The one that got away

 The one that got away

I was swimming around

In search of a fish
I’d swallow it whole
No need for a dish

Then all of the sudden

So close to me
Was a tasty treat
Dangling in the sea

It was not a real fish

It was actually bait
With a long sharp hook
Unaware of my fate

With a hook in my mouth

I was in lots of pain
But I thrashed around
No time to complain

I was pulled and lifted

Out of the sea
My hook was removed
By a boy who was three

But then I was dropped

Back into the sea
By this same little boy
Cause I’m real slippery

My mouth is still sore

From that piercing hook
So next time I eat
I will carefully look

By, Randee Saber 12/12/12

 

 

 

Different shapes for different states

The shape of a state
A small or large size
Who was in charge
How was this devised

Long and narrow

And some that are square
Plus one that’s so small
It doesn’t seem fair

The Lone Star state

Takes up much space
It can take a whole day
Driving out of that place

States with panhandles

I can think of two
A neighboring state
They did squeeze through

On our license plates
Different slogans appear
Like the Lone Star State
On the front and the rear

By, Randee Saber 10/16/2012

The Great Debate

The Great Debate

 

The great debate
Watch it and see
The promises made
To you and to me

Questions are asked
A full array
But who’s in the lead
Can vary each day

Lengthy answers

While running this race
The 6^th of November
The voters they’ll face

By, Randee Saber  10/4/2012

 

Enough is enough

Enough is enough

 When people get killed

In  war zone space
There are also those shot
At an innocent place

They went to a movie

And were anxious to see
A midnight showing
Stated on the marquee

A night out with friends

With laughter and fun
Some paid with their lives
When the end wasn’t done

Enough is enough

This shooting must stop
At restaurants and schools                                                                          
And stores where we shop

 

By, Randee Saber  9/15/2012                    

 

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others, the highest number of casualties in an American mass shooting. The sole suspect is James Eagan Holmes, who was arrested outside the cinema minutes later.

The Wrecker's Ball

The wrecker's ball
Dynamite
The building's gone
No more in sight

Fond memories
Of that grand hotel
It wasn't updated
The rooms didn't sell

A new hoteel
That has two towers
A large casino
And rooms large showers

A tear down home
Because it's too small
They'll build a big home
That's three stories tall

The family moved out
Because they retired
A much larger home
New owners desired

What's coming now
The land was sold
It once was a farm
So I've been told

In with the new
Out with the old
They'll do what they want
Once the property's sold

By, Randee Saber 1/2/07

Anton - the dining room manager

Anton, Dining Room Assistant Manager

Holland American (Eurodam) Cruise July 2012

Surrounded by thousands

Co-workers and guests
The job you’re assigned
You don’t get much rest

These may not be

The best years of your life
Away from your children
Away from your wife

I’m so glad I met you

You brightened each day
But the cruise has ended
And I cannot stay

By, Randee Saber 7/18/2012

Piano Lady

Piano Lady – Diane Fast

Holland American (Eurodam) Cruise July, 2012

You’ve met a lot of passengers

From your piano seat
While we were on our cruise
Each evening we would meet

You sang and played the night away

And never took a break                                                                             
A repertoire of songs you know
Requests the guests would make

Thanks for entertaining me

You sing and play so well
I really liked your lounge act best
When you sang that song by Adele

By, Randee Saber  7/18/2012

I'm a baseball player

I’m a baseball player – Roger Clemens
(formerly played for the Houston Astros)

I’m a baseball player

And I didn’t cheat
I never took steroids
Though I’m hard to beat
                                                                 
After two lengthy trials
The jury has said
That I wasn’t guilty
That’s how I had pled

They said I bulked up
While playing my sport
But not from steroids
My lawyer said in court

After two separate trials
Much money was spent
For my attorney
And the government

Performance enhancing
Some athletes may use
But why this crusade
Did our Congress choose

By, Randee Saber 6/23/2012

William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "The Rocket", is an American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams, including the Houston Astros. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, the most of any pitcher in MLB history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and for his hard-throwing pitching style that he used to intimidate batters.

Clemens was found not guilty on June 18, 2012 for the charges of suspicion of lying to Congress on August 19, 2010 when he testified that he never took performance enhancing durgs.

Book Club

NW Women’s Book Club     
 by, Randee Saber 5/17/2012

I was called a picture bride                 Honolulu, Alan Brennert

And I certainly was deceived

But after I left my husband

Success I had achieved

                                                                           

A job in New York awaited me          Ellis Island, Kate Kerrington

Leaving Ireland   for a while

I returned to a life of poverty

My husband made it all worthwhile

When he came home from the war    Things a brother knows, 

I knew he was depressed                             Dana Reinhardt

Spending all day in his room                                                                                               

Not wanting to get dressed

A miracle had happened                  Friendship Bread, Darien Gee

Because of friendship bread

My life now has some meaning

My days aren’t filled with dread

                                                                                                                                                

