope your weather<br />
was nice enough to allow you to go out and enjoy it.<br />
Even with rain there can be fun ya know. Of course<br />
when it&#8217;s hailing, it&#8217;s not particularly the greatest<br />
time to go out and do anything LOL. The weather<br />
up this way has been OK. It&#8217;s snowed, sleeted, and<br />
rained all one after the other. Last night it snowed<br />
a little more. Not much though, but then we do still<br />
have quite a bit of snow outside. Just enough that if<br />
you look outside when the sun&#8217;s shining you will go<br />
snow blind LOL. Not much has gone on differently<br />
in our daily escapades. Judy and I are still taking<br />
each day as it comes and doing the best that we can.<br />
We&#8217;re still playing FarmTown on Facebook. They<br />
once agin up the final score level. Judy had finally<br />
managed to get to the final score of 285. It&#8217;s the<br />
first time for her. She was thrilled, but then a little<br />
agitated as I had been being I was at 285 for some<br />
time and watching my counter move, but my score<br />
staying put at 285. Well they up the final score<br />
to 310, but being I had been at 285 for so long<br />
and my points had been adding up hehehe, that<br />
made my score reach the 310 final score. Now<br />
I&#8217;ve gotta wait again LOL. They did give us each<br />
1 Farm Cash for each level we went up when they<br />
upped the final score. Judy got 10 farm cash and<br />
I got 25. Since then, Judy has leveled up twice <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .<br />
Ok, so onto another topic hopefully not so farm<br />
related LOL. Judy&#8217;s sister is doing well. I saw<br />
her the other day when she came to pick up Judy<br />
to head to Brewer for her radiation treatment<br />
with her. I know she&#8217;ll be glad when all that is<br />
said and done. I&#8217;ve got an epidemic that I&#8217;ve<br />
gotta go to tomorrow (Monday). Not going<br />
to say what it is, but I need your prayers. Life<br />
tends to throw a few curve balls ever so often<br />
and catch us off our guard. Well, what else<br />
is happening up here in Frostbite Falls LOL?<br />
It&#8217;s 30F degrees right now and supposed to get<br />
down to 21 with a 28% chance of snow tonight.<br />
Beginning Tuesday evening, it&#8217;s supposed to<br />
begin snowing again possibly until Thursday.<br />
We shall see! It&#8217;s not been nowhere near what<br />
it has been it the years passed. Right now I&#8217;m<br />
drinking a Yoohoo drink hehehe. Yummy in<br />
my tummy <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Judy and I haven&#8217;t played any<br />
of our hidden object game in a long while.<br />
We might do that a bit this week. I&#8217;d like<br />
that! All in all life has been tolerable. Not<br />
the greatest, but it&#8217;s the down times in life<br />
that make us notice and enjoy the up times<br />
a bit more. Otherwise the up times might<br />
just get boring and turn into the down times.<br />
Thank God for what He gives you each day.<br />
If it be good or bad, it&#8217;s still necessary for<br />
life. There needs to be two sides of the coin<br />
to help us notice the good times. With both<br />
sides heads or tails, the moments would be<br />
without lessons and experiences that bring<br />
us the good times that shine so very bright.<br />
Search and find the good in today from all<br />
of the bad that you remember from the past<br />
as God answers your prayers the way that<br />
He knows best. Ok with that said, I guess<br />
it&#8217;s time for me to be heading back through<br />
all that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find<br />
a good word or phrase that I can use for<br />
the title for today&#8217;s brand new poem <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  So<br />
it&#8217;s away I go to that place of my recollection<br />
that I like to call RECOLLECT VILLE&#8230;.<br />
I think I might have found a good title, but<br />
the proof is in the pudding hehehehehehehe.<br />
So here goes&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Heads or Tails</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now and then<br />
we might be seen<br />
heading down<br />
a wishful stream.<br />
Heads or tails<br />
might be found<br />
when we&#8217;re headed<br />
daily bound.<br />
Often moments<br />
that we find<br />
later change<br />
our frame of mind.<br />
Heads or tails<br />
is stumbled on<br />
end of day<br />
to start of dawn.<br />
For it&#8217;s choices<br />
that will drive<br />
where we sometimes<br />
will arrive.<br />
Yet there&#8217;s often<br />
just details<br />
that are found<br />
as heads or tails.<br />
God gives both<br />
to see what&#8217;s true<br />
with the different<br />
sort of hue.<br />
Lessons found<br />
from each we see<br />
help build better<br />
you and me.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 29, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope my rambling didn&#8217;t bore ya to death hehe.<br />
Did that poem make any sense to ya? I will have<br />
to reread it to myself in a bit, being I haven&#8217;t any<br />
clue of what I wrote. Have you heard of automatic<br />
writing? Well that&#8217;s what I do. It took me every<br />
bit of a minute to write that and I don&#8217;t remember<br />
any of what I wrote LOL. That&#8217;s the way that<br />
God has always spoken to me. There are times<br />
I will step out on my own mode and write things<br />
that I&#8217;ve seen, heard and smelled and the poems<br />
will take me a little longer. Maybe a few minutes,<br />
but when I set my writing into autopilot and give<br />
it to God, the words just spill out. Go figure <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Oh yea, my friend Tiny/Donald is still needing<br />
your prayers. I haven&#8217;t talked to him in a few<br />
days. He can&#8217;t seem to hear his phone when it<br />
rings and the nurses won&#8217;t go and tell him to<br />
listen for my call when I ask them dad gum it.<br />
Oh well I&#8217;ll try and again this week. Ok so<br />
with all that said I reckon it&#8217;s time for me to<br />
be telling you what I tell you every week and<br />
that is I wrote some poems and haiku. 10 more<br />
poems with this time 2 haiku from Jan 24th<br />
and 10 from Jan 28th and 6 from early this<br />
morning at 1 AM <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  All in all 28 haiku hehe.<br />
Now it&#8217;s time for me to be searching for<br />
that freaking off switch that loves to play<br />
hide and seek with me, but not before I<br />
wish you a most wonderful God filled week.<br />
Remember, Jesus loves you and we do too.<br />
Now to find that off switch. Found ya you<br />
little whippersnapper. Hiding behind my<br />
Yoohoo can won&#8217;t save you hehehehehehe.<br />
Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 + 8 hehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenic Snow</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Crystals fall here<br />
to and fro<br />
seen now as some<br />
scenic snow.<br />
Stages pondered<br />
are of white<br />
seen through day<br />
and also night.<br />
Scenic snow<br />
is found displayed<br />
as the crystals<br />
are then laid.<br />
Each one landing<br />
softly found<br />
to make scenes then<br />
on the ground.<br />
Snowflake pictures<br />
from the sky<br />
become artwork<br />
as they fly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 27, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The End of Times</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The end of times<br />
could come today<br />
leaving ones<br />
found in dismay.<br />
Surely then<br />
with sight and sound<br />
ones will seek<br />
for higher ground.<br />
Do not wait<br />
too long to seek<br />
God&#8217;s Own Son<br />
each day and week.<br />
Let your daily<br />
life to be<br />
life of Jesus<br />
that one&#8217;s see.<br />
Now and then<br />
might seem insane,<br />
but Lord God<br />
will give you gain.<br />
Then as days<br />
and weeks conclude<br />
you&#8217;ll find Heaven&#8217;s<br />
altitude.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sights of Beauty</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Out the window<br />
my mind soars<br />
seeking what<br />
my heart adores.<br />
Sights of beauty<br />
white and free<br />
that Lord God<br />
gave me to see.<br />
All the segments<br />
painted true<br />
are a scenic<br />
wondrous hue.<br />
Found as heartbeats<br />
daily seen<br />
that live on<br />
within a dream.<br />
Window moments<br />
all around<br />
now show scenes<br />
of which astound.<br />
Sights of beauty<br />
for and wide<br />
that Lord Jesus<br />
has applied.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond Now</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond this minute<br />
seconds thrive<br />
giving hope<br />
to come alive.<br />
Now might only<br />
show you sad<br />
from what all<br />
you one day had.<br />
Yet beyond now<br />
life begins<br />
found in sight<br />
of times herein&#8217;s.<br />
Look for blessings<br />
found in phase<br />
of the coming<br />
future days.<br />
Beyond this minute<br />
seconds live<br />
with some hope<br />
of which to give.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Frozen Streams</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow bound journeys<br />
come and go<br />
leaving footprints<br />
in the snow.<br />
Throughout winters<br />
snowy dreams<br />
there might be<br />
some frozen streams.<br />
And below those<br />
streams of ice<br />
there might be<br />
a sight so nice.<br />
Magical moments<br />
found in view<br />
that which ones<br />
wish to accrue.<br />
So to seek<br />
what&#8217;s then below<br />
they saw through<br />
the ice and snow.<br />
Then they fish<br />
their wishful dreams<br />
underneath<br />
the frozen streams.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lord God&#8217;s Awe</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life is painted<br />
sometimes sad<br />
while we only<br />
see what&#8217;s bad.<br />
Let the moments<br />
that you see<br />
be but only<br />
history.<br />
For today<br />
is given true<br />
better chances<br />
which to view.<br />
Yet sometimes<br />
it takes a choice<br />
to change up<br />
the moments voice.<br />
Life might seem as<br />
not so sweet,<br />
but with Jesus<br />
you&#8217;ll defeat.<br />
Then those sad times<br />
that you saw<br />
will be filled with<br />
Lord God&#8217;s Awe.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Little Fear</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Fearless people<br />
give and take<br />
what they may just<br />
then forsake.<br />
Leaving truthful<br />
seen and heard<br />
as just times<br />
a bit absurd.<br />
So don&#8217;t let yourself<br />
just to lie<br />
about what all<br />
you can&#8217;t deny.<br />
A little fear<br />
for what is done<br />
might prevent<br />
a loaded gun.<br />
Don&#8217;t be stupid<br />
thinking true,<br />
devastation<br />
can&#8217;t harm you.<br />
Let Lord Jesus<br />
live inside<br />
as you take your<br />
daily stride.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">What Surely You Really Need</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Heartbeats in prison<br />
leave only sights<br />
found as conclusions<br />
no one delights.<br />
So if you&#8217;ve had a<br />
broken heartbeat,<br />
don&#8217;t let it daily<br />
then to accrete.<br />
Let it to learn from<br />
all that you found<br />
so to do better<br />
the next time around.<br />
Don&#8217;t put in prison<br />
your heartbeats desire.<br />
Let it to burn with<br />
Jesus entire,<br />
for He will help you<br />
to then succeed<br />
to get what surely<br />
you really need.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Don&#8217;t Redouble</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simple time,<br />
a simple rhyme<br />
finds so many views.<br />
A scenes design<br />
of lemon lime<br />
shows what ones accrue.<br />
A page is turned<br />
that ones discerned<br />
leaving only guesses.<br />
Bridges burned<br />
that ones concerned<br />
form some of our messes.<br />
A simple stage<br />
of timeless age<br />
could become our place<br />
as a page<br />
of minutes rage<br />
found upon our face.<br />
Let the troubles<br />
in your rubbles<br />
be what all you learn.<br />
Don&#8217;t redouble<br />
busted bubbles<br />
give Lord God a turn.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Thoughts For Today</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today gives chances<br />
to begin<br />
found to lose<br />
or maybe win.<br />
Hopes desires<br />
can be found<br />
as a circle<br />
going round.<br />
A simple thought<br />
for now today<br />
can become<br />
a better way.<br />
Let your thinking<br />
thoughts of time<br />
find a better<br />
days design.<br />
Let Lord Jesus<br />
help you view<br />
what is really<br />
good to do.<br />
A simple thought<br />
of which you think<br />
might discern<br />
a better link.<br />
Let God&#8217;s Will to<br />
live a breathe<br />
the way you think<br />
and then believe.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Few Haikus<br />
for Jan 24, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A storm may display,<br />
but turn to cloud like flowers<br />
with rainbows to see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****<br />
May God be with you<br />
as your journey turns to years<br />
with lessons to learn.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
A Few Haikus</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A storm may display,<br />
but turn to cloud like flowers<br />
with rainbows to see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****<br />
May God be with you<br />
as your journey turns to years<br />
with lessons to learn.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 24, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life needs a journey<br />
not just staying in one place.<br />
A path makes lessons.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seams of a doorway<br />
are sometimes merely hinges<br />
gathered throughout time.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Once found in trouble<br />
you might see your tomorrows<br />
filled with much regret.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I is a pathway<br />
that might find deception<br />
if not with true friends.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looking passed today<br />
the scenes might seem too bumpy,<br />
but be illusion.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ships sailing at sea<br />
ride the waves of to and fro<br />
as rhythms of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winter&#8217;s snow filled days<br />
bring blinding white scenery<br />
displayed in sunlight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Caging your anger<br />
could cause a large eruption.<br />
Learn to deal with it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today&#8217;s forgiveness<br />
makes chances for tomorrows<br />
found without vengeance.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A true friend you&#8217;ve found<br />
brings hope for your tomorrows<br />
with someone to share.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let not your worries<br />
to be as gloomy shadows<br />
haunting everyday.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond what we see<br />
is the formula for love<br />
that&#8217;s found in God&#8217;s Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When speaking of love<br />
let it shine of God&#8217;s blessings<br />
within every word.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Through winter&#8217;s windows<br />
are some scenes filled with snowflakes<br />
landing in the trees.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The shadow of you<br />
could be seen doing wrongly<br />
what you meant to do.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The answers we seek<br />
might not be the right answers,<br />
for they may be wrong.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Curtains that are pulled<br />
hide the sunlight from morning<br />
until we are ready.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ones graveyards of lies<br />
will become a haunted page<br />
with ghostly words.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Leaving emotions<br />
as just hidden desires<br />
could find you empty.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The truth of yourself<br />
needs to be as the echoes<br />
that others will see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Flowers are waiting<br />
for winter to dissipate<br />
and welcome springtime.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sadness is trouble<br />
when it&#8217;s held as an anchor.<br />
Let happiness sail.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 28, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Jan 29, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">People find patience<br />
through their unwanted issues<br />
that life throws their way.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes a moment<br />
is only just a moment<br />
seen in the wrong light.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">So many journeys<br />
are often just misconceived<br />
not knowing what&#8217;s true.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life with a snowflake<br />
is a whitish essence found<br />
building a snowman.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When winter ceases<br />
it slowly welcomes springtime<br />
as snow melts away.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today brings choices<br />
to change the things that we do<br />
or to accept them.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 29, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends It&#8217;s Sunday afternoon and I thought I would attempt to get this mess written LOL. How have you been? We&#8217;ve been hanging low in the saddle for the passed few days hehehe. It seems we&#8217;ve gotten back to our nightowl ways as we were back before we moved up here. [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">It&#8217;s Sunday afternoon and I thought I would attempt<br />
to get this mess written LOL. How have you been?<br />
We&#8217;ve been hanging low in the saddle for the passed<br />
few days hehehe. It seems we&#8217;ve gotten back to our<br />
nightowl ways as we were back before we moved up<br />
here. I worked nightshift for almost 30 years with<br />
