Here's what Mrs. Doris Caplinger had to share: "My Silver Plaque award and a book that has a poem in it [that I wrote]. The highest ranked award you can earn in Poetry Writing for my Poem of Babies [and] a selection of my poems I wrote for you to have."
Well, I for one am so happy to receive them! I plan to publish them here, with Mrs. Caplinger's permission:
Each poem is represented here exactly as Mrs. Caplinger wrote it.
Thankfulness
Each moring when I awake
I look into the sky
I thank the Lord I thank my friends
That I am still alive.
If ever I should be cruel
To my family or other people,
I pray to the Lord, for themany things
While he's standing on the steeple.
If he sould ever come and take me away with Him
I hope that he will find
I'm not guilty of many sins
That hehas given to us
To take with us each day
Because in time to come
I have this verse to say
If ever I should do something
That I am grateful for,
I hope when the angels come to get me the Lord will be waiting at Heaven's Door.
Birds
Birds fly around the world each day
and make the sky so bright
and it can leade us into seeing
a more proud and happier sight.
As birds go out by the lakes and shores
and swim to take a bath,
can always leade us into seeing
a more proud and Happier Path.
As birds fly around the sky each day
Seeking to raize and lift a feather,
can always leade us into seeing
a mark and change of weather.
As we walk along lifes road each day
Listening to birds around us talk,
can always leade our journey we take
Into a more Pleasant and Happier Walk.
Parents
Of all the years that's passed on by
and marked ahead a leade,
I open my heart and see the joy
My Parents left at Deed
My Parents were there no matter what
The time of night or day.
They always knew how to cheer me up
and exactly what to always say
The many things theyve done for me
Has brought me lone from heart
and made my life into a happier life
That's never felt broken apart
I hope my Parents life ahead for them
Will be happy in all they do
and certainly bring them joy and Love
Like they've brought to me sincerely grew.
Babys
A baby enters the world each day
With tender touch and feel,
and it can help us see through life
How a baby can make our life so real
As babys go through life each day
Forming a need of care and Duty
Will also leade us into seeing
A mark and change of Beauty
A baby is a pleasure to watch
When it first begins to walk,
and it can also spread nice pride
When it first begins to talk
As babys go through life each day
Letting those around it see wan to see
How much Love a baby can bring
and will make our hearts so Gentle
Warm and Free.
P.S. This is the poem I got the Editor's Choice Award for. It was also printed in a book from the Library of Congress.
Love
Love in life can be so nice
If we show our needs and care
To those around who need it most
and find in ways to share
When we see lifes way of helping out and lift our hearts to need,
The Love we share with others around
Will be a trustful and Happier Deed
When we take our time of finding ways
To draw others close beside,
can always have nice ways of showing
Our Love with Feeling and Pride
Love can also be rememberede at times
When joined together at heart,
and made into a heppier life
That never shall be broken apart.
