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<i>from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Trunk-Silly-Poems-Aloud/dp/0810942003"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Animal Trunk: Silly Poems to Read Aloud</b></span></a></i></div>
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The bills from Mother’s Day!</div>
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Downton Abbey, save our souls,</div>
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Bring back civility;</div>
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Style, grace, and savoir faire--</div>
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The way things used to be?</div>
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Poe became well-known for his mysterious tales and poetry. </div>
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Two of his most popular works are the poem “The Raven” </div>
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and the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.”</div>
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The critics were unkind to Poe.</div>
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His life was short and sad.</div>
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His lust for drink led some to think</div>
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That he was Raven mad.</div>
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Claude Monet</div>
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Born in Paris, France, November 14, 1840,</div>
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Monet was the founder of French Impressionism.</div>
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One of his most famous paintings is <i>Water Lilies.</i></div>
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The water lilies of Monet</div>
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Drift upon a canvas bay.</div>
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A master of his profession,</div>
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He made a good Impression.</div>
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Eliot was a poet who wrote long poems with lots of footnotes.</div>
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One of his most famous poems is "The Waste Land."</div>
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Eliot was under the delusion</div>
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That everything’s an allusion.</div>
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Each line from T. S.</div>
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Nash published his funny little poems in <i>The New Yorker.</i></div>
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One of his most famous is "The Turtle."</div>
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Again I study and rehearse</div>
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Each measure of your pithy verse,</div>
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But since I fail to be as terse</div>
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I wish that you had done it worse.</div>
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Making good decisions,</div>
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Albert Einstein</div>
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1879-1955</div>
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<i>Einstein is regarded as the Father of Modern Physics.</i></div>
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<i>One of his most famous achievements is the theory of relativity.</i></div>
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Albert Einstein</div>
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Had a relatively brilliant mind.</div>
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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br />Executive ability<br />Is quite an art, it’s true;<br />The art of taking credit for<br />The work the others do.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />GOAT HILL<br /><br />The legislature is fair game,<br />Their antics are abundant;<br />But jokes about our congressmen<br />Always seem redundant.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />THE PASSING OF AN ERROR<br /><br />Our past mistakes may come and go,<br />Though some are prone to stay;<br />A lesson that we fail to learn--<br />Until election day. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">©Charles Ghigna</span></i></span></span></div></div>Charles Ghignahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16055857831163378156noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842581941543754857.post-26263642148984429862011-01-20T10:14:00.000-08:002011-01-20T19:40:55.468-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZeBmillEwNg/TTh8i9JH2ZI/AAAAAAAAAfI/_oOah2qmuuQ/s1600/Champagne-Glasses-colour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 98px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZeBmillEwNg/TTh8i9JH2ZI/AAAAAAAAAfI/_oOah2qmuuQ/s200/Champagne-Glasses-colour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564334279586470290" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); 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