an ever so often switch to dayshift. Judy used to stay<br />
up all night when we first met and then she took a job<br />
working nightshift at Whataburger and then another<br />
at Quality Inn. It seems that neither of us can sleep<br />
at night. Of course I can&#8217;t sleep at any timeframe,<br />
but I am more apt to nod off for a cat nap during the<br />
day than at night LOL. Yeppers, the Pearce&#8217;s home<br />
is one lively place hehehe. The weather up this way<br />
hasn&#8217;t been too bad lately. It&#8217;s been cold with some<br />
snow ever so often, but nothing like the passed few<br />
winters. It got down to almost minus 20F degrees<br />
last night, but today&#8217;s supposed to be a high of 14F<br />
degrees. Right now it&#8217;s 10F degrees. LOL tonight&#8217;s<br />
low is supposed to be 13F and tomorrows supposed<br />
to get up to 34F. The weather has been really weird<br />
hasn&#8217;t it! Yeppers, there&#8217;s been a few states to get<br />
snow that don&#8217;t normally get it. That&#8217;s life, always<br />
changing. It might get back to its regular format<br />
sometime in the future LOL. In the mean time we<br />
will survive. I took a few pictures outside our front<br />
door a few minutes ago and almost got blinded with<br />
the sunlight reflecting off of the snow. I had to just<br />
hang the camera out the door and snap it in hopes<br />
of getting some good pictures. I took a few pictures<br />
the 20th when it was snowing a tad. I might add<br />
them in the stationary along with the few pictures<br />
I took today. Anyways, yes it is mighty white up<br />
here as usual. It&#8217;s supposed to rain tomorrow<br />
and it might wash some of the snow away, but<br />
also it might refreeze later as it&#8217;s supposed to<br />
snow again Tuesday evening. Go figure LOL!<br />
I plan on heading back to bed as soon as I get<br />
this article written. I&#8217;m nodding as it is hehehe.<br />
Thank God we haven&#8217;t got anything important<br />
to do today. I&#8217;m sneezing my head off right now.<br />
I sure wish this cold/allergy or whatever would<br />
leave me alone. They say that every time you<br />
sneeze another brain cell bites the big one LOL.<br />
I&#8217;m getting dumber by the moment with all of my<br />
machine gun sneezes hehehehehehehehehehehe.<br />
I don&#8217;t just sneeze once or twice. Well, it&#8217;s on<br />
to yet another topic. Judy&#8217;s sister Barbara is<br />
doing well, but getting tired of all the radiation<br />
treatments. But they are saving her life, so I&#8217;m<br />
sure she thanks God for them. Hehehe maybe<br />
not at the moment, but I&#8217;m sure she will thank<br />
Him in the future. Nobody enjoys the turmoil<br />
that comes into their lives. OK there may be<br />
a few that get a high from the turmoil, but in<br />
my book they&#8217;re sick LOL. To me, the turmoil<br />
is a forger of life making us to be stronger each<br />
day as metal is heated and reheated making it<br />
harder and stronger. I know sometimes the<br />
problems that come along might catch you off<br />
of your guard and leave you in a weakened<br />
state, but you can find lessons through it all.<br />
Learn to pay more attention to what&#8217;s going<br />
on and don&#8217;t put off what you can do today.<br />
A lot of times we will say I&#8217;ll do it tomorrow<br />
and tomorrow never comes, being something<br />
happens to prevent you from doing yesterdays<br />
portion. Don&#8217;t be the creator of your own<br />
turmoil. Yeppers, we all screw up time to<br />
time being we&#8217;re human hehehe or at least a<br />
few of us are. There are many that question<br />
whether I&#8217;m human or not LOL! None the<br />
less, God knows what is true and He has all<br />
of the answers. The answers may not be what<br />
any of us ever wanted, but none the less they<br />
are the answers. He knows what&#8217;s best for<br />
us, good or bad. Yes, God allows some bad<br />
to happen in our lives, for I&#8217;m sure He knows<br />
that lessons will be found and growth will<br />
be made. I&#8217;ve had so many struggles in my life<br />
that I&#8217;ve grown to expect them <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Every day<br />
is yet another hurdle to overcome or to learn<br />
from. Let God give you strength through His<br />
Son. Now I guess I need to cease all of my<br />
rambling and take a little trip back through<br />
all that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find<br />
a good word or phrase that will work for the<br />
title for today&#8217;s brand new poem. So, it&#8217;s<br />
away I go to that place of my recollection<br />
that I like to call RECOLLECT VILLE to<br />
search for that title hehehe. I think I may<br />
have found one. Now let&#8217;s see what I can do<br />
with it LOL! Here goes nothing. Hope not <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Another Hurdle</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Another day<br />
might pass from view<br />
leaving all what&#8217;s<br />
gone askew.<br />
Another hurdle<br />
found in place<br />
might be what that<br />
helps the race.<br />
Sometimes hurdles<br />
daily found<br />
are what helps us<br />
get around.<br />
Yet some hurdles<br />
might be seen<br />
now not knowing<br />
what they mean.<br />
Another hurdle<br />
that you find<br />
might be there<br />
to change your mind.<br />
Many hurdles<br />
help us grow<br />
as God shows us<br />
where to go.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 22, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hehehe there ya go. I hope that poem made sense<br />
to ya. Also I hope my rambling didn&#8217;t bore you to<br />
tears <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I haven&#8217;t much else to tell you other than<br />
my good friend Donald/Tiny is still in a bad way<br />
needing prayers. I guess you&#8217;re wondering why I<br />
call him Tiny huh. We met back in the late 70&#8242;s<br />
at a nightclub I was playing at. He came in saying<br />
&#8220;I ain&#8217;t got no money&#8221;. When I looked up to see<br />
this giant standing there I said no trouble, come<br />
on in hehehe. He was 6&#8217;11&#8243;. Although I&#8217;m sure<br />
that he has shriveled quite a bit since those days.<br />
His nickname is Tiny for some obvious delusion <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
He&#8217;s 85 years old now. I sure wish I lived closer<br />
so I could see him and talk to him. He&#8217;s a great<br />
guy. His girlfriend is a great gal and I thank God<br />
for her. She&#8217;s taken good care of Tiny. He gave<br />
me a lot of good wisdom back in the old days <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
He&#8217;s a very smart man. Anyways, there ya go.<br />
Hey Tiny, you may not get a chance to read this,<br />
but remember God is in control. I&#8217;ll try to call<br />
you tomorrow. If I don&#8217;t get through then, I&#8217;ll<br />
keep trying. Well, I need to cease my rambling<br />
and tell you what I tell you every week and that<br />
is, I wrote 10 more poems and 22 more haiku<br />
for all of my haiku lovers out there. Nope no<br />
Christmas poems this week LOL. So with that<br />
said, I need to be searching for that old off<br />
switch, but not before I wish you a most joyful<br />
God filled week. Remember, Jesus loves you<br />
and we do too. Now to find that off switch<br />
that loves to try to elude me <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Found it under<br />
my pillow in the bedroom. Move it or lose it <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winter&#8217;s Frost</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winter brings<br />
a scenic view<br />
found within<br />
a sky of blue.<br />
Cold of winter<br />
brings a sight<br />
with each day<br />
and also night.<br />
Winter&#8217;s shadows<br />
come and go<br />
some with rain<br />
and some with snow.<br />
Picture paintings<br />
hang with care<br />
with each winter<br />
that we share.<br />
Winter&#8217;s views<br />
are found in frame<br />
such as coldness<br />
to attain.<br />
Biting chills<br />
from winter&#8217;s frost<br />
bring the scenes<br />
of breath exhaust.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes Thinking</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A thought in time<br />
can change what&#8217;s done<br />
by preventing<br />
what begun.<br />
A simple thought<br />
through waited scenes<br />
could turn nightmares<br />
into dreams.<br />
Sometimes thinking<br />
clearly through<br />
can make better<br />
times accrue.<br />
Yet sometimes when<br />
you are waiting<br />
you might miss God&#8217;s<br />
instigating.<br />
So let prayer<br />
to guide you through<br />
before you do<br />
the things you do.<br />
Let not hurry&#8217;s<br />
drive you mad,<br />
but don&#8217;t wait<br />
until it&#8217;s bad.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Making Beaches</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When the ocean<br />
swells and breaks<br />
it leaves times<br />
it decorates.<br />
Found within<br />
the ocean blue<br />
the scenic swells<br />
come into view.<br />
Wave after wave<br />
the scenes display<br />
how the ocean<br />
does behave.<br />
It brings waves<br />
upon the shore<br />
from what once<br />
was ocean floor.<br />
Making beaches<br />
to transform<br />
from the waves<br />
each daily born.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Little Footprints</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow is falling<br />
now and then<br />
here and there<br />
sometime agin.<br />
Snow is building<br />
walls to see<br />
paved real white<br />
like history.<br />
In the snowfall<br />
there is paved<br />
sight so slight<br />
as winters crave.<br />
There are footprints<br />
in the snow<br />
with the footsteps<br />
where ones go.<br />
Also seen<br />
are little prints<br />
found as signs<br />
of kitty hints.<br />
Little footprints<br />
seen so slight<br />
lead unto<br />
the dark of night.<br />
Then by morning<br />
there agin<br />
I see footprints<br />
where it&#8217;s been.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snowplows</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hear snowplows<br />
coming going<br />
all the while that<br />
it is snowing.<br />
They&#8217;re so noisy<br />
passing by<br />
I can hear them<br />
do or die.<br />
They start plowing<br />
day and night<br />
when the snow<br />
comes into sight.<br />
I can hear them<br />
clearly now<br />
on their missions<br />
then to plow.<br />
Dark of night<br />
brings echoes hue<br />
of the snowplows<br />
plowing through.<br />
Then as snow stops<br />
they will cease<br />
giving me then<br />
sense of peace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Nights Degree</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lights will glimmer<br />
in the view<br />
of the nights of<br />
starry hue.<br />
Pages folded<br />
will be seen<br />
as a nighttime<br />
dream cuisine.<br />
Light might flicker<br />
when stars die<br />
as they bid their<br />
own goodbye.<br />
Scenes will change<br />
with night to day<br />
as the stars all<br />
fade away.<br />
Lights will glimmer<br />
soon to see<br />
with the sight of<br />
nights degree.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snowy Dreams</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The stage is set<br />
for wintertime<br />
painted with<br />
a white design.<br />
Scenes around me<br />
are displayed<br />
by the snow<br />
that winter made.<br />
The page has turned<br />
to bitter cold<br />
as the same<br />
as days of old.<br />
Cold winds blow<br />
with brisk detail<br />
as the snowflakes<br />
all set sail.<br />
The stage is found<br />
with whitish scenes<br />
such as winters<br />
snowy dreams.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Fragrances</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Telltale signs<br />
of ones desire<br />
might become<br />
a fragranced fire.<br />
Fragrances<br />
of times accord<br />
might just be<br />
a minute stored.<br />
Scenes remembered<br />
as a phase<br />
might just be some<br />
fragranced days.<br />
Found in moments<br />
we remember<br />
as a frangrance<br />
burning ember.<br />
Telltail odors<br />
sweetish smell<br />
fragrances then<br />
might detail.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Stargazers Journey</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A journey through space<br />
in a minds eye of time<br />
the stargazers journey<br />
might surely design.<br />
Painted with colors<br />
of starry night phase<br />
the stargazers journey<br />
might lead into days.<br />
Staring at the stars<br />
with his telescope<br />
he looks for visions<br />
with wishes and hope.<br />
The stargazers journey<br />
is one that is found<br />
high in the sky<br />
and not on the ground.<br />
Scenes that he searches for<br />
are painted hues<br />
that are the stargazers<br />
choices to choose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Unspoken</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Words found unspoken<br />
often will say<br />
wrongly the moments<br />
they truly display.<br />
So often meanings<br />
of unspoken words<br />
leave ones with troubles<br />
as flocks of wild birds.<br />
Unspoken minutes<br />
that others might hear<br />
can lead to troubles<br />
then not so sincere.<br />
Don&#8217;t let unspoken<br />
to be all you say<br />
just to avoid all<br />
your troubles today.<br />
Often just speaking<br />
what truth needs be said<br />
can make forgiveness<br />
and not hate instead.<br />
Yet there are moments<br />
of unspoken views<br />
that are much better<br />
to leave out of news.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life has surprises<br />
such as unfathomed moments<br />
we never thought of.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow on the walkway<br />
makes way for many footprints<br />
telling who has come.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Flavors of morning<br />
often bring memories alive<br />
through shadows of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Below the radar<br />
a person might fly freely<br />
until they get caught.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Leaning on shovels<br />
does not get anything prospered<br />
except laziness.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">People with watches<br />
often focus on minutes<br />
and not on right now.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Love is a doorway<br />
opened with a mere heartbeat<br />
begun by passion.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A minute of words<br />
can create the truth or lies.<br />
Listen real closely.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Thunder and lightning<br />
speak loudly in the storm clouds<br />
as raindrops might fall.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Temporary life<br />
is our day to day journey<br />
awaiting Heaven.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Finding a flower<br />
brings us the signs of springtime<br />
soon after winter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The lunar nightlight<br />
hangs in the sky of dreamers<br />
along with the stars.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sequential moments<br />
come as seconds and hours<br />
amounting to days.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Poor hearted people<br />
need Jesus to fill the void<br />
and enrich their lives.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A letter less book<br />
has no words on its pages<br />
to tell a story.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With blistering winds<br />
can also be a blizzard<br />
and whiteout of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Senseless worrying<br />
gives ulcers a fighting chance.<br />
Give worries to God.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Displaying anger<br />
can cause ones to avoid you.<br />
Don&#8217;t advertise it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Yesterdays headlines<br />
need not always be displayed<br />
as today&#8217;s lifestyles.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Learning the right way<br />
might come from a few wrong turns<br />
displayed as turmoil.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Mirrors of today<br />
are often our memories<br />
found in the future.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The grandest of times<br />
often live in our heartbeats<br />
as what&#8217;s remembered.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 20, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.drawingart.net/">http://www.drawingart.net</a><br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site<br />
<a href="http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/">http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</a><br />
My new site below<br />
<a href="http://www.animalsgreetings.com/">http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</a><br />
One of my friends sites below<br />
<a href="http://christianpraise.net/">http://christianpraise.net/</a><br />
and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry<br />
<a href="http://www.whisperpoetry.com/">http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/">http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</a><br />
Me on UTube<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/poetbill">http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</a><br />
Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends It&#8217;s real early Sunday morning and Judy and I are watching TV while goofing around on Facebook and playing a few of our PC games. I figured I&#8217;d take this time to close out Facebook and write my journal So how have you been? It&#8217;s minus 8F degrees right now. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">It&#8217;s real early Sunday morning and Judy and I are<br />
watching TV while goofing around on Facebook and<br />
playing a few of our PC games. I figured I&#8217;d take this<br />
time to close out Facebook and write my journal <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
So how have you been? It&#8217;s minus 8F degrees right<br />
now. It&#8217;s supposed to get all the way up to 4 degrees<br />
today. I&#8217;ve gotta get out my summer shorts for this<br />
heat wave LOL. I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m not in Alaska. They<br />
have gotten tons of snow in the passed week or so<br />
