Op-Ed http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911200663 I Thank the LordI thank the Lord for loved onesFor friends both far and nearAnd for all my many blessingsAt this special time of year.I thank God for the sunshineI thank him for the rain http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911200663 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911130726 The Unknown Soldier Theres a graveyard near the White HouseWhere the Unknown Soldier lies.And the flowers there are sprinkledWith tears from mothers eyes.I stood there not so long ago http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911130726 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060708 The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year,Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere;Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead;They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the r...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060708 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910300892 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910300892 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:46:15 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910230708 Birds Search for Summer "Summer is gone," say the Blue Asters by the roadside."Summer is gone," say the Long Shadows at evening tide.The crickets and the Katydids sang the whole night lo...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910230708 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:32:19 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910160686 Autumn Oracle By Laura Lee Randall A sunset sky, and the west wind sighing, A threat of winter ... the wild gulls crying; Swift flocks of birds to the southland winging; Bare brown boughs in a fren...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910160686 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:43:55 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910090653 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910090653 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:51:17 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910020458 Whos for the Hills. Whos for the hills.Ho, for the stress and struggle, and at lastThe gain of summit places sure and fast!Ho, for a clearer air, a fairer view,A hilltop nearer to the mighty blue! http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910020458 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:15:26 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909250861 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909250861 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:58:37 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180420 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180420 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:37:47 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110310 Tis the Last Rose of Summer By Thomas Moore Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bu...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110310 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:50:04 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909040526 Rondel for September By Karle Wilson BakerYou thought it was a falling leaf we heard;I knew it was the Summers gypsy feet,A sound so reticent it scarcely stirredThe ear so still a message to repeat, -- http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909040526 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:00:50 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908280606 "Marching, marching, round about the school room/ Heads erect, eyes ahead, like the soldiers on parade/ Marching, marching, do not fall behind!/ Keep in step as we turn and wind." My brother Larry came in early this morning, singing the ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908280606 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:55:01 -0400