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Mother doesn’t want a Dog for Mother’s Day – very funny poem

Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog for Mother’s Day   by Judith Viorst

Mother doesn’t want a dog. 

Mother says they smell, 

And never sit when you say sit, 

Or even when you yell. 

And when you come home late at night 

And there is ice and snow,

You have to go back out because

the dumb dog has to go. 

Mother doesn’t want a dog. 

Mother says they shed, 

And always let the strangers in 

And bark at friends instead,

And do disgraceful things on rugs, 

And track mud on the floor, 

And flop upon your bed at night 

And snore their doggy snore. 

Mother doesn’t want a dog. 

She’s making a mistake. 

Because, more than a dog, 

I think She will not want this snake.

Poem for Mother’s Day May 12th, 2013

How Do You Know When You Are Old

Pondering Old Oge

How do I know that my youth is all spent?

Well, my get up and go has got up and went.

But in spite of it all I am able to grin

when I recall where my get up has been.

Old age is golden-so I’ve heard it said-

but sometimes I wonder when I get into bed,

with my ears in a drawer and my teeth in a cup,

my eyes on the table until I wake up.

Ere sleep dims my eyes I say to myself,

“Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?”

And I’m happy to say as I close my door,

my friends are the same, perhaps even more.

When I was young, my slippers were red,

I could pick up my heels right over my head.

When I grew older, my slippers were blue,

but still I could dance the whole night through.

But now I am old, my slippers are black,

I walk to the store and puff my way back.

The reason I know my youth is all spent,

my get up and go has got up and went.

But I really don’t mind when I think, with a grin,

of all the grand places my get up has been.

Since I have retired from life’s competition,

I accommodate myself with complete repetition.

I get up each morning, and dust off my wits,

pick up my paper and read the “obits”.

If my name is missing, I know I’m not dead,

so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.

Best Exercises For Winter Months Spent Sitting at Your Computer or iPad

Revelation, A Visual Poem ~ Beautiful and Inspirational

Video at: http://vimeo.com/57370112

Revelation, a Visual Poem. from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving Ode to Our National Birds

To our National Birds

The American Eagle

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The Thanksgiving Turkey

May one give us peace in all our states

And the other a piece for all our plates

Happy Boss’s Day

Boss’s Day is October 16

According to Emily Post, you should not give your boss a gift unless it is from a group of employees.

This will avoid the appearance of currying favor from your boss.

In other words ~ No sucking up!

Would Massaging your boss be considered “Sucking Up”?

Boss’ Day (alternative spelling Boss’s Day, also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day) is a secular holiday celebrated on October 16 in the United States and Canada. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year. The holiday has been the source of some controversy and criticism in the United States, where it is often mocked as a Hallmark Holiday

One interesting feature of this occasion in India, is that Boss’s present gifts to their subordinates.

Poems for Boss’s Day

Appreciation Poetry for Boss 

A Small Poem
“Doing special favors
In a dozen different ways
Looking out for others
With no thought
Of thanks or praise
Treating workers like a family,
Setting good examples, too
These things make a wonderful boss
And they all apply to you!”

Appreciation On Boss’s Day
“This day is special and it’s just for you
To tell how much we appreciate you
We cannot tell how happy we are
To have the boss the way you are
We have someone who listens to us
We have someone who guide us through
The problems could have never been simple
If you had not given us confidence to fight them through
You have accepted us the way we are
You have made us perform and make that mark
The joy of success has always prevailed
Because the failure distinctively got nailed
We are a team and we love to perform
We like to take storm by its horns
We now know how to rock
Because we are lucky to have you as our boss
This day is special and it’s just for you
To tell how much we appreciate you
We cannot tell how happy we are
To have the boss the way you are”

For A Wonderful Boss On This Special Day
(A poem by Audrey A. Cooper)
“That special boss, you work for
A Special poem from all of us
There are many bosses in this world, but
None of them can compare how special you are, to all of us
You have that special quality that lets each of us,
Be ourselves, even when we may over bearing at times, it seems.
You have that special quality that doesn’t change any one of us,
Only to enhance and bring out the best qualities in each of us,
And we all thank you for that.
You are a very special
Boss to all of us!
Happy Boss Day!”

Being A Boss Is Tough
It is not always easy to be the one in charge
In charge of fixing the daily conundrums
Having to make the call can cause the nerves to flair
Flair with fear and raw vulnerability for what’s unknown
And the issues get more gnarly as the day wears on
Wearing patience thin and testing tired brain cells
Why would anyone want to be the boss?
The boss gets all complaints and aggravation
Constant interruptions render plans obsolete
Obsolete and out of touch before clearing the gate
Being a boss comes with these and many more challenges
Challenges roller coaster emotions and many more energy
These diversions don’t overshadow the reasons to lead
Leading is about people, connection and excellence
Leaders can see and develop our potential
The potential to fully express and utilize our talents
The boss cares about whether people are engaged
Engaged and unencumbered by rolling curd
Hats off to all leaders who get through the muck
The mucky muck of business to help people be great
Jobs would be unbearable without great bosses

Famous, Funny and Clever Boss Day Quotes 

• “Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties” ~ Doug Larson

• “Show me a man who is a good looser and I’ll show a man who is playing golf with his boss” ~ Jim Murray

• “The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skills.” ~ Robert Heller

• “By working eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” Robert Frost

• “Key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate you away from those who are still undecided.” ~ Casey Stengal

• “If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have job if he was any smarter.” ~ Albert A Grant

• “Being a boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.” ~ Allison Gomme

• “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that world word would be ‘meetings’.” ~ Dave Barry

• “The person who knows how will always have job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.” ~ Diane Ravitch

• “I am felling an unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it might be gratitude.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

• “A good boss is a person who can tolerate my complaints and still manage to say hello to me every day.” ~ Byron Pusifer

• “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throat.” ~ Howard Aiken

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADA

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VALENTINE LOVE POEM

Winter in Canada

WINTER  POEM

It’s winter in Canada

And the gentle breezes blow

Seventy miles an hour

At  thirty-five  below.

Oh, how I love Canada

When the snow’s up to your butt

You take a  breath of winter

And your nose gets frozen  shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful

So I guess I’ll hang around

I could  never leave Canada

Cuz I’m frozen to the ground!

Have a great day…

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98% OF CANADIANS SAY “OH  SHIT” BEFORE GOING IN THE DITCH ON A  SLIPPERY   ROAD.
THE OTHER 2% ARE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND AND THEY SAY, “HOLD MY BEER AND  WATCH THIS.”

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Please check out the following Winter In Canada Humor.

http://www.e-forwards.com/2011/01/winter-wonderland-fail-moving-to-florida/