and it&#8217;s really messed up some lives. In some parts<br />
they&#8217;ve gotten over 26 feet of snow since November.<br />
More or less in other areas. Please send them your<br />
prayers. A fuel tanker is trying to break through<br />
the ice to deliver them some much needed fuel, but<br />
it&#8217;s turned into a real tricky transfer while trying<br />
to get the delivery to Nome Alaska. On the lighter<br />
side of life, Judy and I are still pulling through<br />
the cold of winter as the weather blows more snow<br />
our way. Her sister Barbara is doing well. She&#8217;s<br />
begun her radiation treatments. My friend Donald<br />
aka Tiny is still needing your prayers. He&#8217;s not<br />
doing well at all. I hope and pray that he gets some<br />
relief soon. God&#8217;s in control. Life has its ups and<br />
downs and there is no guarantee for tomorrow.<br />
Find a laugh and a smile within today. Pointless<br />
is it to worry about what we have no control<br />
over. A silly grin can go a long way as it paves<br />
the way for more to reverberate across the way.<br />
Seeing someone smile can sometimes cause you<br />
to smile as it becomes viral and infects others.<br />
I&#8217;ve had my share of ups and downs, but it&#8217;s<br />
with those many moments that I can remember<br />
that help me discern. The good times seem<br />
to be easier seen when seen along side of the<br />
bad times. Find the silver linings in the storm<br />
clouds of life. Now with that said, I guess it&#8217;s<br />
time for me to begin my venture back through<br />
all that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find a<br />
good word or phrase that I can use for the<br />
title for today&#8217;s brand new poem. So it&#8217;s away<br />
I go to that place of my recollection that I like<br />
to call RECOLLECT VILLE. I believe I may<br />
have found a good title. Now let&#8217;s see if I can<br />
write an adequate poem using it LOL. Here goes!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Silver Linings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Storms of seasons<br />
passing through<br />
might become<br />
a wondrous view.<br />
Seasonal moments<br />
found in frame<br />
might become<br />
the passing rain.<br />
Sometimes storms<br />
of disarray<br />
are what&#8217;s needed<br />
day to day.<br />
Silver linings<br />
then will find<br />
peace within<br />
a moments mind.<br />
Search through linings<br />
that are dark<br />
and find silver<br />
to embark.<br />
With the seasons<br />
storms will show<br />
many changes<br />
that we know<br />
and some changes<br />
that we see<br />
might be silver<br />
history.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 15, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ok, so I hope you enjoyed my rambling and maybe even<br />
the poem hehehe. Judy is in the bedroom now watching<br />
The Nanny on TV. After I finish this I might join her <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I may just wait till later to send this out being I will need<br />
to edit it before I send it and that takes most of the time.<br />
So, to prevent me from beginning my rambling mode<br />
again, I guess I&#8217;ll tell ya what I tell you every week and<br />
that is, I wrote 10 more poems with 2 of them being a<br />
bit Christmassy hehehe. I also wrote 22 more haiku<br />
for all of my haiku lovers out there. I hope you enjoy<br />
at least a few of them. Now before I begin searching<br />
for that confounded off switch, I need to wish you<br />
a most joyful God filled week. Remember, Jesus<br />
loves you and we do too. Now to find that freaking<br />
off switch. Found it hiding in the bedroom watching<br />
TV with Judy LOL. Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sudden Signs of Winter</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Morning comes<br />
as beating drums<br />
then noon and night arrive.<br />
Shining suns<br />
of winters puns<br />
brings clouds with snow to strive.<br />
Days are seen<br />
as white from green<br />
while wintertime&#8217;s exposed,<br />
as a sheen<br />
of winters dream<br />
brings magic head to toes.<br />
Scenes are found<br />
then all around<br />
when winter brings some wind<br />
with town to town<br />
of mound per mound<br />
of snow around the bend.<br />
Sudden signs<br />
of winters times<br />
are reckoned to be known<br />
as the finds<br />
of winters minds<br />
then found with whitish tone.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Some Good Remembered</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A fathomed heart<br />
that times have seen<br />
might right now<br />
seem as a dream.<br />
A sweet array<br />
of memories<br />
might just be<br />
your distant seas.<br />
Waves that crashed<br />
upon your shore<br />
a fathomed time<br />
then once before.<br />
Let those oceans<br />
fathomed times<br />
live now as<br />
some great designs.<br />
Don&#8217;t let them<br />
to bring despair<br />
for they&#8217;re scenes<br />
that you can share.<br />
Leave the sorrows<br />
wanted ways<br />
as some good<br />
remembered days.<br />
Then might be<br />
the best you&#8217;ve seen,<br />
but it can live<br />
as a moments dream.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Troubled Hearts</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Troubled hearts<br />
will slip and slide<br />
with what all<br />
they hold inside.<br />
Patterned times<br />
of they&#8217;re dispair<br />
might be built<br />
on I don&#8217;t care.<br />
Those three words<br />
that found them true<br />
might be what<br />
that tears into.<br />
Simple thoughts<br />
forgiven ways<br />
can make for<br />
some better days,<br />
Troubled hearts<br />
need God inside<br />
to help when<br />
they slip and slide.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometime After Christmas</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometime after Christmas<br />
ones find broken hearts<br />
patterned from moments<br />
of fictitious arts.<br />
Not allowing Christmas<br />
to live and to breathe<br />
as that great moment<br />
that they should believe.<br />
Sometime after Christmas<br />
so many will be<br />
forgetting what all<br />
that God gave for Free.<br />
Their patterns will mock<br />
all the past days view<br />
as they continue<br />
to do as they do.<br />
Don&#8217;t let Christmastime<br />
fade from your sight.<br />
Let it to breathe on<br />
every day and night.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Tiny Little Town</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In a tiny little town<br />
there were children singing<br />
for all the gifts<br />
that Santa was bringing.<br />
They sung their hearts out<br />
with sweet Christmas joy<br />
as they were heard clear<br />
each girl and boy.<br />
This tiny little town<br />
was hidden fast away<br />
as miles brought seclusion<br />
of a white snowy day.<br />
The children all played<br />
while building snowmen<br />
with one and another<br />
then time and agin.<br />
They saw all the blessings there<br />
hidden in the snow<br />
as they awaited<br />
that deep HoHoHo.<br />
Christmas lights twinkled<br />
as each night began<br />
with reds, blues and greens<br />
near every snowman.<br />
The scenes were all decked out<br />
with holly and cheer<br />
to celebrate their<br />
favorite time of year.<br />
The children would all sleep<br />
with dreams to be found<br />
as dear old Santa Claus<br />
would come into town.<br />
Dreaming of Tonka trucks<br />
dolly&#8217;s and more<br />
as the night glistens of<br />
what they adore.<br />
In this tiny little town<br />
the smallest of things<br />
live as the blessings<br />
found in their dreams.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Down In A Frame</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Down in a frame<br />
does not mean forever<br />
for it is not<br />
the ending found lever.<br />
Sometimes our flaws<br />
that errors conclude<br />
bring us the visions<br />
of new altitude.<br />
Use all your errors<br />
to find what is right<br />
seen from the minutes<br />
of a much clearer sight.<br />
Don&#8217;t let your errors<br />
to end in dismay.<br />
Use them to find<br />
a much brighter day.<br />
Sometimes the problems<br />
of which we attain<br />
are but a moment then<br />
down in a frame.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Satan&#8217;s Scheme</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">People dream<br />
and people hope<br />
sometimes what&#8217;s<br />
beyond their scope.<br />
Signs are laid<br />
sometimes unclear<br />
as ones find<br />
they are too near.<br />
Minutes burn<br />
as flames of time<br />
seconds ticking<br />
their design.<br />
People want<br />
what isn&#8217;t right<br />
sometimes day<br />
and sometimes night.<br />
Echoed dreams<br />
of timeless wonder<br />
might just be<br />
and endless blunder.<br />
Look beyond<br />
the minutes dream<br />
and see if it&#8217;s<br />
Satan&#8217;s scheme.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Counting Heartbeats</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">While counting heartbeats<br />
listen to hear<br />
all that is beating<br />
so very clear.<br />
Listen to the blessings<br />
given from God<br />
as many heartbeats<br />
without applaud.<br />
So often heartbeats<br />
are hidden true<br />
as we continue<br />
to do as we do.<br />
So if you&#8217;re counting now<br />
all that are done,<br />
don&#8217;t forget Jesus Christ<br />
God&#8217;s Only Son.<br />
He and His Heartbeat<br />
are always there<br />
beating with rhythms<br />
of true love and care.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Ocean Blue</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Oceans of waves<br />
on an island beach<br />
brings into view<br />
what I beseech.<br />
Sands of time<br />
are found so true<br />
given from<br />
the ocean blue.<br />
The waves roll in<br />
upon the shore<br />
as they give<br />
a little more.<br />
Painted days<br />
are surely found<br />
on the beach there<br />
all around.<br />
Scenes so wondrous<br />
sway and swish<br />
as I see<br />
a jellyfish.<br />
The pages turn<br />
with every view<br />
given from<br />
the ocean blue.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Reasons</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Once is remembered<br />
as it is done<br />
then what is wondered<br />
is how it&#8217;s begun.<br />
Time brings us recalls<br />
seemingly true<br />
then once remembered<br />
after our view.<br />
Search for the reasons<br />
of suddenly found<br />
and find the meanings<br />
that brought you down.<br />
Look not at just the<br />
sadness you gained.<br />
See all the lessons<br />
of which you attained.<br />
Once can be joyful<br />
if you survive<br />
to be what daily<br />
keeps you alive.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenes all around us<br />
change our daily perception<br />
of what that&#8217;s inside.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">True shadows display<br />
only when there is something<br />
that they can mimic.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond a heartbeat<br />
is an emotion not seen<br />
within its rhythms.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winters escapade<br />
brings glimmers of white snowflakes<br />
dancing in the sky.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Heavenly portholes<br />
open with blessings of love<br />
when they are prayed for.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looks are deceiving,<br />
so look beyond your vision<br />
and see in the heart.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Questions have answers,<br />
but sometimes as more questions<br />
to answer with why.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Trivial moments<br />
bring us many arguments<br />
without good purpose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Paths for tomorrow<br />
are written throughout each day<br />
as some dotted lines.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jumping too quickly<br />
could find you in much trouble.<br />
Patience might save you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sharing a blessing<br />
comes with true understanding<br />
of what&#8217;s important.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Believing in Santa<br />
does not mean you are crazy.<br />
It means you still dream.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life is a journey<br />
leading to and fro each day<br />
with a few lessons.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Long awaited times<br />
make flurries of snow to blow<br />
as minutes to come.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Bringing your baggage<br />
into another lifestyle<br />
might just destroy it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Spring flowers await<br />
for wintertime&#8217;s adventure<br />
to melt from the view.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenes are surrounding<br />
with remainders of memoirs<br />
displaying Christmas.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The heat of moments<br />
makes ones do what that is wrong<br />
without first thinking.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Angels from Heaven<br />
come when God sees we need them.<br />
Sometimes they&#8217;re our friends.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Links to rusty hearts<br />
will make it real hard to move.<br />
Take care of your life.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Love finds a pathway<br />
written in many turnstiles<br />
found as emotions.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Betraying friendship<br />
will leave you standing alone<br />
when truth is exposed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 14, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends I hope you had a safe and enjoyable new years day. It was quiet around here. Boy this winter has been a mild one hasn&#8217;t it! We haven&#8217;t gotten near the snow nor the temperatures that we had in the past. I ain&#8217;t complaining. We had a white Christmas and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you had a safe and enjoyable new years day.<br />
It was quiet around here. Boy this winter has been<br />
a mild one hasn&#8217;t it! We haven&#8217;t gotten near the snow<br />
nor the temperatures that we had in the past. I ain&#8217;t<br />
complaining. We had a white Christmas and that is<br />
all I wanted LOL. Although it is white outside and<br />
21F degrees. It&#8217;s supposed to snow again tomorrow<br />
night and off and on throughout the week. You may<br />
have noticed if you read this the moment I publish it,<br />
that I was a tad late writing it LOL. Neither Judy<br />
nor I have been feeling very good lately with both<br />
of us blowing our noses in unison hehehehe. She&#8217;s<br />
still in bed, but I&#8217;m gonna fix us something to eat<br />
as soon as I finish writing this and wake her to eat.<br />
Now on with the journal. This passed week was<br />
a none eventful one. Not much went on other than<br />
our regular stuff hehehe. Yet yesterday evening<br />
I heard the weirdest thing. A diehard motorcyclist<br />
riding down our icy snowy roads. That deep Harley<br />
sound was hard to miss LOL vroom vroom hehe.<br />
Yep, some people just don&#8217;t want to admit defeat.<br />
I bet his hands were frozen to the handle grips<br />
amongst other things being frozen brrrrr hehehe.<br />
Well, I&#8217;ve seen weirder things, but not lately <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
There&#8217;s not much else to report from up here.<br />
Judy&#8217;s sister Barbara is doing well as she&#8217;s now<br />
going for the radiation treatments. Keep her<br />
in your prayers. Judy rides with her every time<br />
Barbara has a doctors appointment in Bangor.<br />
My friend Donald/Tiny in Greenville is not in<br />
good health at all. He needs all of your prayers.<br />
He&#8217;s in ICU right now. Him and me go way<br />
back. I met him back in the late 70&#8242;s when I<br />
was playing music at a nightclub. He&#8217;s a great<br />
friend. He&#8217;s 85 years old now. Please keep<br />
him in your prayers. Now onto another topic.<br />
Judy and I have been watching that TV show<br />
called the Big Bang Theory hehehehe. Talk<br />
about some funny stuff LOL. Sheldon looks<br />
like Peewee Hermit or whatever his name is.<br />
We played Chinese Checkers the other day<br />
and I lost as usual LOL. We&#8217;re still doing all<br />
of our farms on FarmTown as well as playing<br />
our Big Fish hidden object games off and on.<br />
Yet, as I said before, nothing has changed<br />
in the Pearce&#8217;s household. Nope, it&#8217;s pretty<br />
much the same old same old. God has been<br />
watching over us and protecting us. We have<br />
our share of dilemmas, but God gives us the<br />
tools we need to make it. Often when problems<br />
arrive, we will see no answers in sight, but<br />
rest assured, answers to those problems are<br />
there. Maybe not what we would want, but<br />
what God sees as best to do. Let not your<br />
worry for tomorrow to thrive as a dung beetle.<br />
Tomorrow will be OK if you will take care of<br />
today. I guess it&#8217;s time for me to be heading<br />
off to that place of my recollection through<br />
all that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find<br />
a good word or phrase that I can use for the<br />
title for today&#8217;s brand new poem. So it&#8217;s away<br />
I go to that place I like to call RECOLLECT<br />
VILLE. I believe I may have found a good<br />
title. Now let&#8217;s see what I can do with it <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Here goes&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dilemmas</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When a storm cloud<br />
rushes in<br />
leaving us a<br />
bit of wind.<br />
Dilemmas rise<br />
to then be found<br />
sometimes as<br />
a time around.<br />
Stages set<br />
when storms arrive<br />
as dilemmas<br />
seem to drive.<br />
Let not worries<br />
frantic scenes<br />
destroy all<br />
your wondrous dreams<br />
God is there<br />
with every day<br />
giving blessings<br />
when we pray.<br />
Even problems<br />
times bestow<br />
can be washed<br />
as white as snow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 8, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">There ya go. Another journal filled with rambling.<br />
Hehehehe, what did ya expect? This is my way of<br />
