Fred Lee Newman, IV
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At the Heart of every forest
Lies a clearing green and lush
Where the keepers build their houses
in the boysenberry bush:
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While expediting on the Nile, I found a beast of curious style.
He rose from out the river’s deep; at once I asked, “Please stop the jeep.”
It seemed at first a river horse, but now this claim I can’t endorse;
For, though his nose was broad and flat, and gaping jaws fed tons of fat,
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Fairest of all places: the Valley of Gethru –
Full of light and sunny fruit, with a sparkling river, too.
Its gentle slopes were robed in a hundred shades of green;
Every wind-stirred blade and leaf flashed bright with a dewy sheen.
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They praise the Fireside Poets four:
Wadsworth, Holmes, Whittier, and Lowell,
As they sat by the fire, quill and parchment o'er,
And they carefully formed ev'ry consonant and vowel.
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As I lay in the hospital bed,
I heard the doctor say,
'With a tumor in his brain, he has
To live but one more day.'
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In Hippocanome lived Old Man Taylor;
On the Ten Minute Skip he was a sailor.
But as he sailed the seven seas,
He all of a sudden began to sneeze.
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A score and ten: the village men
Who would not yield to Edward,
Took staves and knives and kissed their wives
And marched in earnest westward.
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Lord, deliver us from the fury of the Northmen
Who raid England’s coasts and leave naught but ghosts
In the ruined halls where they’ve been;
Who plunder and torch every barn, house, and porch
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My eyes are closed, my hands are still;
I stand upon a diamond hill.
I see below march nobly by
Tall warriors fair; brave banners fly.
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Fred Lee Newman, IV Biography
I was born in China while my parents were doing missionary work there. I was about 1 1/2 when we moved back to North Carolina. When I was 8 1/2 we moved to Slovakia to work with the church in Bratislava. We moved back to North Carolina after I turned 16. I am now attending Florida College. I have twin sisters who are five years older than I am: one is an English major currently working at the airport, and the other is a nurse. I also have a younger sister who was born on my second birthday, and a six-years-younger brother who is adopted. My Dad is an evangelist and has taught about every grade of public school. My Mom makes home home and teaches my little brother at home. I have been blessed with a wonderful family.)
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The Forest Keepers
At the Heart of every forest
Lies a clearing green and lush
Where the keepers build their houses
in the boysenberry bush:
Walled with silver strips of birch bark,
Thatched with woven, living twigs,
Decked with crocuses and bluebells,
Twixt the berry-laden sprigs.
The merry keepers flit about
on rainbow wings like Butterflies,
tending maple, fir, and oak trees
till they grow to ample size.
As they work they race the cardinals
While the blue jay blithely cries;
The brook chuckles at their antics;
The willow’s droop his mirth belies.
For the oriole’s egg-filled nest
The Keepers gather soft lamb’s ear,
Gather windflower and sorrel,
Spreading far the word of cheer.
Dusky yews spread wide their branches,
And they play upon the breeze;
Slender saplings and their wardens
Harken to the elder trees.
Through the quiet still of twilight
Drifts a lulling reedpipe tune;
Contented sighs, soft beds of pine
Turn to dreams beneath the moon.
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