Double Duty Thursday!
Thankful Thursday with Brian and
Thoroughly Poetic Thursday with Angel Sam
First let’s talk about Brian’s Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. All of us who want to share what we’re thankful for join in and link up and talk about thankfulness. Click on his badge above and you can use the Linky tool and hook up too! Today I have to say I’m very thankful that I have a nice cool house to live in – why? Because we’re having days close to the 100s and that means HOT HOT HOT. Makes me think of all those animals who don’t have a nice cool home and access to fresh water. It’s sad isn’t it. Makes us realize how GOOD we have it.
The second part of today’s blog belongs to my brother Angel Sammy……………it was his idea to begin writing poetry and sharing it on Thursdays and drawing everyone into the “game” by going through the alphabet each Thursday and write a poem about something starting with a letter of the alphabet. This past year we started our third time through the alphabet but with a twist – this time you can either write a poem about ANYTHING starting with that week’s letter OR use one of Angel Sammy’s “prompt” words! This week we’re doing the letter “E” and his prompts for that letter are:
(1) Earth (2) Evil (3) Escape (4) Empty
Angel Sammy transmitted via his wi-fi connection at the Bridge the following for today’s Thoroughly Poetic Thursday! If you wrote a poem and would like to share it, you can tell us you did and give us your blog link in my comments OR you could even write your poem in my comments and we’ll be able to read it here…….either way, it’s fun to try your hand at writing a poem. We hope you give it a try! Here’s what I got from Angel Sammy overnight:
Hello My Friends!
Today is Thursday and it’s time for me to share the poem I wrote honoring the letter “E” as we upsh our way through the alphabet yet again! I decided to use one of my prompt words – which one? Well I chose the word EMPTY!
“E” is for “Empty”
by Angel Sammy Kimmell, July 12, 2017
Empty means there’s nothing there
It’s gone, it’s finished, nothing to spare
There’s empty words, empty brains (!) and empty hearts
Empty gas tanks, food bowls, and grocery carts!
NEVER empty was the cat food shelf in our kitchen
Even though brands of food I was constantly switching!
Empty means nothing there and that was NOT me
I lived my life on FULL and happy as could be
And that’s what I wish for you, that you’re FULL of love like me.
♥♥♥
Before I go, let me give you NEXT week’s prompt words – remember you don’t have to use one of these words – you can write a poem about ANYTHING starting with the letter “F” OK? My suggested prompts are:
(1) Feast (2) Frog (3) Frosty (4) Family
Be Happy! Hugs, Angel Sammy
Thank you Angel Sammy………….I’ll look forward to seeing what you come up with for next week…………AND now I think I’ll see if anyone has left a poem in our comments today OR a link to their poem on their own blog!!!!
But first a need a nap……tee hee………Love, Teddy
Thanks Angel Sammy for sending me this poem – I’ve printed it out and tacked it up above my bed to remind me to never get EMPTY and to always stay FULL!!
Now if you’d like to know what
Good morning. Angel Sammy, you thought of Thursday poetry on your own and using the alphabet? I didn’t know that. No wonder you’re so good writing poetry. We struggled this week but posted a short but sweet poem. . .
https://wordpress.com/post/carolmaewy.wordpress.com/3797
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Well done poet in honor of Mother Earth! She can be oh so good to us and she can be oh so MAD at us sometimes when we get horrible weather but in the end – there’s no other planet for me!!!!!
Love, Teddy
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Right. Space travel is not for me.
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empty food bowls and empty gas tanks are a disaster… and empty brains too… and we have a lot on our slice earth :o) love the f-prompts…even when the mama has another f-word in her (empty) brain hahahahaha
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Oh Phenny I had to really have a TALK with my Mom about the F words for next week! She was TEMPTED to be a bad girl but I told her to restrain herself!!!!!!
Hugs, Teddy
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What a great poem today, Sammy, and those are not just empty words. 😉
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There’s no “empty” where I am now that’s for sure!!
Love, Angel Sammy
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🙂
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Angel Sammy what a beautiful poem…..about your life lived FULL and never empty. Such a tribute to your sweet peeps. We love it.
