A Christmas Post: Christmas Story: A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Post: Christmas Story: A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens: From Denny:  Check out a Christmas story written by Charles Dickens over a century ago.  Here, in this story, the author gives us a glimpse of the age of early technology of mechanical toys and the increasing consumerism at Christmas.

Dickens recalls his own childhood Christmas time.  This memoir is an intriguing romp through the mind of a child as he perceives the Christmas magic and contemplates the holiday season.  He likes to relate a ghost story along the way too!

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A Christmas Post: Christmas Story: Christmas Day in the Morning

A Christmas Post: Christmas Story: Christmas Day in the Morning: From Denny: As an American high school kid living in Taiwan I was introduced to the author Pearl S. Buck. She grew up as a Christian missionary kid in mainland China during the 1930's and was one of the very first Westerners to bridge the cultural gap between China and the West in understanding. Buck wrote a lot of stories, recommended by both the local Taiwanese and the Christian missionaries, and I read them all back then since there was no TV in English. I read a lot of books, even took to reading the Encyclopedias when I ran out of material! :)

While this author may be considered simplistic and out of fashion at the moment, she still deserves a read in my mind. Why? One of the subtle cultural nuances that crept into her writing was the Chinese sentence structure: extreme sheer simplicity. Sometimes, later generations who have not lived abroad fail to pick up those intense subtleties and so write off her writing, failing to realize they are missing an opportunity to get inside the head of Chinese culture by reading about the smallest things in Life written in a simple way.  Parents with teenagers will definitely appreciate this story.

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A Christmas Post: Christmas Story: The Gift of the Magi: From Denny: This is another Christmas classic, such a wonderful story by a revered writer!


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A Christmas Post: True Christmas Story: Funny Christmas Conversations

A Christmas Post: True Christmas Story: Funny Christmas Conversations: From Denny:  Think back. How much can you remember about the things your parents used to tell you about Santa? This Christmas Eve my husband and I started that conversation. Though we have been married many years there were still some things we did not know about each other.

We laughed about the incredible stories our parents told us on Christmas Eve. It was becoming a contest between whose parents were the most outrageous storytellers.

Do you remember the funny and downright lame excuses your parents used to give you when talking about Santa coming to visit on Christmas Eve? 3 videos.

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Poem: The Owl Speaks

From Denny:  Do you ever wake a couple of hours before dawn, deep in thought, only to hear the sounds of Nature speaking to you just outside your window?  Do you ever stop and concentrate upon the messages speaking all around you?  This poem is one of those times...

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From Denny: I’ve always worked from the inside out. Yet in the West, and especially in America, our culture tends to work from the outside, ignoring the "inside self" the majority of the time. And we wonder why America is a drug-plagued society with so much emotional and spiritual pain? There isn’t enough loving going around: yourself - as well as the stranger standing next to you!

You can love yourself without resorting to selfishness, stinginess or self-absorption. Just take good care of yourself as much as you would someone you value highly. Your world will improve dramatically when you adopt this philosophy.

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Kissinger, 88-years-old, is hawking his new book 'On China.' Well, at least he didn't bore us with a long title. (Check out the link on Amazon.)

Kissinger did manage to hold his own with the crazy antics of Colbert. In fact, the old guy was good humored and rolled with the punches. He was Colbert's straight man every stand-up comic adores to use on stage."

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Dennys World of Quotes: Fathers Day Quotes: Funny and Inspirational: "Best quote: The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat. - Robert Frost

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He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. - Clarence Budington Kelland, U.S. Writer

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- Theodore Hesburgh, Catholic Priest and President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame

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Levels

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Stephen Colbert Interviews Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg About Poetry

From Denny: While Stephen Colbert, of The Colbert Report, is known for his satire and wildly funny self, he does manage to do some almost serious interviews. In this case, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, is rolling out a book of poetry.

This book, "She Walks In Beauty," is comprised of men writing poems about women to celebrate them. The collection is about women celebrating themselves, describing the special connection women have to poetry from growing up in the world of emotion.

Caroline and Stephen also read a few poems by W.H. Auden and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Take a look:

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From Denny: Do you ever look at all your writing journals and cringe at how much you have scribbled and doodled into them over the years? All Hail to Google for creating free online journals! Now I can clutter up the internet. :)

Seriously though, I finally got going on this poetry-only blog back in May to stash the scribbled middle-of-the-night goodies. The beauty of this blogging medium is adding some wonderful photography to illustrate the word pictures, a win-win. A big Thank You! to the folks over at Flickr Creative Commons who released their awesome photos for free use.

You will see poems from a lot of years as I get them up here. It's fun to see what outside events influence the writing and ideas swirling around in your head. But then, the spiritual journey for each of us is a solitary path, each finding our own way. Maybe you will find some of these thoughts useful as you discover delights and insights on your journey.