unloading my thoughts where I can make heads or<br />
tales with them LOL. I hope you enjoyed all of my<br />
rambling and maybe even the poem. If not, then<br />
sorrrrrrrry hehehehe. Maybe next week! Well,<br />
I guess it&#8217;s time for me to be telling you what I tell<br />
you every week and that is I wrote some more<br />
poems, 10 more poems and 22 more haiku for<br />
all of my haiku lovers out there. I hope some of<br />
them speak to you. Now I believe it&#8217;s time for me<br />
to be searching for that old off switch that loves<br />
to elude me, but not before I wish you all a most<br />
joyful God filled week. Remember, Jesus loves<br />
you and we do too. Now to find that off switch.<br />
Hehehe found it stumbling along the windowsill<br />
staring out at the snow going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.<br />
Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">P.S. Unless Judy&#8217;s feeling better, she might not<br />
be able to go with Barb if she has to go this week.<br />
Hopefully Judy gets to feeling better&#8230;.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">What Can I Do?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">What can I do<br />
with a time gone away<br />
as it&#8217;s remembered<br />
with now and today?<br />
Should I just simply<br />
forget what was done<br />
or should I wonder<br />
how it was begun?<br />
Often our memory<br />
can serve us good<br />
as it displays things<br />
then misunderstood.<br />
What can I do<br />
with the shadows I cast?<br />
I can learn better<br />
to not choose to fast.<br />
Sometimes a minute<br />
of thought out detail<br />
can be the difference<br />
in Heaven and Hell.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let God Change You</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A letter written<br />
mailed and read<br />
can be worded<br />
as unsaid.<br />
Many people<br />
lose the vision<br />
of their own times<br />
said decision.<br />
If you think that<br />
you can grow<br />
by just lying<br />
where you go<br />
you&#8217;ve got problems<br />
coming true<br />
in a letter<br />
that you knew.<br />
A simple moment<br />
is not changed<br />
when you say you&#8217;re<br />
rearranged.<br />
Changes start<br />
when you are real<br />
and you do not<br />
just conceal.<br />
Let the lessons<br />
that you found<br />
show you how<br />
to then astound.<br />
Often hours<br />
days and weeks<br />
are what&#8217;s needed<br />
for the peaks.<br />
Even months<br />
or years gone by<br />
might be found<br />
with how and why.<br />
Let God change you<br />
in His eyes<br />
and you&#8217;ll find good<br />
to apprize.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Look Beyond Wanna</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life is a journey<br />
that many succeed<br />
only with living<br />
with what that they need.<br />
Yet there are many<br />
that don&#8217;t give a care<br />
and they will only<br />
just look and compare.<br />
If you are seeking for<br />
only your wants<br />
you might find later<br />
the factor of haunts.<br />
Wants can destroy you<br />
if they&#8217;re no good,<br />
for they might just be<br />
a bit misunderstood.<br />
Something you see<br />
with a moments display<br />
might just be trouble<br />
with times Hell to pay.<br />
Look beyond wanna<br />
and see if for true<br />
if what your wanting<br />
is then good for you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Not So Well</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow of white<br />
with distant sight<br />
you do delight<br />
my sight I see.<br />
Day to night<br />
with left to right<br />
I may or might<br />
decide to ski.<br />
Yet of course<br />
I&#8217;ll find remorse<br />
with bitter force<br />
not knowing how.<br />
I might find coarse<br />
the times endorse<br />
a moments source<br />
to land kerpow.<br />
Snowy scenes<br />
with in betweens<br />
which intervenes<br />
might just display<br />
hidden greens<br />
beneath the scenes<br />
of whitish sheens<br />
of my dismay.<br />
So with that<br />
and all chitchat<br />
I might fall flat<br />
upon my face<br />
with a kersplat<br />
just like combat<br />
with where I&#8217;m at<br />
with little grace.<br />
Then I stand<br />
and not so grand<br />
with frozen hand<br />
of which I fell,<br />
but fall again<br />
as a rubberband<br />
on frozen land<br />
of not so well.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Truly Show</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A change of dates<br />
from minutes found<br />
might incur<br />
the same around.<br />
It takes effort<br />
done and said<br />
to change what<br />
that&#8217;s found head.<br />
A simple change<br />
of things you do<br />
might be what<br />
makes better you.<br />
Often changes<br />
that are done<br />
will begin a<br />
shining sun.<br />
Yet some changes<br />
found complied<br />
might be just a<br />
moment lied.<br />
Let your changes<br />
truly show<br />
that you&#8217;ve learned<br />
from to and fro.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snowy Moon</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The sight I see<br />
in winters view<br />
is a moon<br />
with whitish hue.<br />
A snowy moon<br />
amidst the night<br />
there within<br />
my winters sight.<br />
The scene arrives<br />
with patterns found<br />
as some shadows<br />
on the ground.<br />
A snowy moon<br />
with whitish glaze<br />
lights the night<br />
just like the days.<br />
White reflections<br />
far and wide<br />
a snowy moon<br />
lights all outside.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You&#8217;ll Find The Answers</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A jungle of thoughts<br />
from oceans of seas<br />
could be a forest<br />
that&#8217;s hidden by trees.<br />
Serious thinking<br />
can maybe just find<br />
too much confusion<br />
for you to unwind.<br />
Find you some peaceful<br />
inside of true prayer<br />
as you find blessings<br />
with God&#8217;s love and care.<br />
A jungle of thoughts<br />
will surely be cleared<br />
as you&#8217;re in prayer then<br />
for all that you feared.<br />
Let not a jungle<br />
of thoughts that you find<br />
live as tomorrows<br />
of nows worried mind.<br />
Let Jesus help you<br />
how not to just bungle<br />
all of your thoughts<br />
in a moment of jungle.<br />
You&#8217;ll find the answers<br />
with patience applied<br />
if you&#8217;ll let Jesus<br />
within you abide.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Paper Trail</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A paper trail<br />
with written words<br />
sometimes seems<br />
as flocks of birds.<br />
Flying sweetly<br />
in the sky<br />
with their minutes<br />
own reply.<br />
Books of pages<br />
turned and read<br />
tell the stories<br />
done and said.<br />
A paper trail<br />
that time concludes<br />
could become<br />
just altitudes.<br />
Heights of journeys<br />
found in frames<br />
a trail of paper<br />
then exclaims.<br />
If it&#8217;s clearly<br />
written down<br />
with the words<br />
of all around.<br />
Surely stories<br />
paper trail<br />
can show truly<br />
its detail.<br />
So make time to<br />
read the words<br />
of the moments<br />
flocks of birds.<br />
A paper trail<br />
of patient time<br />
can be what that<br />
clears your mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dimming The Lights</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">What&#8217;s found in the dark<br />
could just be a lie<br />
with dimming of lights<br />
of true alibi.<br />
A subsequent scene<br />
in darkened detail<br />
might just be signs<br />
of hidden pure Hell,<br />
But dimming the lights<br />
does not always show<br />
Hell that is purposed<br />
a moment to grow.<br />
Sometimes the dimming<br />
is just but a sign<br />
that of a heartfelt<br />
loving design.<br />
Also some moments<br />
of which you might see<br />
a dimming of lights<br />
might save a degree.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sea Dreams</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Oceans tides<br />
of swells of dreams<br />
are as islands<br />
running streams.<br />
In sea dreams<br />
of far away<br />
time is found<br />
as day to day.<br />
Nights are seen<br />
with sleepy eyes<br />
found within<br />
the oceans tides.<br />
In sea dreams<br />
are distant places<br />
with remembered<br />
smiling faces.<br />
With the scenes<br />
of tides that come<br />
there&#8217;s another<br />
rising sun.<br />
Soon the morning<br />
brings to view<br />
a dream of seas<br />
for me and you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Simplistic shadows<br />
might be much more than shadows.<br />
They might be angels.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seasons of heartache<br />
bring despair in abundance<br />
when they&#8217;re not let go.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A page that is missed<br />
could be the important one,<br />
so read it clearly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Finding a blessing<br />
could come when least expected.<br />
It could be right now.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lingering journals<br />
of our unwritten portholes<br />
might need written down.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Wintertime&#8217;s picture<br />
is painted as white snowflakes<br />
sometimes not so true.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Today&#8217;s episode<br />
could be filled with conclusions<br />
that do not matter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hearing a bird sing<br />
does not mean that it&#8217;s springtime.<br />
One might of just stayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In seasons journey<br />
comes the patterns of pixels<br />
with colors displayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Gradient moments<br />
sometimes slide with much friction<br />
and cause us despair.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow on a porch step<br />
hides the ice that is below<br />
causing disaster.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">An anchor in time<br />
could prevent you from moving<br />
giving now no chance.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lessons from anger<br />
often shows misperception<br />
of what that is learned.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sliding on the ice<br />
could leave you vulnerable<br />
for what&#8217;s up ahead.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">While playing mind games<br />
you might show your ignorance<br />
of what you don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Perceptive people<br />
see now as it really is,<br />
yet sometimes not so.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow on the roadway<br />
means it&#8217;s not a real good day<br />
for motorcycles.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Two bound together<br />
in true love for forever<br />
will find some troubles.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Noticing moonlight<br />
makes it not shine any brighter.<br />
It just means it&#8217;s seen.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snowy perceptions<br />
are with winters arrival<br />
as billows of white.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Judging a snowman<br />
by it&#8217;s roundness of belly<br />
loses all the fun.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Thunder in winter<br />
comes as snowflakes are falling<br />
from clouds overhead.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 7, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends &#38; HAPPY NEW YEAR I hope you had a safe and sound new years greeting. Judy and I just did our usual everyday thing as we always do and watched TV while goofing around on Facebook hehehe. At New Years we said HAPPY NEW YEARS and we gave each other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends<br />
&amp;<br />
HAPPY NEW YEAR</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you had a safe and sound new years greeting. Judy<br />
and I just did our usual everyday thing as we always do and<br />
watched TV while goofing around on Facebook hehehe. At<br />
New Years we said HAPPY NEW YEARS and we gave each<br />
other a big new years kiss and hug, then went back to doing<br />
what we were doing LOL. Even if I were still into fireworks,<br />
(which I haven&#8217;t been for many decades) neither of us would<br />
have gone out to watch or shot off any, being it was way too<br />
freaking cold with the freezing rain and all. So we just did<br />
as we do every year and watched the year change dates as<br />
we continued on with our lives. Not much to report from up<br />
here. So far it&#8217;s been a rather mild winter with the snows at<br />
a lesser state than that of previous years, but we did have a<br />
white Christmas and all and that&#8217;s what matters to me. Our<br />
landlord came by early this morning to scrape the ice off of<br />
our front porch steps and move our car so that the sanding<br />
truck could get in and sand our driveway and melt off all<br />
the ice. That was very nice of him. I guess he remembers<br />
all the previous years that I slipped out our front door and<br />
busted myself up being that you can&#8217;t see it until it&#8217;s too late.<br />
I was going to try and rest a bit more, but my intestines<br />
had some other plans for me, so I figured while I was up,<br />
I would get this journal written. Our Christmas was great<br />
with our drive up to Caribou Maine to see the kids the day<br />
after Christmas. We played a lot of trivia games while we<br />
were there. I had a blast <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Judy and I were teamed and<br />
we lost the first game, but won the second called LOGO.<br />
Our granddaughter Rylee was on our team hehehe and<br />
she actually gave us some of the correct answers. Not<br />
bad for a 4 year old hehehe. I took pictures all the way<br />
up to Caribou and they all came out great. Also Judy<br />
and I took pictures of us all at her daughters house that<br />
are surely keepers. When we got home late that evening,<br />
both Judy and I were pooped and went to bed after we<br />
popped in on Facebook for a brief hehehe. All in all the<br />
day was great. Christmas was joyful as we watched<br />
Christmas movies most of the day hehehe and ate our<br />
Christmas dinner that evening. I just wish I could of<br />
seen my family and friends for Christmas, but at least<br />
I was able to spend it with the love of my life <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I thank<br />
God for giving me such a great gift. You never know<br />
when a gift will leave, so be thankful for the time that<br />
you have with a moment. Some gifts are meant to be<br />
as just but a moment in time and others to last till the<br />
day you leave this physical plain. Find the blessings<br />
in the moments that are before you or that have passed<br />
and are now but only memories. Last year was full<br />
of chances and choices and with this new year comes<br />
more chances with choices to make. Look back and<br />
see what all you learned and try to make this year the<br />
greatest of all. Leave all the would of, could of and<br />
should of as just a reminder of what not to do this<br />
year. Lessons are in the pages as the numbers are<br />
counted. Let God help you this year to do what you<br />
need to do. Don&#8217;t let your ego to inflate and cause<br />
you to lose perception of reality. Now with that said<br />
I reckon it&#8217;s time once again for me to be heading off<br />
to that place of my recollection through all that I have<br />
written here and see if I can stir up a good word or<br />
phrase that I can use as the title for today&#8217;s brand new<br />
poem. So it&#8217;s away I go that place that I like to call<br />
RECOLLECT VILLE. I believe I might have stumbled<br />
upon a good title just a little ways back. Now let&#8217;s see<br />
what I can do with it. Here goes&#8230;..</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Your Ego</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The minutes time<br />
of endless pride<br />
could destroy<br />
true love inside.<br />
Let your ego<br />
find its place<br />
deep within<br />
God&#8217;s Saving Grace.<br />
With your ego<br />
comes a frame<br />
that will choose<br />
to win the game.<br />
Losing reasons<br />
for the view<br />
your own ego<br />
will lose you.<br />
Let your ego<br />
not be seen<br />
as just living<br />
in a dream.<br />
Now this new year<br />
you can find<br />
that your ego<br />
can remind.<br />
All the troubles<br />
egos show<br />
when they&#8217;re what<br />
you think you know.<br />
Sometimes views<br />
your ego sees<br />
are just found<br />
as a disease.<br />
Let your ego<br />
now be said<br />
as a lesson<br />
in your head.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Jan 1, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hehehe I almost signed it 2011. I&#8217;ll be having trouble with<br />
that probably until the middle of the year <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  hehehehehehe.<br />
Oh well, it&#8217;s not like I will die by accidentally signing 2011.<br />
So, it&#8217;s 2012 now and according to the Mayan calendar,<br />
the end of this year is supposed to be the end of time, but<br />
I think they might of just started thinking to themselves<br />
and saying. &#8220;Hey dude, quit with the calendars already,<br />
it&#8217;s not like it freaken matters ya know! We&#8217;re gonna<br />
be worm dirt before that year ever gets here&#8221;! Hehehe,<br />
I could be right ya know. Even so, we each need to be<br />
ready for the coming days that our time finds an end<br />
and Jesus returns. Don&#8217;t waste a moment just playing<br />
with the minutes. Find the blessings in the time that<br />
God has given you and do your best. Well, I think<br />
I heard Judy stirring about in the bedroom. She might<br />
be getting up, or then maybe just rolling over hehehe.<br />
We stayed up late watching TV till about 6 o&#8217;clock<br />
this morning. I&#8217;m tired, but that&#8217;s always the case<br />
with me LOL. No sleep for the intestine deprived <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Dear Arthur or Arthritis as he is called loves to keep<br />
me up as well LOL. Oh well, I might pass out in a<br />
moment and sleep for a few minutes, but not before<br />
