OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR…..

OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR

AND MUNICH READIED ALL THEIR BEER

PLUS PRETZELS, CHICKEN, SAUSAGES

FROM EV’RY REGION THE BEST.

THE VAT NOW HAD A TAP INSTALLED

‘BEER IS READY!’ SOMEONE CALLED

THE WAITRESSES SO BUSTY, STRONG,

BRING FOAMING BREW YOU ALL DAY LONG.

SUDDENLY THE MUSIC TONES,

RYTHMIC NOISE AND ON IT DRONES

WITH OOMPAH, OOMPAH BOOM, BOOM, BOOM

IN THE CENTRE NOW THE BRASS BANDS LOOM.

WELL- KNOWN SONGS ARE SUNG BY ALL

AND EVERYBODY HAS A BALL

THE GIANT TENT’S SWAYING IN BEER-SWILLING MOOD

WITH GUZZLING, SINGING AND EATING SOME FOOD.

IF LIFE COULD ALWAYS BE FULL OF CHEER

- NO SOURPUSS IS WANTED HERE -

FOLK MUSIC, BEER, LAUGHTER FILL THIS SITE

THAT’S WHAT WE CALL ‘GEMUEHTLICHKEIT!’

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE…..

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE

SWEET-SCENTING IN THE MORNING DEW,

WITH BEES THAT VISIT AND ENJOY THEIR OFF’RING

AND MOTHER BIRDS THAT GUIDE THEIR OFF-SPRING

THEY STALK AROUND AND SHOW THEIR CARE

AND POINT TO FOOD, THEIR CHICKEN’S FARE.

A GENTLE BREEZE KEEPS WAFTING THROUGH

SWAYS FLOWERS GENTLY TO AND FRO.

WITH MIND AND BODY GREATLY OVERWHELMED

A GRATEFUL PRAYER TO MY DEAR GOD IS HELD

FOR HIS CREATION, FOR FLOWERS SO BRIGHT

FOR CREATURES, ALL IN THE SUNNIEST LIGHT.

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

FREEDOM…..

FREEDOM IS WHEN BELLS ARE RINGING

ACROSS THE LAND AND OUT TO SEA

AND HAPPY PEOPLE GATHER SINGING

FOR EVERMORE WE’LL HAPPY BE!

TYRANNY IS WHEN PEOPLE SIGHING

WISTFUL YEARNING TO BE FREE,

WHEN IN FEAR AND DEATH DEFYING

THEY TRY TO BREATHE AND NOT TO SEE.

FREEDOM IS WHEN PAST DEFEATED,

PEOPLE CHEER AND LIVE AGAIN

IN PUBLIC PLACES, STANDING, SEATED

ALL CELEBRATING FREEDOM’S GAIN!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

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ANOTHER LIMERICK

I am sitting dazed and confused,

My pencil and paper unused.

Trying to dream

No success it does seem,

Today, it’s not my day, I mused

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

MAGPIES ARE BIRDS SO INTELLIGENT.....

Magpies are birds so intelligent,

with cheek and timidity negligent.

They stand their ground

and look around,

devoid of any reticence.

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