We have a poem here
http://downhomeinnc.blogspot.com
Hugs madi your bfff and mom
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Thanks for the compliment Miss Madi – Angel Sammy reads all the comments on the blog and he said to tell you that he has a BIG SMILE because you liked his poem today!
Hugs, Teddy
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Angel Sammy, that was a loving tribute to your family. And so sweet that you told them how you feel. Teddy, you look so precious lying there my mom can hardly stand it. She wants to try put my tunnel (FAT chance, ya know what I mean????) and come to see you.
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HA on the tunnel……I think my Mom MIGHT (and I’m saying MIgHT) be able to get her leg in my tunnel…..now I’m not sure if she could get it back out again though! 🙂
Love, Teddy
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What a super poem!!! We’re thankful that you can send your poems to us from the Bridge.
The Florida Furkids
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Thank heavens for Wi-Fi right?????????? 🙂
Love, Teddy
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It’s been hot and humid here as well, Teddy. We’re also so glad that we have air conditioning and cold water to cool us down. We purr and pray for those who are not so lucky.
And fantastic poem, Angel Sammy! Empty bowls are no good, and we bet your mom and dad never let yours go empty. You certainly always had the buffet you deserved!
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I will probably NEVER know what an empty bowl looks like – lucky me! Stay COOL!
Hugs, Teddy
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Good poem Angel Sammy! We don’t want any empty brains! Empty food bowls not good either. We are thankful for a cool house too and for the rain that MIGHT be on the way. Living life on full is a good way to live!
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It is…..we are on FULL all the time these days – Mom says as she and Dad get older it becomes more important to GO GO GO and not miss out on anything!
Love, Teddy
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We are thankful for a/c too, our temps are only in the 80’s, but the humidity is awful. Great poem Angel Sammy, I hope we can all live lives filled with love just like you did. And Teddy, that photo of you all stretched out is adorable. Here is Phoebe’s poem: http://15andmeowing.com/2017/07/thankful-thursday-34/ XO
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Oh we just loved Phoebe’s haiku today! Well done !!!! It’s 90 here now – thanks to some clouds. STAY COOLISH!
Hugs, Teddy
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Sammy, as an angel, you have become very philosophical. Another great poem from you. We are thankful for the same thing you are. It is already gross today with heat ad humidity. We did write a poem today. It can be found at http://www.thecatonmyhead.com/empty-bowl-grumpy-kitties/
Stay cool. We are sending lots of love to all. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
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WE LUV your poem today – – – and you did a prompt word!!! I bet we know what you’ll do for “F” next week though……..<3 It's a hottie outside – 90 here but some clouds have moved in and covered up that beating-down-sun so it's probably saving us from 100 degrees!
Hugs, Teddy
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You guys are incredibly creative. I am always impressed. Hugs.
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Look who’s talkin’ ! You’re one of the most creative peeps we know! Truly!
Love, Teddy
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Yes, sooo thankful for AC in the summertime. Well Teddy, I see your angel brother hit another home run with his poem for “E.” Well done.
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Glad you liked it – and I know Angel Sammy will like that you liked it too! 🙂
Hugs, Teddy
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I don’t think there’s ever any worry about that fluffy tummy of yours being empty!
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Probably not Clowie……Mom has a whole pantry full of food for ME!
Love, Teddy
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My favorite word in this whole post was FROSTY. After a blazing hot walk around the neighborhood, frosty cooled me back off. So did a big drink of water and plopping down on the chilly floor. Good job, boys.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Great! Sometimes we just need to THINK “frosty”, get a big drink of water and lie on a COOL floor and just kind of pretend it’s WINTER!
Hugs, Teddy
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We love your poem angel Sammy. But empty dog bowls!!! Oh my word
Lily & Edward
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Let’s hope that NEVER EVER happens right??? RIGHT!!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Whee we finally made it with a fun poem
We choose Escape and even did a post
Thanks Sammy
Escape is a word we keep close at paw
Is it fur when it is something we saw
Is it fur when there is a near by claw
How will we get away from the stranger
Who may put us in danger
We keep an escape route close by
Just in case we spy something weird with our eye
But in reality it is all in fun
We tell stories and then escape and run
Onto the couch we finally end up
With our Dad who asks us
Whats up
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Oh my!!!! That is a TOTALLY Fabulous poem! You did very well – aren’t you proud of yourself? I sure am!!!!!!!!