I tell you what I tell you every week and that is, I<br />
wrote some more poems. Yeppers, I&#8217;m back with<br />
10 more poems with 3 of them being Christmassy<br />
and also 22 more haiku for all of my haiku lovers<br />
out there. Well I guess it&#8217;s about time for me to be<br />
searching for that old off switch that I just ignored<br />
last week hehehehe, but before I begin searching<br />
for that thing, I need to wish you all a wonderful<br />
God filled week and brand new year. Remember,<br />
Jesus loves you and we do too. Now to find that<br />
freaking off switch. Found it once again under<br />
our electric blanket trying to stay warm. Hey,<br />
get up, you&#8217;re in my spot hehehehehehehehehehe.<br />
Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Shifting Sands</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Shifting sands<br />
of minutes seen<br />
sometimes might<br />
seem as a dream.<br />
As tomorrows<br />
come in view<br />
shifting sands<br />
might go askew.<br />
Some tomorrows<br />
that we find<br />
might just be<br />
unwanted time.<br />
Yet those shifting<br />
sands we see,<br />
might be needed<br />
then to be.<br />
Sometimes things<br />
one understands<br />
is not best of<br />
shifting sands.<br />
Many problems<br />
seen in time<br />
could be needed<br />
God&#8217;s design.<br />
Shifting sands<br />
of future days<br />
might be what<br />
sets hearts ablaze.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Soul Doors</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The doors of souls<br />
with shadows found<br />
leave their echoes<br />
all around.<br />
Painted minutes<br />
seen and said<br />
bring to life<br />
all there ahead.<br />
Scenes arriving<br />
on the floors<br />
walking softly<br />
through soul doors.<br />
Pitter patters<br />
feet of time<br />
come to life<br />
within a rhyme.<br />
The doors of souls<br />
of thereunto<br />
live in me<br />
and live in you.<br />
We&#8217;re united<br />
through the signs<br />
found within<br />
our time to times.<br />
The little things<br />
we do each day<br />
could become<br />
an echoed way.<br />
Through soul doors<br />
of memories<br />
we might find<br />
the shifting seas.<br />
Silently churning<br />
all we&#8217;ve done<br />
we might think<br />
we&#8217;ve hurt no one.<br />
Yet those moments<br />
that we&#8217;ve chose<br />
could be all<br />
that someone knows.<br />
Let your soul doors<br />
open wide<br />
while allowing<br />
God inside.<br />
Let Him guide you<br />
with His Will<br />
and you&#8217;ll see<br />
His Joy fulfill</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The New Year</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The year is done<br />
with time ahead<br />
while we think of<br />
done and said.<br />
Memories<br />
of days gone by<br />
bring us to<br />
today&#8217;s reply.<br />
What will we do<br />
with new to see<br />
that&#8217;s with you<br />
and that&#8217;s with me?<br />
Will repetitiveness<br />
live in this year<br />
or will you change<br />
your life sincere?<br />
Will the minutes<br />
you remember<br />
become as a<br />
burning ember?<br />
The new year gives<br />
a chance to change<br />
or try best<br />
to rearrange.<br />
Don&#8217;t let failure<br />
tear you down.<br />
Use those lessons<br />
that you found.<br />
Let tomorrow<br />
find you peace<br />
as the past<br />
you then release.<br />
Yesterdays sorrows<br />
can be destroyed<br />
if you will make<br />
Lord Jesus deployed.<br />
Start the year<br />
with hopeful true<br />
for the likes of<br />
me and you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Stars</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The things remembered<br />
moments found<br />
bring us views<br />
around and around.<br />
The Christmas stars<br />
that shined so bright<br />
on that wondrous<br />
scenic night.<br />
All the stories<br />
we remember<br />
bring us back to<br />
that December.<br />
Pages turning<br />
through our lives<br />
are what live<br />
and never dies.<br />
Those Christmas stars<br />
of wondrous hue<br />
live and breathe<br />
so very true.<br />
Marking minutes<br />
long ago<br />
that were surely<br />
without snow.<br />
Yet that white snow<br />
we remember<br />
is forgiveness<br />
in December.<br />
Through the blessings<br />
of that day<br />
we&#8217;ve each got<br />
a way to pray.<br />
So each wondrous<br />
Christmastime<br />
look to see<br />
Who&#8217;s So Divine.<br />
Also when it&#8217;s<br />
passed on by<br />
take Him with you<br />
don&#8217;t be shy.<br />
Those Christmas stars<br />
of timeless scenes<br />
can live on<br />
within your dreams.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Fantasy</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In a fantasy<br />
lives but a dream<br />
sometimes distorted<br />
causing a scream.<br />
Sometimes fantasies<br />
are just a place<br />
displayed as portions<br />
smiles on a face.<br />
In a fantasy<br />
you might arrive<br />
with but a dream<br />
that should not survive.<br />
Often our fantasies<br />
live as just hope<br />
that live beyond<br />
our realistic scope.<br />
So if a fantasy<br />
lives within you<br />
keep it&#8217;s perception<br />
of what that&#8217;s true.<br />
Don&#8217;t let deception<br />
to take you away<br />
into a fantasy<br />
not meant today.<br />
Sometimes a fantasy<br />
needs better view<br />
to see what&#8217;s harmful<br />
for you to do.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Heaven&#8217;s Sight To See</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Dreams<br />
of timeless prayer<br />
live and breathe<br />
with love and care.<br />
Picture paintings<br />
hung to see<br />
show what Christmas<br />
is to be.<br />
Soft sweet snowflakes<br />
in a frame<br />
display why that<br />
Jesus came.<br />
For His Love<br />
as white as snow<br />
washed our sins<br />
of to and fro.<br />
All those dreams<br />
of Christmastime<br />
hang on walls<br />
as thens design.<br />
Signifying<br />
what was done<br />
when God sent<br />
His Only Son.<br />
Look beyond<br />
those scenes displayed<br />
and see what that<br />
Jesus made.<br />
He made hopeful<br />
come to life<br />
when we&#8217;re living<br />
filled with strife.<br />
He made peaceful<br />
come to be<br />
giving Heaven&#8217;s<br />
sight to see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Before You Step</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simple answer<br />
many hear<br />
might be heard<br />
a bit unclear.<br />
Often words<br />
so many find<br />
are confusing<br />
in their mind.<br />
Many people<br />
speak too fast<br />
or to low<br />
with questions asked.<br />
A simple answer<br />
needs be said<br />
clearly heard<br />
without bloodshed.<br />
Let your meanings<br />
of each word<br />
not be just a<br />
bit absurd.<br />
Think it out<br />
before you say<br />
what that might<br />
turn disarray.<br />
Find a moments<br />
prayer be found<br />
before you step with<br />
sight and sound.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Life Is Beautiful</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sing for the moments<br />
that now are in place<br />
for God has given<br />
His Son filled with Grace.<br />
Life is beautiful<br />
and needs be seen<br />
as that of pure love<br />
in God&#8217;s running stream.<br />
Today and tomorrow<br />
are on mercy street<br />
paved with the actions<br />
of Jesus Christ&#8217;s Feet.<br />
Life is beautiful<br />
but needs our sight<br />
looking passed sorrow<br />
and seeing God&#8217;s Light.<br />
The stages are set<br />
for pages of prayer<br />
even in timeframes<br />
we think as unfair<br />
Life is beautiful<br />
with each shining sun,<br />
for it&#8217;s a blessing<br />
from Jesus God&#8217;s Son.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Remember That Feeling</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Soon after Christmas<br />
so many will cry<br />
for they will have to<br />
tell ones goodbye.<br />
So many people<br />
with family and friends<br />
think after Christmas<br />
it just always ends.<br />
Christmastime joyful<br />
should live on and breath<br />
always forever<br />
and never then leave.<br />
Also those loved ones<br />
of so far away<br />
can live within you<br />
in your day to day.<br />
A heart can hold love<br />
no matter how far<br />
just as a twinkle<br />
of a bright shining star.<br />
Let not your Christmas<br />
to end with despair.<br />
Remember that feeling<br />
with true love and care.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here And Now</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here and now<br />
might seem to be<br />
as the same<br />
from history,<br />
but the now<br />
that&#8217;s on display<br />
is a different<br />
day today.<br />
Some might seem<br />
to look the same<br />
as from where<br />
you surely came,<br />
but look deeper<br />
in the sight<br />
and then see<br />
what&#8217;s truly right.<br />
Here and now<br />
might just belong<br />
to the pages<br />
now long gone,<br />
yet the pages<br />
that you&#8217;re reading<br />
might just be<br />
a bit misleading.<br />
Lessons from the<br />
days gone by<br />
here and now<br />
might just reply.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The days all change dates,<br />
but actions determine life<br />
through the days ahead.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">An enraged temper<br />
will cause a forest to burn<br />
inside of the mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Flowers of winter<br />
grow even with the snowflakes<br />
with colors divine.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hearing the thunder<br />
brings attention to lightning<br />
that you may have missed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simple dewdrop<br />
brings life to a daffodil<br />
as summer resides.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Icicles hang down<br />
as Christmastimes ornaments<br />
dangling from trees.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Windows of today<br />
open wide with our perception<br />
and choices to choose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A decade that&#8217;s passed<br />
leaves reflections of itself<br />
found inside our minds.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Time paints a picture<br />
that many will never see<br />
due to not looking.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A dream is ventured<br />
when the mind allows hopeful<br />
to grow beyond sight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Planning a journey<br />
takes the mystery away<br />
from where you&#8217;re headed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A flake of snow falls<br />
landing softly on the ground<br />
where others have fell.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Strings of Christmas lights<br />
decorate a distant house<br />
with reds, blues and greens.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Time has a purpose<br />
that makes many to worry<br />
about tomorrow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Moments need to change<br />
so to give us enjoyment<br />
and not become bored.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lessons look ugly<br />
when they&#8217;re seen through our mistakes,<br />
but they are needed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Wasting tomorrow<br />
begins when today is slack<br />
without direction.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Counting the snowflakes<br />
helps the time to pass quickly<br />
while waiting on winter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Someone&#8217;s evidence<br />
might be in form of a lie<br />
made up from blunder.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Cherishing heartbeats<br />
keeps the rhythms deep inside<br />
with true love to grow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">While walking briskly<br />
in the dead of winters snow<br />
you leave your footprints.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Foraging for love<br />
needs be done with help from God<br />
so to know what&#8217;s true.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 31, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends &#38; MERRY CHRISTMAS I hope you are having a great day in celebration. I wasn&#8217;t going to write anything today, being it is Christmas and even I need a day off HoHoHo, but I figured I&#8217;d write just a little short note and maybe even share a poem or two. [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends<br />
&amp;<br />
MERRY CHRISTMAS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are having a great day in celebration.<br />
I wasn&#8217;t going to write anything today, being it is<br />
Christmas <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  and even I need a day off HoHoHo,<br />
but I figured I&#8217;d write just a little short note and<br />
maybe even share a poem or two. Judy and I are<br />
being lazy today just relaxing and enjoying the<br />
blessings of Christmas. We watched Christmas<br />
movies all night long hehe. We&#8217;re fixing to play<br />
some Christmas hidden object games as soon as<br />
we get dinner made and laundry done so we have<br />
clothes to wear hehehe. Yes I know, laundry<br />
can wait, but it&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s a job LOL. The<br />
washing machine and dryer do most of the work.<br />
Thank God for technology. Well, I guess I need<br />
to find a place here to say goodbye until next<br />
year when I return with a new year of Greetings.<br />
Yet, I&#8217;m not going to end this without a poem <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
So here is you a little Christmas poem that I<br />
stirred up from the coals of my mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Remembered</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tomorrows blessings<br />
we found in a picture<br />
could be the memories<br />
within a fixture.<br />
The little things that<br />
times have discovered<br />
often are what that<br />
Christmas uncovered.<br />
Christmas remembered<br />
as loved ones of old<br />
and also many that<br />
were not so bold.<br />
It&#8217;s our own memories<br />
that often will hide<br />
what that is going on<br />
deep down inside.<br />
So now this Christmas<br />
don&#8217;t make life dismembered.<br />
Keep it as blessings of<br />
Christmas remembered.<br />
Have a Merry Christmas<br />
with seasons delight<br />
and keep the joy of<br />
Jesus in sight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 25, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ok, so there ya go and here are two more Christmas<br />
poems for you. The first is one that I promised to write<br />
for Judy and the other is just a little story based poem<br />
that I wrote. I hope you enjoy both. Take care and<br />
keep the joy and love of Christmas in your heart as the<br />
year moves ahead. I will see you next year/next week.<br />
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce<br />
Now on with the poems HoHoHoHoHo<br />
only 2 this time hehehe</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">That Dream Came Alive</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In a dream long ago<br />
was someone wished to find<br />
found as but only<br />
a dream in my mind.<br />
That dream came alive<br />
with oceans of swells<br />
bringing me dreamland<br />
with lifelike details.<br />
Soon as the days passed<br />
and dreams continued on<br />
I found a new life<br />
that came with new dawn.<br />
This life was enhanced<br />
by a wonderful view<br />
found as a blessing<br />
in a dream that came true.<br />
This dream that I dreamt<br />
so very long ago<br />
was that of my true love<br />
and winters white snow.<br />
Dreaming of Christmas<br />
that&#8217;s shared with true love<br />
I found me an answer<br />
from Lord God Above.<br />
Within this great dream<br />
was a key to my heart<br />
found in a place then<br />
when so far apart.<br />
Miles soon were tarried<br />
as Love guided me<br />
to whom that I dreamed of<br />
and wished for to see.<br />
Then our first Christmas<br />
was blossomed and grown<br />
to what together<br />
we each now have known.<br />
Days throughout winter<br />
with Christmastimes flair<br />
we found through Jesus<br />
that true love and care.<br />
Now as the days pass<br />
with winters white hue<br />
we are together<br />
in this life so anew.<br />
Christmas comes quickly<br />
as time moves along<br />
while we embrace it<br />
to never be gone.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 22, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To Judy Pearce<br />
From Bill Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Father Christmas</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Father Christmas filled with love<br />
won&#8217;t you please display<br />
answers to my hopes and dreams<br />
delivered by your sleigh.<br />
Yes dear Santa Claus of time<br />
will you please give me<br />
all the blessings Christmas bound<br />
of which that I can see.<br />
Such as snowflakes from the sky<br />
landing on my face<br />
and the sight of love and peace<br />
that&#8217;s given by God&#8217;s Grace.<br />
Father Christmas filled with love<br />
won&#8217;t you please come by<br />
with your magic Christmas Eve<br />
across the nighttime sky.<br />
I now lay here dreaming surely<br />
of the things I&#8217;ll see<br />
when I wake up Christmas morning<br />
and look beneath our tree.<br />
Father Christmas Santa Claus<br />
I now dream of you<br />
and all the magical things<br />
of which you&#8217;ll surely do.<br />
Sugarplum fairies in my dreams<br />
are dancing to the tune<br />
Santa Claus is coming to town<br />
soon and very soon.<br />
Yes dear Santa father Christmas<br />
I now lay in bed<br />
while all of the Christmas magic<br />
dances in my head.<br />
Thinking of Dear Jesus Christ<br />
and all that He&#8217;s done<br />
oh so freely with forgiveness<br />
for He is God&#8217;s Son.<br />
Santa Claus called father Christmas<br />
you bring this to view<br />
how that Jesus Christ had come<br />
with gifts for me and you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 24, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends &#38; MERRY CHRISTMAS Well once agin I&#8217;m late writing hehehe. That&#8217;s my life. A day late and a dollar short hehehe. Actually quite a few dollars short LOL. My sound driver on my PC is a bit messed up at the moment, so I can&#8217;t hear what I&#8217;m sending via [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends<br />