When we landed at Ellis Island      The forgotten garden, 

I was a child traveling alone                       Kate Morton

Carrying a little pink suitcase

It’s all that I did own

I moved to Foley Beach               On Foley Beach, Karen White

After my husband died

I bought a little book store

In a town with a lot to hide

After my husband left me              Deep down true, Juliette Fay

I needed to earn some money

Getting a job with my dentist

He soon became my honey

I found a dog that was injured      Finding Jack, Gareth Crocker

In Viet Nam during the war

I nursed him back to health

Jack, my beloved Labrador

Oreo Cookies - celebrating 100 years

Oreo sandwich cookies
You're now 100 years old
You haven't aged a bit
From when you first were sold

I ate you for so many years
And in my milk I'd dunk
If I dropped you in my glass
My milk would still get drunk

Sometimes I'd separate you
Your icing I'd eat first
And after eating many of you
Milk would quench my thirst

I haven't bought you for a while
Because I've gained some weight
But I miss my Oreo cookies
As a snack when I'm up late

We now have several choices
Double stuffed plus different icing
And wafers that are vanilla
Chocolate covered how enticing

Oreo sandwich cookies
I get hungry when I say your name
I think I'll buy a package
I know you'll still taste the same

By, Randee Saber 5/7/12

Sun of a gun

A great invention
The gun became
No gruesome deaths
No one put aflame

No more crucifixions
No swords to be used
To chop off a head
Of someone accused

Bows and arrows
A thing of the past
For hunting prey
Just give them a blast

Their enemies
Lined up in a row
Each shot in the head
In the trenches they go


A bank robbery

Just show your gun

People will listen

They won't try to run

Disgruntled teens

Brought guns to school
Shooting the students
They thought were cool

The guns that you own
You need to hide
Children may find them
And many have died

By, Randee Saber 4/12/12

Titanic - once the greatest ship in the world

100th Anniversary of the Titanic

April 10, 1912 - Set sail from Southampton, England to New York City

April 14, 1912 - At 11:40 p.m. hit an iceberg on the Atlantic Ocean
April 15, 1912 - At 2:20 a.m. sunk off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada

Titanic was once
A great luxury ship
Where thousands of people
Embarked on a trip

On its maiden voyage
The wealthy came
And those in steerage
For a better life to claim

It took thousands of men

To build this great ship

And after three years

It would leave its boat slip

The ship was designed

With watertight doors

So the ocean wouldn't reach
The passengers' floors

Four days underway
An iceberg was hit
Mostly women and children
In lifeboats would fit

Without enough lifeboats
The men were doomed
When a few hours later
This ship was consumed

Not a chance to survive

In the sea that was cold

Very quickly they died

Is what we were told

It soon became known

Mistakes that were made

An unsinkable ship

Everyone was betrayed

By, Randee Saber 4/9/2012

Life without children

They didn't ask to be here

But everyone's delighted

Those beautiful little babies

Their families are excited

If couples don't have children

They may feel out of place

Why must they reproduce

It's really no disgrace

Adoption is quite difficult

It could take many years

And having a new baby

Can interrupt careers

Those precious little children

Won't stay that way too long

And there's no guarantee

You'll always get along

They want expensive clothes

A laptop and a phone

Of course they want a car

They dictate from their throne

Those who don't have children

Do not feel out of place

You're saving lots of money

In a house that has more space

By, Randee Saber 3/20/2012

What ever happened to baby ...

Her little baby boy

He suckled at her breast

She adored her baby

Knowing she was blessed

A handsome little boy

Outside he liked to play

He had a lot of friends

They'd go out everyday

When he was in his youth

Some people he would see

They seemed a little different

With him they wouldn't be

All these different people

He then would tell the crowd

To live among his people

Couldn't be allowed

First the German Jews

And like a plague it spread

Wherever Nazi's occupied

Most Jews would end up dead

Her handsome blue eyed boy

Was she the one to blame

Her son was Adolph Hitler

And a monster he became

By, Randee Saber 3/20/2012

Red Hats

There are hats of many colors

But red is what we wear

And with our purple outfits

Everyone will stare

While eating in a restaurant

Or going to a show

The ladies in our club

With red hats they will go

Many hats we're worn

We've had to multi-task

As working wives and mothers

What more could anyone ask

Our red and purple colors

These clashing clothes we wear

But now we're middle age

And we no longer care

By, Randee Saber 2/14/12

The Wright Brothers

On December 17, 1903

A little home built plane

Invented by the Wright Brothers

It did more than entertain

In the state of North Carolina

This first airplane was flown

At a town called Kitty Hawk

It soon became well known

Back then they couldn't envision

We would have jumbo jets

With built in movie screens

We can even bring our pets

Twenty four years later

Was Charles Lindburgh's flight

The first to cross the Atlantic

His landing was an awesome sight

Along came Amelia Earhardt

Two oceans she had crossed

Until that fateful day

When Emilia's plane was lost

In the Air Force as a pilot

Chuck Yeager flew so fast

Breaking the sound barrier

This speed was unsurpassed

Airplanes carrying weapons

Far back as World War One

It was built for transportation

To fight wars it needed a gun

Airplanes that got hijacked

Waited on the ground

Those jets flown into buildings

Would become a burial mound

By, Randee Saber 1/4/2012