Love, Teddy
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It is not too hot here at 84F, but it sure is humid, like inside a steam chamber.
Your sweet poem is a wonderful tribute to those you love, keeping the food shelf always full, and not empty.
Sometimes petcretary feels like a huge empty airhead…and evil earth’s hot weather makes any brains she had feel so empty so that she wants to escape into the cool fridge…which by the way is not empty either! MOL, MOL!!!
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Mom was telling my Dad today that every single summer they complain about the heat and every single winter they complain about the cold……..the only time they don’t complain is Spring and Fall. I have a feeling MOST humans say this!!!!! HAHAHAHA
Hugs, Teddy
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Mee-you Teddy an Unccle Sammy mee iss Fankfull thee fone an Inntynet are werkin again…..they went out at sup-purr time last nite. Wee are back on butt fingss could go haywire again…so mee tryin to visit mee furendss….
Yur peo-em iss FAB purr usual Unccle Sammy!!
Hmm let mee fink what mee wantss to rite….
“ESCAPE”
When thee door iss open
or thee window too,
Mee finkss of runnin
an escapin thru’!
Butt mee LadyMum
luvss mee so much
It wood bee unfair
to escape; mee’d miss her touch….
An shee wood miss mee too………
bye Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
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THAT my little friend is a PERFECT POEM! I bet Ladymum will want to save that one forever………….I’m so happy that you raised a lot of $$$ for your commentathon for the shelter – that was a VERY sweet thing to do to celebrate your third birthday…….I’m sorry we didn’t send a card – we should have – Mom has been EXTRA LAZY I think!!!!!
Love and Hugs, Teddy
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No card needed Teddy boy!! Just beein furendss an hangin out on WP iss good enuff….
An you reelly LIKE mee poe-em??? It was off thee tippytop of mee head, mew mew mew…
An mee raised $150. mee finks…mee will bloggie about it once all thee $$ iss inn. 😉
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Oh Siddhartha that is a WONDERFULLY BIG amount for the shelter – they will really truly be so grateful and it’s also a testament to how many people LOVE you and visiting your blog!
Hugs, Teddy
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Try to stay cool over there! We’re working on it.
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We’re trying to stay cool – – – it’s 86 at 7PM but I know it’s gonna be hotter still tomorrow!
Love, Teddy
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Empty food bowls are never a good thing! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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We almost forgot to link up! I blame Mom for that one!
Hugs, Teddy
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doodz…..sam o nator; grate poem, we noe lotz of emptee headed peepulz……no lie on that score
…..yur poem rocked….N ted o nator……..look at cha gettin yur eazee on ther…snoozin a way…hope yur knot dreemin oh eelz ~~~~~~ ugh
E haiku
we due knot like eel
they iz eeeeevil N taste bad
go bak in two earth
stay ther like de werm
tho we due like fishin wermz
N we wood eat em
they canna ezcape
then R bowlz wood bee emptee
but R bellehz full
♥♥♥♥♥
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Eels are yucko – just big old snakes I say – how can humans EAT those things?! Your haiku says it all – keep ’em away from us right Tabbies? RIGHT!!!!!! Thanks for writing a poem for Sammy’s Poetry Day……we sure do love seeing everybody’s poems – specially YOURS!
Love, THE TED-O-NATOR!
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What a wonderful poem ! Purrs
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Thanks – I’ll tell Angel Sammy you liked it! ❤
Hugs, Teddy
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Teddy isn’t a cat he’s a ginger elastic band!!!! * helpless laughter *
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He sleeps in the wackiest positions EVER……most of the time legs in all directions on his back – AND he’s almost impossible to wake up once he’s asleep which is nice because I can hoover right around him!
Hugs, Pam
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Very nice poem,!!! Our food cabinet is never empty but we are staring at empty bowls now and wondering where our dinner is!!!
Woos – Lightning and Misty
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I hope it FINALLY arrived!!! You poor starving pups!
Love, Teddy
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We’re happy for a cool house too, Teddy! We love Angel Sammy’s poem. The only thing we never want to see empty is our food dish!
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Never EVER! Empty food dishes are so SAD looking!
Hugs, Teddy
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