&amp;<br />
MERRY CHRISTMAS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Well once agin I&#8217;m late writing hehehe. That&#8217;s my life.<br />
A day late and a dollar short hehehe. Actually quite a<br />
few dollars short LOL. My sound driver on my PC<br />
is a bit messed up at the moment, so I can&#8217;t hear what<br />
I&#8217;m sending via Outlook Express, so I hope it comes<br />
through OK of course only for those of you receiving<br />
this via stationery format. How have you been? It&#8217;s<br />
been cold the last few days and supposed to get much<br />
colder. I guess that&#8217;s to be expected huh! Well, not<br />
much has changed on the pages of Pearce&#8217;s household.<br />
The ice cracking ever so often tends to startle me from<br />
time to time LOL. It sounds like somebody beating<br />
on the house hehehe. The weather up here has been<br />
on the rainy side the last few days which isn&#8217;t good<br />
being it&#8217;s been freezing rain most of the time hehehe.<br />
In other words it&#8217;s been a slip sliding adventure to<br />
and from the mailbox lately LOL. I know I should<br />
put the cleats on my shoes, but I just haven&#8217;t gotten<br />
around to it yet hehehe. It&#8217;s supposed to snow some<br />
more this week. At the moment most of the snow<br />
has been washed away by the rains, but there are<br />
still a few patches of snow here and there that have<br />
managed to hang tight. I&#8217;m sure they won&#8217;t get<br />
lonesome hehehe. They&#8217;ll soon be joined by much<br />
more snow. It&#8217;s that time of year that the snows<br />
start to be a little more often. Well, back to my<br />
sound driver hehehe. I fixed it a minute ago and it<br />
works now. That was bugging me and I couldn&#8217;t<br />
quit thinking about it LOL. Anyways, it&#8217;s working<br />
now and I can hear the music in my stationery <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Now I can move along with my rambling without<br />
wondering how to fix it hehehe. Judy is behind<br />
me at her PC playing a match three game called<br />
Fishdom &#8211; Frosty Splash. I bought it the other<br />
day for $2.95 and installed it on both of our PC&#8217;s.<br />
I&#8217;ve been playing it off and on as well, but she is<br />
way ahead of me now even though I started a few<br />
days before her LOL. That&#8217;s being that the blue<br />
that is in the game tends to mess with my eyes<br />
after a little bit. I&#8217;m sort of color blind and the<br />
color blue goes spastic after a while leaving me<br />
with a head ache. Oh well, I like the game,<br />
but prefer the hidden object games that her and<br />
I can play together on my PC. We&#8217;re playing one<br />
that is called Christmas Wonderland 2. We just<br />
finished Christmas Wonderland 1 the other day.<br />
Life here in the cold of Maine has not been all<br />
that bad. God has made sure we have all that<br />
we need in life and even provided some of our<br />
wants to fill us with joy. Judy&#8217;s unemployment<br />
is just about to run out and if they don&#8217;t give<br />
her extension, we might be pinching penny&#8217;s<br />
literally. Oh well, life goes on. I&#8217;ve had to live<br />
on much less in the past, but I was all alone<br />
at the time. Judy and I are not buying much<br />
for Christmas. Hehehe I bought her and I<br />
a Chinese Checker set the other day for our<br />
Christmas present. It only costed $11.95 LOL.<br />
Remember, Christmas isn&#8217;t about gifts that<br />
we buy and share with one another all though<br />
it is a great thing to do. Christmas is all about<br />
our Savior Jesus Christ who was born to show<br />
us His understanding. Being that He was<br />
born as a man He also through time endured<br />
all that we could possibly incur. Maybe not<br />
the same situations, but none the less the<br />
same pain. So, this Christmas take a step<br />
out of yourself and see what He has done<br />
for you. You will then see the gifts of which<br />
Christmas provides. Now I think it&#8217;s about<br />
time for me to be venturing back through all<br />
that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find me a<br />
good word or phrase that might work for the<br />
title for today&#8217;s brand new poem. And so, it&#8217;s<br />
away I go to that place of my recollection that<br />
I like to call RECOLLECT VILLE. I think<br />
I may have stumbled upon a good title. Now,<br />
let&#8217;s see what I can do with it hehehehehe.<br />
Here goes&#8230;&#8230; <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God Has Made</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A life of stages<br />
said and done<br />
were implanted<br />
by God&#8217;s Son.<br />
God has made<br />
so many things<br />
even how a<br />
small bird sings.<br />
It&#8217;s the blessings<br />
of the days<br />
that we often<br />
miss the phase.<br />
God has made<br />
a sight to see<br />
such as snowflakes<br />
falling free.<br />
So many things<br />
God has laid true<br />
such as love<br />
for me and you.<br />
God has made<br />
this very place<br />
and He filled it<br />
with His Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope that made at least a little sense to you hehe.<br />
My tummy is growling. Me thinks I might need to<br />
eat or something LOL. I haven&#8217;t had anything to<br />
eat today. I&#8217;ve been too caught up trying to fix my<br />
sound card. It just needed tweaking hehehehehe.<br />
Before I tell you anything else, I need to ask for<br />
some prayer for my good friend Donald aka Tiny.<br />
He&#8217;s in ICU right now in Greenville TX and not<br />
doing too well. Him and me go way back. He&#8217;s<br />
a big man or should I say was, being now he&#8217;s in<br />
his 80&#8242;s. I think he was 6&#8217;11&#8243; back in the old days.<br />
I&#8217;m afraid he&#8217;s not going to make it this time. He<br />
requested me to call him yesterday and I got him<br />
before they carried him to ICU. I reminded him<br />
that God is in control and all will be well. I also<br />
promised him that I would see him again one day.<br />
Our friendship is a good one. Also I want you<br />
to keep praying for my sister in law Barbara.<br />
She&#8217;s doing well, but the chemo and radiation<br />
treatments are wearing on her. I love ya Barb.<br />
Hang in there. Now it&#8217;s time for me to tell you<br />
what I tell you ever week and that is, I wrote<br />
some more poems and haiku. Yeppers 10 more<br />
poems with 4 of them being Christmassy. Also<br />
I wrote once again 22 haiku for all of my haiku<br />
lovers out there. Now before I begin my little<br />
search for that confounded off switch, I need<br />
to wish you a most wonderful God filled week<br />
and a Merry Christmas. Remember, Jesus<br />
loves you and we do too. Now it&#8217;s time for me<br />
to begin my search for that off switch. Found<br />
it hiding in my package of Reese&#8217;s Peanut<br />
Butter cups hehehe. Get out of there, they&#8217;re<br />
mine <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenes So Joyful</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hours counted<br />
bring a sight<br />
that of Christmas<br />
I delight.<br />
Soon dear Christmas<br />
will be seen<br />
here and now<br />
and in between.<br />
Moments joyful<br />
painted true<br />
with that wondrous<br />
Christmas hue.<br />
Hours ticking<br />
bring the sound<br />
that of music<br />
all around.<br />
Heard as echoes<br />
here and there<br />
hours counted<br />
with a prayer.<br />
That from Jesus<br />
born that day<br />
in a manger<br />
filled with hay.<br />
Scenes so joyful<br />
come in phase<br />
with the sight of<br />
Christmas days.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">He Gave His Son</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On that day<br />
so long ago<br />
there was One<br />
we&#8217;ve come to know.<br />
Now He&#8217;s part<br />
of history<br />
and the lives<br />
of you and me.<br />
This dear Baby<br />
I speak of<br />
gave to us<br />
His Fathers Love.<br />
He is now<br />
forever true<br />
living breathing<br />
days anew.<br />
So this Christmas<br />
why not try<br />
to seek peace<br />
with Adonai.<br />
Through His Love<br />
He gave His Son<br />
to make Heavens<br />
battle won.<br />
Through forgiveness<br />
we can find<br />
true and joyful<br />
peace of mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 17, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Morning&#8217;s Displayed</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Morning comes<br />
with blessings found<br />
as a fragrance<br />
all around.<br />
Scenes are displayed<br />
here and there<br />
as the sunlight&#8217;s<br />
moments prayer.<br />
Painted murals<br />
up above<br />
are the mornings<br />
way of love.<br />
Giving freely<br />
by God&#8217;s Hand<br />
morning shows<br />
the sights so grand.<br />
Scenes as presents<br />
wrapped so sweet<br />
as some candy<br />
we can eat.<br />
Tasted with our<br />
taste and smell<br />
and our sight<br />
from God&#8217;s inkwell.<br />
Morning&#8217;s displayed<br />
fancy free<br />
as a gift<br />
to you and me.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 17, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let Loose Of Anger</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With just a minute<br />
an hour can thrive<br />
leaving and echo<br />
with each day alive.<br />
So many minutes<br />
in days that we see<br />
are left as pages<br />
of bad history.<br />
When looking backwards<br />
make sure that the view<br />
isn&#8217;t just anger<br />
that needs not be true.<br />
Sometimes tomorrow<br />
needs us to say<br />
I&#8217;m letting go<br />
as I enter today.<br />
Let loose of anger<br />
of then, when and there<br />
and find some peace<br />
in the days breath of air.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 17, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Those Shadows</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A little shadow<br />
found displayed<br />
might be one that<br />
echoes made.<br />
Sometimes shadows<br />
that we see<br />
are just signs of<br />
history.<br />
Let those shadows<br />
that you viewed<br />
find the truth<br />
that&#8217;s misconstrued.<br />
Often shadows<br />
time to time<br />
are just moments<br />
bad design.<br />
Let your shadows<br />
find some joy<br />
through the actions<br />
you deploy.<br />
Don&#8217;t let action<br />
you display<br />
come and haunt<br />
another day.<br />
Use good judgment<br />
what you do<br />
and those shadows<br />
won&#8217;t haunt you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 17, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pick And Choose</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now as I sit here<br />
awaiting tomorrow<br />
I find I&#8217;m filled with<br />
a moment of sorrow.<br />
Times that eluded me<br />
leaving me waiting<br />
for what my heart finds<br />
I&#8217;m always debating.<br />
Wishing for hours<br />
and minutes of time<br />
to come and give me<br />
a better design.<br />
Often the pages<br />
of days that I see<br />
leave me just wanting<br />
a healthier me.<br />
Times that I wasted<br />
just out of control<br />
I find I&#8217;m wishing<br />
a much different goal.<br />
Now I&#8217;m much older<br />
and wiser the same<br />
knowing that living<br />
is not just a game.<br />
Life has its stages<br />
with pages we set<br />
and some are journeys<br />
we&#8217;ll never forget.<br />
Lessons are gathered<br />
yet needed to use<br />
through now today<br />
as we pick and choose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 17, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sound of His Name</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">So many seasons<br />
come into play<br />
as they are leading<br />
to Christmas day.<br />
Easter brings joy<br />
of the third day to see<br />
Jesus came back<br />
for both you and me.<br />
Thanksgiving also<br />
shows us so true<br />
how being thankful<br />
is how we&#8217;re to do.<br />
So many moments<br />
elude us each day<br />
as all the seasons<br />
that just fade away.<br />
Fall displays colors<br />
of blessings of time<br />
that can enlighten<br />
our daily design.<br />
Christmas is fathomed<br />
in many details.<br />
Some seen as candles<br />
and some seen as bells.<br />
Yet Christmas surely<br />
is much more to see,<br />
for it&#8217;s about<br />
what God gave for free.<br />
He gave His Son<br />
to help us to know<br />
that He is there<br />
where ever we go.<br />
Jesus is living<br />
as an on burning flame<br />
saving us daily<br />
with sound of His Name.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Antsy Minutes</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Bringing sections<br />
fast alive<br />
might be burdens<br />
to survive.<br />
Hurried wanna<br />
with a gain<br />
might just be<br />
a time insane.<br />
Don&#8217;t bring sections<br />
oh so fast<br />
into hurried<br />
shadows cast.<br />
Let some peaceful<br />
sections true<br />
live and breath<br />
in things you do.<br />
Antsy minutes<br />
said and done<br />
might be what<br />
that&#8217;s not so fun.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">December Mornings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">December mornings<br />
come at a glance<br />
sometimes as glimmers<br />
of time in a trance.<br />
December pathways<br />
donning the sight<br />
come from the minutes<br />
of hours of night.<br />
December mornings<br />
found in the frame<br />
are with the shimmers<br />
in my windowpane.<br />
Decembers moments<br />
that seem to shine<br />
are of so many<br />
of great Christmastime.<br />
Christmas with loved ones<br />
from so long ago<br />
are now remembered<br />
as stages of snow.<br />
Yet often Christmas<br />
was snow never seen<br />
only with childhood<br />
found in a dream.<br />
December mornings<br />
bring me much love<br />
that comes from Christmas<br />
and all I think of.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">What&#8217;s Not Today</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simple grasp<br />
or touch in time<br />
can be what<br />
that many find.<br />
Many seeking<br />
for their place<br />
in a simple<br />
time and space.<br />
Trivial minutes<br />
seem to pass<br />
leaving many<br />
troubled mass.<br />
Many others<br />
look and see<br />
what that may not<br />
truly be.<br />
A simple hold<br />
on want and way<br />
might just be<br />
what&#8217;s not today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looking for beauty<br />
might cause you to miss the sight.<br />
Beauty is skin deep.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The truth in people<br />
could be in many shadows<br />
and how they&#8217;re displayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Many of our flaws<br />
are really perfections<br />
and how we&#8217;re unique.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tomorrows porthole<br />
needs help from today&#8217;s actions,<br />
so don&#8217;t just waste it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenes all around us<br />
are capable of beauty.<br />
They just need some help.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When reading people<br />
don&#8217;t forget to read the heart,<br />
for the outside lies.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">No journey in time<br />
is left without perception.<br />
Look for the right sight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simpletons mind<br />
does things without first thinking<br />
and leaves destruction.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Paving tomorrow<br />
begins with one by one steps<br />
throughout now and then.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Successful thinking<br />
comes when all is thought out clear,<br />
before stepping out.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Judging someone else<br />
might find you in the lamplight<br />
as others judge you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A path in the snow<br />
is covered soon as snowflakes<br />
fall down from the sky.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Many directions<br />
end up in much the same place,<br />
but some much better.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Mornings arrival<br />
brings many questions to ask<br />
and many answers.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When you&#8217;re with closed eyes<br />
you miss what is before you,<br />
so don&#8217;t walk blindly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The oceans sweet sound<br />
is as serenading surf<br />
pounding on the shore.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Nighttime brings starlight<br />
that glimmers as some angels<br />
twinkling in the night.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The depth of the sea<br />
makes ones wonder about life<br />
and all that exist.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Fluorescent fixtures<br />
illuminate what we perceive<br />
which darkness will hide.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Anger needs to cease<br />
when the point and time is gone.<br />
Today&#8217;s a new day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Leftover heartaches<br />
will bring some access baggage<br />
into tomorrow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Start the day with smiles<br />
and they might blossom truly<br />
into the real thing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 18, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS Hello my friends I hope you&#8217;re doing well this holiday season and the bah humbugs have not taken over Judy and I are planning on driving on up to Caribou sometime during the Christmas holidays and see the kids and grandkids. It all depends on what the weather is like though. If it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">ANIMAL&#8217;S GREETINGS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you&#8217;re doing well this holiday season and the<br />
bah humbugs have not taken over <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Judy and I are<br />
planning on driving on up to Caribou sometime during<br />
the Christmas holidays and see the kids and grandkids.<br />
It all depends on what the weather is like though. If<br />
