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The Pinecone
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November 2013
Window Lessons
By DeDe Scott
I look out my window
At the start of every day
To see what God is planning
For me along the way.
Most days the sun is shining
And everything is bright,
The birds and bees do as they please
And all the world seems right.
A man and his dog walk by.
They both look quite happy to be
Walking outside together.
One smiles, and one barks at me.
Big trucks, cars, and bicycles too
Move slowly as they go past.
Speed bumps in the street are there
To keep them from going too fast.
Red roses grow outside my window
Beautiful gifts from God that say
Use speed bumps in your daily living
So you can smell the roses along the way.
The Halls of Kirby
Dr. Joseph Scott
When I walk the halls of Kirby
And go from floor to floor
I imagine the stories that
lay behind each door
The joys and tears of childhood years
Of loved ones gone by age, disease,
and sometimes acts of war.
We gather here to pass through
The tunnel of time.
New friends are made,
and old friends are lost.
To stay busy there’s lots to do...
It all depends on you.
Such is life
Here among the Pines.
S
cott
family members win
first
poetry contest
Dr. Joseph Scott won first place in the first annual poetry contest sponsored by the
First Monday Poetry Group at Kirby Pines with his poem
Halls of Kirby
. Mrs. De De
Scott, his wife, was the second place winner with her poem
Window Lessons
.
Their
poems, along with Nita Heffernan’s third place winner
Fall into Winter
and Dorothy
Sue Lovejoy’s honorable mention,
A Solitary Prayer
, have been posted on the poet’s
corner bulletin board. The Scott poems are featured below.
Dr. Joseph Scott moved to Kirby Pines in 2003. The retired physician counts
among his hobbies amateur radio, gem cutting, stamp collecting, water color painting
and wood working. And he still makes time to enjoy poetry! A veteran of WWII, Dr.
Scott practiced medicine for over 50 years. He and wife De De have a blended family
of five sons, three daughters, 16 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and two great,
great grandchildren.
De De Scott grew up as an only child who spent lots of time reading, and poetry
was always fun to read aloud. Among the attractions of the poetry group for De De is
hearing the members read aloud the poems they have written.
The winning poems were chosen from ten blind entries by judge Frances
Brinkley Cowden of Germantown, TN. Cowden is the founder, editor and publisher
of
Grandmother Earth
. Among her other achievements are newsletter editor of The
Poetry Society of Tennessee and The National League of American Pen Women,
Founder of Life Press Christian Writers Association, and Honorary Member of The
Poetry Society of Tennessee. Cowden has written several poetry books including
View
from a Mississippi River Cotton Sack
,
Etchings across the Moon
and
O
f Butterflies
and Unicorns
.
- Val Reed, First Monday Poetry Group
