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Kim Barney
Kim Barney
(Oct 6 / I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit)
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27 February 2020
Poem Hunter, thank you for choosing my poem " Two Chipmunks" as member poem of the day. This is the seventh poem of mine that you have selected for this honor.
3 February 2020
My monthly Contest has been cancelled because of lack of interest. Linda Bella Wassermeister has finally won the September 2018 contest, which had gone unsolved for a year and ... more »
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Kim Barney Poems
Poetry Heaven
Last night I went to bed at eleven
And dreamed I went to Poetry Heaven.
Keeper of the Gate was not Saint Peter
But Robert Frost - - hey, what could be sweeter?... more »
Magic Mirror?
If I look in the mirror
And myself I do not see
Does it mean that I'm not really here,
That I have ceased to be?... more »
I Don't Care
My head is bald,
but I don't care.
I'm not so tall,
but I don't care.... more »
Butterfly Of Death
I was sitting in my garden
Just relaxing in my garden
Doing nothing in my garden
When I saw a butterfly... more »
Angry Storm
The storm is an angry lion;
With one hoarse, strident roar
He sends the small animals
Scurrying to shelter.... more »
Two Chipmunks
Two chipmunks running through the leaves
there on the forest floor - -
they had an energy and zest
that I'd not seen before.... more »
River Ran Red
The Union troops were on the left,
the Rebels on the right.
Both sides prepared their cannonballs
and muskets for the fight.... more »
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Kim Barney Quotations
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''I wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world, but I wouldn't give ten cents to do it again.''
Said by my wife's 80+ year old grandfather after rafting down the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam. -
''If you find me asleep, leave me alone; dead, wake me up.''
Antonio Maria, Brazilian poet (1921-1964) -
''Ambulância! Salva um e mata dez!
Genady Pawlenko, a Brazilian friend of mine of Russian descent [said after seeing an ambulance tear down the street at a reckless speed]
(Ambulance! It saves one and kills ten!)'' -
''After all is said and done,
Don't remember where I first heard this, but I've said it many times since!
there's been more said than done.''
Poetry Heaven
Last night I went to bed at eleven
And dreamed I went to Poetry Heaven.
Keeper of the Gate was not Saint Peter
But Robert Frost - - hey, what could be sweeter?
The first person I saw up there
was sitting in a golden chair.
It was my good friend, Hank Beuning,
And a golden guitar he was tuning.
Hank, I said, I've known you for years.
We've had some laughs, we've had some tears,
And I never knew you played the guitar!
He said, well, I don't, at least not so far,
But I've got lots of time with little to do
So I thought I might try to learn ...
Kim is the funniest person I know on this website. If Kumarmani Mahakul can bestow titles, then so can I.
I hereby bestow upon Kim the title of
The Clown Prince of Poem Hunter.
Kim, why isn't PH giving me a spot to send you a dam (n) message! ?
Belle's two poems deleted from list this year are Cheerleader Tryouts and Visiting A Country Church.
i just got a message from her saying she'd been very ill saying i now can share them if i wish to.
bri
:)
A brilliant poet and talented wordsmith
Awsome
Very talented poet....God bless you.
Kumarmani Mahakul bestowed the title of Heavenly Fortune on me. How he came up with that, I'll never know. If I did have a fortune, that would be heavenly!
I think Groucho Marx may have said the line about after all is said and done, but am not certain. No matter, it is a great and true proverb.