it&#8217;s a blizzard, then chances are we will stay put here<br />
at home. I&#8217;m hoping we don&#8217;t have any bad weather<br />
at that time. Right now I&#8217;m finding it hard to see being<br />
my body is running on lesser sleep than normal due to<br />
me hurting all night long with all of my many runs<br />
to the bathroom. This is really beginning to wear on<br />
me, but there isn&#8217;t anything that can be done about<br />
it, so I shall continue on hehe. So, are you ready for<br />
Christmas? Right now I&#8217;m wondering if I&#8217;ll even be<br />
alive by then. It seems my strength is getting weaker<br />
and weaker as the days go by. I can hardly keep my<br />
eyes open right now. I&#8217;m hoping that what ever it is<br />
will pass on by soon, because I hate feeling this way.<br />
Oh well, life goes on with or without me LOL. Now,<br />
it&#8217;s time for a topic change. Is it cold where you are?<br />
It&#8217;s pretty cold up this way and outside is painted all<br />
white with snow. Right now it&#8217;s 23F degrees. I know<br />
I got another late start on the journal, but it can&#8217;t be<br />
helped. Just be happy I did it at all LOL. Judy and<br />
I were going to go to WalMart today and buy a few<br />
groceries, but being I&#8217;m feeling so peaked, we&#8217;re<br />
going to wait for another day. She might end up<br />
having to go by herself. I hope not, but time will<br />
tell. Yet, for now, we&#8217;ve got enough groceries to<br />
last a few more days, but she&#8217;s just about out of<br />
diet Pepsi&#8217;s. We&#8217;ve had a delivery of heating oil,<br />
so we&#8217;re set for the winter, but I&#8217;m keeping the<br />
thermostat set at 50 for the rest of our house so<br />
that the oil will last longer. We use our radiator<br />
heaters in our bedroom and PC room so it&#8217;s not<br />
as cold in there. The PC room stays rather warm<br />
all the time, being it&#8217;s small and our computers<br />
add to the heat hehehe. We stay in here most of<br />
the time. Not much has changed in the Pearce&#8217;s<br />
home. Judy and I are still, when we&#8217;re up to it,<br />
playing our hidden object games and farming<br />
games. We&#8217;ve been watching a few Christmas<br />
movies on TV lately along with all of our other<br />
favorite TV programs. Yeppers, we&#8217;re not that<br />
exciting hehehe. Have you been getting ready<br />
for Christmas? Judy and I have been listening<br />
to Christmas music while we sleep or should I<br />
say while she sleeps hehehe. I thank God for<br />
what sleep I do get even if it&#8217;s just a minute or<br />
two. Every little bit helps. We should all try to<br />
be thankful for the little things. It&#8217;s the little<br />
things that we often overlook. Let your eyes<br />
not always be focused on the big things at hand.<br />
Let God show you the blessings in the small<br />
stuff. Sometimes that small stuff ignored can<br />
become some very sad times when they&#8217;re gone.<br />
We each will at some point of our life not see<br />
the blessings such as a smile from someone we<br />
have met or a hug that we needed at a moments<br />
crisis. Look now and see all those blessings no<br />
matter how small they might of seemed at that<br />
moment they occurred. Now see the blessings<br />
that God has given us through a little baby<br />
that was born amongst us. God sent His Son<br />
to show us that He does care and understand.<br />
Through Jesus He knows our pain and sends<br />
his forgiveness, love and understanding. Let<br />
this coming Christmas be an awakening as<br />
you find all of the blessings God has given you.<br />
Now I think it&#8217;s about time for me to begin my<br />
little venture back through all that I&#8217;ve written<br />
here to see if I can find a good word or phrase<br />
that will work for the title of today&#8217;s brand new<br />
poem. So it&#8217;s way I go to that place that I like<br />
to call RECOLLECT VILLE. I think I may of<br />
found a good title. Now we shall see if I can write<br />
a halfway decent poem using it hehe. Here goes.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Stuff Ignored</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Through our moments<br />
we might lose<br />
many blessings<br />
that we choose.<br />
Stuff ignored<br />
through here and there<br />
might be answers<br />
to our prayer.<br />
Don&#8217;t let hurry<br />
make your view<br />
with your ventures<br />
thereunto,<br />
for you might find<br />
stuff ignored<br />
might be one day<br />
what&#8217;s adored.<br />
Let your vision<br />
see God&#8217;s grace<br />
as He gives smiles<br />
for your face.<br />
All those seconds<br />
passing by<br />
might be needed<br />
to apply.<br />
So if you&#8217;re<br />
ignoring this<br />
you might also<br />
miss God&#8217;s Kiss.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 11, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope that made some sense to ya. I can barely see<br />
what I&#8217;m typing right now, so I hope Judy can help<br />
me edit this mess LOL. She&#8217;s behind me at her PC<br />
sorting out stuff for her FarmTown farms hehehehe.<br />
I haven&#8217;t eaten anything yet. My old intestines have<br />
been giving me more trouble than usual lately making<br />
it real hard to eat. Being I only have 2 thirds of my<br />
small intestines and no colon and no colostomy, I<br />
tend to have many days like this and according to my<br />
doctor/surgeon that performed my surgery, it will<br />
get much worse as I get older. I&#8217;m sure he would be<br />
surprised that I am still alive, being my daddy died<br />
of this very problem and surgery. My health issue<br />
is hereditary and each generation of males gets it<br />
earlier in life. I got it about 20 years before him.<br />
At this time of the year I find I&#8217;m thinking about my<br />
dad even more than normal. I miss him very much.<br />
We used to put up the Christmas lights together<br />
and we&#8217;d sit in the floor putting up the train set<br />
that drove my mom crazy hehehe. Yet I&#8217;m sure<br />
that she misses all of that and more now as well.<br />
I miss you too mom. Wish I could see you this<br />
Christmas. Maybe you and Peggy can come up<br />
next year. Well it&#8217;s time for me to cease all my<br />
rambling and tell ya what I tell ya every week<br />
and that is, I wrote some more poems and haiku.<br />
Yeppers, 10 more poems with 6 of them this<br />
time being Christmas poems. Also I wrote once<br />
again 22 more haiku for all of my haiku lovers<br />
out there. Before I go, I want to thank everyone<br />
for all of the prayers for my sister in law Barb.<br />
She is doing well. Now I think it&#8217;s time for me to<br />
be searching for that old off switch that loves<br />
to try to elude me, but before I do that I need to<br />
wish you a most wonderful God filled week and<br />
holiday season. Remember, Jesus loves you<br />
and we do too. Now to find that off switch hehe.<br />
Found it looking over Judy&#8217;s shoulder being<br />
nosy LOL, Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Settings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas dreams<br />
are found in place<br />
upon every<br />
young child&#8217;s face.<br />
Christmas stories<br />
read and told<br />
create dreams<br />
from times of old.<br />
Christmas blessings<br />
come to dance<br />
in a wondrous<br />
scenic glance.<br />
Christmas trees<br />
and houses too<br />
all lit up<br />
with such a view.<br />
Christmas lights<br />
all colors seen<br />
help to start<br />
a Christmas dream.<br />
Christmas settings<br />
here and there<br />
manger scenes<br />
with Jesus prayer.<br />
Christmas dreams<br />
are found in place<br />
given freely<br />
with God&#8217;s Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Great Design</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scenes around me<br />
seem to shine<br />
that of wondrous<br />
Christmastime.<br />
White snow glistens<br />
in my view<br />
as it&#8217;s landed<br />
so anew.<br />
The distant trees<br />
of to and fro<br />
seem to shimmer<br />
white as snow.<br />
Now in starlight<br />
I can see<br />
moonlight shining<br />
reflectively.<br />
Upon the snow<br />
of whitish glaze<br />
I&#8217;m stood watching<br />
in amaze.<br />
Seeing snowflakes<br />
gathered true<br />
for my wondrous<br />
Christmas view.<br />
Painted doorways<br />
now and then<br />
help remind of<br />
way back when.<br />
Timeless echoes<br />
seem to shine<br />
with a Christmas<br />
great design.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Some Think Christmas</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Some think Christmas<br />
is for shopping<br />
with their daily<br />
starts and stopping.<br />
Some forget how<br />
it is more<br />
to give gifts<br />
not from a store.<br />
Giving love and<br />
peace to shine<br />
as the gift of<br />
Christmastime.<br />
Some think Christmas<br />
is just found<br />
as a story<br />
Santa bound.<br />
It&#8217;s much more than<br />
that you see,<br />
for it&#8217;s about<br />
what God gave free.<br />
On this time of<br />
Christmas day<br />
God sent Jesus<br />
with a way.<br />
Jesus gives us<br />
ways to find<br />
Heavens glory<br />
peace of mind.<br />
You see Christmas<br />
is much more<br />
than a present<br />
from the store.<br />
It&#8217;s about<br />
Lord Jesus&#8217;s birth<br />
saving mankind<br />
on this Earth.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Your Goal</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Freely given<br />
day to day<br />
God has given<br />
when we pray.<br />
Sometimes moments<br />
minutes served<br />
are the portions<br />
we&#8217;ve deserved.<br />
Yet some moments<br />
that we see<br />
are mistaken<br />
identity.<br />
We might often<br />
not see true<br />
how God&#8217;s angels<br />
helped us through.<br />
Freely given<br />
blessings found<br />
are with God&#8217;s Own<br />
solid ground.<br />
Let not worries<br />
take control.<br />
Let God help you<br />
with your goal.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Dreamers Ship</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A winter turnstile<br />
entered through<br />
gives me such a<br />
Christmas view.<br />
Magical moments<br />
hung with care<br />
that God&#8217;s given<br />
so to share.<br />
In this turnstile<br />
scenes are found<br />
with white snow<br />
upon the ground.<br />
Also is seen<br />
in such detail<br />
is a dreamers<br />
ship set sail.<br />
The dreams of times<br />
so faraway<br />
through a turnstiles<br />
distant day.<br />
Christmas scenes<br />
that we remember<br />
that are found<br />
amidst December.<br />
A dreamers ship<br />
will sail on through<br />
with what seems<br />
as so anew.<br />
Seeing shorelines<br />
filled with glee<br />
with each lit up<br />
Christmas tree.<br />
A winters turnstile<br />
brings a smile<br />
that&#8217;s remembered<br />
for a while.<br />
All the scenes<br />
that shine so bright<br />
bring to mind<br />
that Christmas sight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes Someone</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes someone<br />
might fall down<br />
and not display<br />
their true frown.<br />
Sometimes someone<br />
might just laugh<br />
when ones watching<br />
come to pass.<br />
Sometimes someone<br />
is not showing<br />
how their pain<br />
is always growing.<br />
Sometimes someone<br />
might be seen<br />
in the shadows<br />
then to lean.<br />
Sometimes someone<br />
needs a prayer<br />
to show that you<br />
truly care.<br />
Sometimes someone<br />
then might show<br />
how that with you<br />
they can grow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Filled With Grace</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A blaze of glory<br />
shines so sweet<br />
with the blessings<br />
none compete.<br />
Christmas portions<br />
poured so fine<br />
of Lord Jesus<br />
so Divine.<br />
In an instance<br />
God has done<br />
He has given<br />
His Own Son.<br />
Filled with passion<br />
oh so true<br />
for the likes of<br />
me and you.<br />
Christmas glory<br />
comes in frame<br />
now as echoes<br />
Jesus Name.<br />
Scenic moments<br />
now in place<br />
are with passion<br />
filled with Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Make New Dreams</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now and then<br />
and when and where<br />
bring us minutes<br />
none compare.<br />
Sometimes minutes<br />
seconds too<br />
bring us such a<br />
Christmas view.<br />
In those moments<br />
that we find<br />
some live on<br />
inside our mind.<br />
Christmas stockings<br />
hung with care<br />
while awaiting<br />
Santa there.<br />
Twinkling lights<br />
upon the tree<br />
seem to live<br />
in you and me.<br />
All those moments<br />
sometimes seen<br />
may live on<br />
as just a dream.<br />
Make new dreams<br />
this Christmastime<br />
with some blessings<br />
so divine.<br />
Let not problems<br />
that you&#8217;ve found<br />
prevent Christmas<br />
sight and sound.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looks Can Deceive</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looks can deceive<br />
what lives on inside<br />
while many people<br />
just wish to hide.<br />
Yet many people<br />
seen daily true<br />
are just deceived<br />
the way that we view.<br />
Looks will not always<br />
show in detail<br />
how on the inside<br />
one&#8217;s going through Hell.<br />
Looks can deceive<br />
what&#8217;s truly the case,<br />
for you might not<br />
see pain on their face.<br />
Learn to look deeper<br />
than just what you see,<br />
and see the person<br />
that needs you and me.<br />
Often our judging<br />
just makes the things worse<br />
as of a sad song<br />
that&#8217;s sung verse by verse.<br />
Look and see truly<br />
how they may just need<br />
a little hug truly<br />
to help them succeed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Signs of Times</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Signs of times<br />
are in detail<br />
with the bout<br />
of Heaven and Hell.<br />
Scenes are changing<br />
daily true<br />
signs of times<br />
within our view.<br />
Scenes around me<br />
found in place<br />
display things<br />
of Saving Grace.<br />
God gives blessings<br />
through designs<br />
found within<br />
the signs of times.<br />
Often viewpoints<br />
we see through<br />
show us not what&#8217;s<br />
truly true.<br />
Look for blessings<br />
daily seen<br />
maybe as a<br />
running stream.<br />
Maybe even<br />
a passing cloud<br />
or some thunder<br />
very loud.<br />
Let not worry<br />
steal your peace.<br />
Remember always<br />
God&#8217;s Release.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The sound of thunder<br />
makes known of lighting not seen.<br />
Search for the lightning.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pointing at someone<br />
leaves three fingers pointing back.<br />
You&#8217;re not without flaw.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Anger is a bomb<br />
that explodes without warning.<br />
Learn to control it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A page that is turned<br />
could leave pieces of you found<br />
within yesterday.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Heavens great details<br />
come as blessings from Jesus<br />
born Christmas morning.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A mindset person<br />
leaves no room for any change<br />
and so they repeat.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lessons from today<br />
will be stories remembered<br />
sometimes out of sync.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In our memories<br />
live today&#8217;s and tomorrows<br />
that we might not want.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A simple shadow<br />
can determine how ones are.<br />
They mock our actions.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The night shows glimmers<br />
of white snow that&#8217;s on the ground<br />
lit up by moonlight.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sounding your anger<br />
can expose stupidity<br />
that lives on inside.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Christmas morning<br />
comes with children awakening<br />
looking for Santa.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">While thinking too hard<br />
you might just find some headaches<br />
ending your thinking.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond tomorrow<br />
lives journeys that await you<br />
that are not today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ones stupidity<br />
can evolve into anger<br />
through them not knowing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The scent of Christmas<br />
floats heavily through each day<br />
with the sights we see.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beginnings arrive<br />
when the endings are in place<br />
for time to move on.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A written letter<br />
that no one has seen or read<br />
might just be wasted.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hearing a bird chirp<br />
brings to life what spring provides<br />
as wintertime ends.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sorting through doorways<br />
could leave you in much despair.<br />
Learn to let things go.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Blessings of flowers<br />
are as aromas we smell<br />
as springtime prevails.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Glassy eyed people<br />
might be without any sleep,<br />
so don&#8217;t judge harshly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 10, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animal&#8217;s Greetings Hello my friends I hope you are doing well. All&#8217;s fairly well around here. Both Judy and I are still fighting allergies and colds that I might add are just about to wear both of us out. I&#8217;m in hopes that they leave here soon LOL at least the colds I realize I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Animal&#8217;s Greetings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hello my friends</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are doing well. All&#8217;s fairly well around here.<br />
Both Judy and I are still fighting allergies and colds that<br />
I might add are just about to wear both of us out. I&#8217;m in<br />
hopes that they leave here soon LOL at least the colds <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I realize I myself will always have trouble with allergies.<br />