To check out what is posting on all my many blogs in an easy format, check out this blog:

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When life goes off in an unexpected direction: What did I do wrong? When life is humming along, successful: What did I do right? The answers come in an unusual reply.  Read this one slowly with each pause as it is written in a more archaic form of English to touch lightly upon the emotional romantic.

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When the seasons change in our life.

Louisiana Summer Sigh


The July summer heat
Puffed its cheeks out
Like a pouting stubborn child
Told, “Go to bed, now!”

The hundred degree scorching
Soared as hot as that child’s temper
Weighing down the droopy moist air
Like that child’s protruding lower lip.

The scent of change wafted near
Fluttering sweetly on dragonfly wings
Ghostly mid-July presence announced
“Fall approaches; change is coming.”

The heat slowed from fever pitch
Like the child’s temper calming a bit
Then mid-August Perseid meteor showers
Chased high across the sky, amused our inner child.

The heavy August moon, huge eyes hung low
Pointed the way, “Look up! Change is coming!”
The night sky’s face moved different in one instant
Like the child’s, transformed new starred wonder.

The breezes stirred more often late summer
Growing stronger, more bold in their invite
Cooler weather calmed stormy tempers
Like the hugging arms of a patient mother.

The hurricane season of stormy tempers passed
The child’s once fuming countenance restored
Fall lovingly dried the moist air’s heavy tears
Like the child’s face lifted up to his mother’s

All smiles and joy. Breathe.




Denny Lyon
Copyright 14 August 2009
All Rights Reserved


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Photo Credits

Angry child photo by mdanys @ flickr

Pouting child photo by JustinLowery.com @ flickr

Lake Martin Swamp, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana photo by onealchristopher @ flickr

River Road Plantation, Louisiana by New Orleans Lady @ flickr

Happy little boy Photo by OakleyOriginals @ flickr

Smiling child photo by Pink Sherbet Photography @ flickr

Blowing bubbles photo by Pink Sherbet Photography @ flickr



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Eyeing Think Time

Writing a poem about your process of writing a poem can be, well, amusing.





Eyeing Think Time

The energy in my swirling mind







Scribbles furiously lighting up the dark







The powerful pens pump streams of ink







Dancing faster pace, designing the page







My vision swells up in brilliant bold color







Painting my fertile imagination with delight







My sight foresees what will come in measure







Building the tension and anguish to deliver







Simple it was when first I tripped over the thought







Now it perches on my nose too close to see or touch







Squirming, twisting, constantly restless, gestating the write







Tumbling idea words pushing against my head







Snarling to be heard in the dazzling light yet detour







Escaping to dark places, slithering perilous crevices







Wondering if we dip in paint pale ghosts of ourselves







Unlocking beautiful painful things alive in our hearts







Refreshing old soul wisdom awakens to guide us on our way







Glowing amber coals of thought varnishing the write







Bursting through to glimpse the haloed oval light







My stretching vision leafing details like a secret lettered on a page







Onlooker to rambling thoughts racing to gather as a musing crowd







Drifting in the stillness word winds start singing from the silence







Lifting words to dizzying heights fluttering on the watcher wings







Mystically riveted into one sharp sight




Denny Lyon
Copyright 1 October 2009
All Rights Reserved


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Photo Credits

And when you write a poem, I know the words photo by You Don’t Love Me Yet @ flickr

Light writing photo by madmarv004 @ flickr

Pens photo by pigpogm @ flickr

The Infamy of a Story Never Told (Dali lives!) Photo by Felipe Morin @ flickr

Wild neon eye photo by dreamglow @ flickr

Paisley eye Photo by dreamglow @ flickr

Grunge eye photo by dreamglow @ flickr

See me sweat Photo by ardenswayoflife (The Netherlands) @ flickr

Child’s eye Photo by peasap (California, USA)@ flickr

Cicada between my eyes Photo by OakleyOriginals @ flickr

I love a wild thing! Photo by helgasms! @ flickr

Her blue eyes photo by Ranoush (Egypt) @ flickr

Tiger blue eyes Photo by TakenBy Tina (Canada) @ flickr

Snake eyes photo by Care_SMC (Oklahoma, USA) @ flickr

Woman with Gray Eyes and Red Lipstick photo by Pink Sherbet Photography @ flickr

New Years eye photo by pareeerica (Australia) @ flickr

Old thoughtful eyes of an elephant photo by Felix Francis (India) @ flickr

Amber eye photo by lupinehorror (Scotland, United Kingdom) @ flickr

Fish eye lens photo by Il Conte de Luna (Italy) @ flickr

Lid (eye) understretch photo by DerrickT (Georgia, USA) @ flickr

Rainbow eyes Photo by Lin Pernille ♥ Photography @ flickr

The Expansive Relationship of Two Individuals as An Independent One Photo by DerrickT @ flickr (Georgia, USA)

Butterfly eyes photo by me’nthedogs (United Kingdom) @ flickr

Two eyes are one Photo by ViaMoi (Canada) @ flickr