I&#8217;m hoping Judy&#8217;s isn&#8217;t as bad, but it&#8217;s beginning to seem<br />
that way. None the less, we&#8217;ll survive. It&#8217;s looking like<br />
we might get snow all week long starting Monday night.<br />
It&#8217;s that time of year I guess hehehe. Oh well, I do love<br />
snow. I just tend to get tired of it after a few months or<br />
so hehehe. Winter is here and there is no escaping that<br />
factor LOL. There&#8217;s still a little snow left over from when<br />
it snowed Friday night and Saturday morning early hehe.<br />
I took a few pictures to use as stationary. You&#8217;re in for<br />
a big surprise in a week or so. I made a new Christmas<br />
stationary. Although many on my facebook have seen<br />
most of the pictures. I&#8217;m planning on adding a few more<br />
new pictures to the lot before I use them, so keep your<br />
eyes peeled hehehe. It&#8217;s 32F degrees right now at 9:41<br />
in the morning hours. That&#8217;s not too bad. It&#8217;s supposed<br />
to get up to 41F. We shall see LOL. After today the<br />
temperatures supposed to begin dropping. Thank God<br />
for these radiator heaters hehehe. Judy and I are going<br />
to have some heating oil delivered Tuesday. Hopefully<br />
we don&#8217;t run out before then LOL. The furnace is for<br />
the other end of the house to keep all the pipes from<br />
freezing. It&#8217;s not so much for our warmth, but it does<br />
help a bit, hehehe especially in the bathroom where<br />
the only vent is opened in this part of the house LOL.<br />
It&#8217;s a tad hard to use the restroom when it&#8217;s ice cold<br />
hehehe. So that&#8217;s the only vent I left opened in this<br />
end of the house. The radiator heaters do a pretty<br />
good job of keeping the chill off in our bedroom and<br />
PC room. Actually with our computers running and<br />
the radiator heater, it gets rather toasty in here <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
There&#8217;s not much new to report from way up here in<br />
the Northeastern part of the USA. Judy and I are<br />
still doing our regular things such as playing with all<br />
our farms in FarmTown as well as all of our many<br />
hidden object games. We&#8217;re playing one now that<br />
is timed and it&#8217;s sort of wearing on us hehehe, but<br />
we&#8217;re both enjoying it. We played it yesterday, but<br />
had to stop to watch TV and do our farms hehehe.<br />
Did farms during commercials. God has been good<br />
to us. He&#8217;s taken good care of us and made sure<br />
that we had all that we needed. As long as we keep<br />
our needs not in just a wanting stage, things will<br />
be OK. I know, we all tend to time to time find<br />
things that we want and think at the time we can&#8217;t<br />
live without them, but step back and see if they<br />
are really things you need. Often we have all that<br />
we really need within our grasp. We might need<br />
to step out of ourselves and ask for help, but God<br />
does provide what we need. I know many will die<br />
due to starvation, sickness and health issues, but<br />
there is not a loss, but a gain for they are restored<br />
in Heaven. Death on Earth is not the end, but the<br />
beginning of an endless journey which can be with<br />
blessings unending or Hell without any peace. Let<br />
God come into your heart and show you a life<br />
beyond what you see. You&#8217;ll find blessings that<br />
you never new existed. Now with that said, I guess<br />
it&#8217;s time for me to begin my venture back through<br />
all that I&#8217;ve written here to see if I can find a good<br />
word or phrase that I can use for the title for today&#8217;s<br />
brand new poem. So it&#8217;s away I go to that lil place<br />
that I like to call RECOLLECT VILLE. I think<br />
I may have stumbled upon a good title. Now let&#8217;s<br />
see what I can do with it hehehe. Here goes&#8230;..</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Blessings Unending</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hopeful times<br />
come to be<br />
with God&#8217;s blessings<br />
that we see.<br />
Blessings unending<br />
daily found<br />
come when we find<br />
His solid ground.<br />
Yet we might not<br />
see them true<br />
in the days<br />
of which accrue.<br />
Often our blessings<br />
day to day<br />
are as echoes<br />
as they sway.<br />
Blessings unending<br />
might be seen<br />
us not knowing<br />
what that they mean.<br />
So those blessings<br />
that He&#8217;s given<br />
might be found<br />
as He&#8217;s forgiven.<br />
All the things<br />
we&#8217;ve said and done<br />
are forgiven<br />
through His Son.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">There ya go! I hope you enjoyed my rambling and maybe<br />
even the poem hehehe. There isn&#8217;t much else happening<br />
up here at the Pearce&#8217;s household. My sister in law Barb<br />
is still hanging in there. Judy and her other sister Dena<br />
went with Barbara last Thursday for more of her cancer<br />
treatments. I&#8217;m hoping that Judy got the cold afterwards<br />
and didn&#8217;t have it when she was with Barb. She surely<br />
doesn&#8217;t need that on top of the cancer. I pray that she<br />
is back to her healthy self real soon. Love ya Barb <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Get well soon! Ok with that said, I reckon it&#8217;s time for<br />
me to tell you what I tell you every week and that is<br />
I wrote some more poems and haiku. Yeppers 10 more<br />
poems with 4 of them being Christmas poems. I also<br />
once again wrote 22 more haiku for all of my haiku<br />
lovers out there. Now with that said I guess I need to be<br />
searching for that old off switch, but before I do that<br />
I need to wish you a most joyful and blessed week.<br />
Remember, Jesus loves you and we do too. Now to<br />
find that freaking off switch that loves to elude me.<br />
Found it once again under the electric blanket just<br />
trying to get warm hehehe. Hey dummy, it&#8217;s warmer<br />
in here hehehe. My side of the blanket is OFF hehe<br />
and I don&#8217;t think Judy wants to share her side with<br />
you hehehe. Gotcha, see ya CLICK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy Pearce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">P.S. Hehehe you might notice in the dates of all<br />
the poems that I wrote them all this morning <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Busy busy busy hehehehehe</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Now on with the poems and haiku<br />
10 and 22 hehehehehehehehehe <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Confused Discovered</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Some misleading<br />
situations<br />
might lead to<br />
some devastations<br />
when in fact<br />
the moments found<br />
is ones art<br />
of sight and sound.<br />
Some might find them<br />
sort of seen<br />
described as<br />
what sights demean<br />
while some people<br />
day to day<br />
might just choose<br />
to look away.<br />
Let your vision<br />
taken true<br />
not imprisoned<br />
every view,<br />
for the moment<br />
you uncovered<br />
might just be<br />
confused discovered.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">That Little Scene</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A scene of Christmas<br />
that we see<br />
might be found<br />
in just a tree.<br />
Memorized<br />
from long ago<br />
from a tree<br />
with spray on snow.<br />
A simple scene<br />
of timeless flare<br />
that is filled<br />
with love and care.<br />
A scene of Christmas<br />
sweet and true<br />
that&#8217;s remembered<br />
in your view<br />
might just echo<br />
as some pages<br />
from some distant<br />
wondrous ages.<br />
That little scene<br />
of way back when<br />
might just be<br />
how to begin.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let Not Judgment</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Winters coming<br />
with its portions<br />
displayed as some<br />
Christmas notions.<br />
Winter winds are<br />
blowing true<br />
in this seasons<br />
through and through.<br />
Christmas blessings<br />
come to town<br />
as some snowflakes<br />
falling down.<br />
Seasonal settings<br />
come in sync<br />
how that many<br />
daily think.<br />
Christmas values<br />
often tarried<br />
end with many<br />
sights all varied.<br />
So when Christmas<br />
comes to town<br />
it brings many<br />
views around.<br />
Some insightful<br />
of what&#8217;s good<br />
and some just<br />
misunderstood.<br />
Christmas blessings<br />
need to shine<br />
not just as<br />
our own design.<br />
Let this seasons<br />
Christmas cheer<br />
be what others<br />
will endear.<br />
Let not judgment<br />
deceive you<br />
just because it&#8217;s<br />
not your view.<br />
Remember Christmas<br />
here on Earth<br />
is for Jesus<br />
and His birth.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Glory</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The stage is set<br />
as pages turn<br />
bringing true<br />
what I discern.<br />
The story told<br />
that I remember<br />
is the time of<br />
each December.<br />
The stage is set<br />
with moments told<br />
here and now<br />
from days of old.<br />
Christmas mornings<br />
brought on stage<br />
with a wondrous<br />
turning page.<br />
Many blessings<br />
come to be<br />
through this time<br />
of which I see.<br />
Santa&#8217;s sleigh bells<br />
heard in flight<br />
are the sound<br />
deep in the night.<br />
Christmas Eve<br />
as night gives way<br />
brings such things<br />
as Christmas Day.<br />
Christmas morning<br />
comes in view<br />
as ones see<br />
a sight anew.<br />
Gifts beneath<br />
the Christmas tree<br />
brought by Santa<br />
given free.<br />
The stage is set<br />
with curtain drawn<br />
seeing all the<br />
mornings dawn.<br />
Christmas glory<br />
shines so sweet<br />
as the stories<br />
none compete.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Misconceived</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Often a segue<br />
seen out of place<br />
brings ones confusion<br />
found on their face.<br />
Often a moment<br />
found out of line<br />
might be a minutes<br />
difference of time.<br />
Often appearance<br />
is just a phase<br />
found in the light of<br />
troublesome days.<br />
Often our viewpoints<br />
seen at a glance<br />
are just some seconds<br />
found as mischance.<br />
Often a moment<br />
that we&#8217;ve believed<br />
is just a section<br />
we&#8217;ve misconceived.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Just A Touch</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A touch of love<br />
from you and me<br />
can change now<br />
and history.<br />
Some forgiveness<br />
carried today<br />
makes a better<br />
future display.<br />
Just a touch<br />
of love so true<br />
from the likes of<br />
me and you<br />
can make heartbeats<br />
found in time<br />
beat of wondrous<br />
love divine.<br />
So let minutes<br />
that you share<br />
be as magic<br />
in the air<br />
with just a touch<br />
of Heaven&#8217;s scent<br />
helping many<br />
to repent.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Scenes Premise</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A word that&#8217;s said<br />
that seems sincere<br />
might be something<br />
heard unclear.<br />
A scenes premise<br />
from simple views<br />
might have many<br />
different dues.<br />
Things we thought<br />
with sight and sound<br />
might just be<br />
so wrongly found.<br />
The premised time<br />
that then reviewed<br />
could be just<br />
what&#8217;s misconstrued.<br />
Sometimes things<br />
of which we see<br />
are just times<br />
a wrong degree.<br />
Out of phase<br />
before our eyes<br />
might just be<br />
a scenes premise.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Moons Promise</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The promise that&#8217;s seen<br />
with coming of night<br />
sometimes is found<br />
with no moon in sight.<br />
The moons promise<br />
is but a dream<br />
found as a face<br />
in nighttimes cuisine.<br />
The big round figure<br />
sometimes obscured<br />
is but a story<br />
of word after word.<br />
With the many stars<br />
that glimmer above<br />
the moon brings glory<br />
to ones found in love.<br />
Some sit and stare<br />
at the moon and the stars<br />
while they hear<br />
the passing of cars.<br />
The moons promise<br />
is but a sight<br />
often seen clearly<br />
with coming of night.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Presence of Angels</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With many problems<br />
are many answers<br />
sometimes as God&#8217;s Own<br />
Heavenly dancers.<br />
The presence of angels<br />
comes at a time<br />
when someone&#8217;s needing<br />
God So Divine.<br />
Sometimes their presence<br />
is but a glimmer<br />
found at the moment<br />
life&#8217;s seeming dimmer.<br />
Angels are watching us<br />
as God provides<br />
when we&#8217;re incurring<br />
some bumpy rides.<br />
So let not worry<br />
to find you despair,<br />
for God gives angels<br />
with love and care.<br />
Give God a prayer<br />
when troubles accrue<br />
and He&#8217;ll send angels<br />
to help with your view.<br />
Yet do not wait<br />
for troublesome times,<br />
pray now to Jesus<br />
for future designs.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Blessings</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">White as clouds<br />
the snowflakes fall<br />
as they cover<br />
over all.<br />
In this season<br />
scenes are found<br />
with white snow<br />
upon the ground.<br />
Yet so many<br />
do not see<br />
snowflakes falling<br />
fancy free.<br />
Christmas moments<br />
come and go<br />
with the thoughts of<br />
to and fro.<br />
Times remembered<br />
far and wide<br />
are what many<br />
coincide.<br />
Many blessings<br />
Christmastime<br />
come within<br />
a great design.<br />
Seen by many<br />
just so sweet<br />
as their Christmas<br />
meal they eat.<br />
Sweet potatoes<br />
and pumpkin pie<br />
bring so many<br />
eye to eye.<br />
Often memories<br />
are best seen<br />
with a little<br />
manger scene.<br />
Maybe some lights<br />
upon the tree<br />
might be all<br />
ones wish to see.<br />
Christmas blessings<br />
come so grand<br />
when we see them<br />
God in hand.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Haiku<br />
for Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Guarding tomorrow<br />
could prevent today&#8217;s venture.<br />
Focus on today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lessons are painted<br />
as the pictures are displayed<br />
as things we have done.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The sounds of nature<br />
are echoes of adventure<br />
that we often miss.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Listen to the breeze<br />
as its speaks its many words<br />
found within the trees.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A shadow of time<br />
might seem as an illusion,<br />
but be found as truth.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looking at someone<br />
will not tell who that they are.<br />
The truth is inside.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With a page that&#8217;s turned<br />
brings a chance for tomorrow<br />
if then is released.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">So many stories<br />
tell of truthful and fiction.<br />
Learn to tell what&#8217;s right.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Beyond yesterday<br />
lies the chances for today<br />
found with lessons learned.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Your own decisions<br />
can affect many others,<br />
so heed what you do.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tasting a snowflake<br />
as it falls onto your tongue<br />
can bring you much joy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A haiku moment<br />
that a minute brought to life<br />
can breathe out a thought.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seemingly subtle<br />
some flavors are still tasted<br />
as shadows of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Night lights that twinkle<br />
could be the stars up above<br />
dancing and singing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With oceans of waves<br />
come scenes hidden deep within<br />
exposed on the shore.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Writing a story<br />
needs a little of yourself<br />
found in the pages.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes tomorrow<br />
holds but only fear within<br />
found in the unknown.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A butterflies wings<br />
carry it on its journey<br />
after it is transformed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Looking passed now<br />
might end you in more trouble.<br />
Then has no promise.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With snowflakes of white<br />
children build a large snowman<br />
that withstands winter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Braving a moment<br />
might show your stupidity.<br />
There&#8217;s a real fine line.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Reading someone&#8217;s eyes<br />
finds misinterpretation<br />
when not knowing true.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">©By Bill Pearce<br />
Dec 4, 2011</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">God bless from Bill and Judy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">http://www.drawingart.net<br />
Ben Geurts Drawing Art site<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas site</p>
<p>http://www.anoldfashionedchristmas.com/</p>
<p>My new site below</p>
<p>http://www.animalsgreetings.com/</p>
<p>One of my friends sites below</p>
<p>http://christianpraise.net/</p>
<p>and once again the poetry contest at<br />
Whisperpoetry</p>
<p>http://www.whisperpoetry.com/</p>
<p>http://www.blueturtlecrossing.com/</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Free_Style_Poetry</p>
<p>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poets_playwrights_prophets_pixies</p>
<p>Me on UTube</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/poetbill</p>
<p>Your frosty friend Bill <img src='http://www.animalsgreetings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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