A Minion of Opinion of Poems, Poetry, and Prose

By Xlibris US

Poems of the 21st Century and more for you to explore.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499060959

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Copyright © 2014 by Mary C. Wheeler.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2014914294

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4990-6096-6

                Softcover         978-1-4990-6097-3

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Contents

1. St. Eligius

2. Till We Meet Again

3. Kitty Cats

4. Sons

5. Mothers

6. Chaucer

7. You’re the Only One

8. Suzy McClintock

9. Sleepy

10. Sweet Clementine

11. Raindrops on the Leaves

12. Defenders of Wildlife

13. Voorhees

14. Mother Teresa

15. Diana Queen of Hearts

16. The Joy of Christmas

17. A Day to Remember

18. Interpose

19. Fathers

20. Daughters

21. America’s Spirit

22. Jerry

23. Morgan

24. Li’l Boy Luke

25. Jillian Liddy

26. Venerable Bede

27. Butterflies Are Beautiful

28. Made In America

29. Of Those among Us, Some Stand Tall

30. Houses

31. A Race against the Winds

32. Time

33. Flea Markets

34. The Phantom of the Lighthouse

35. A Living Legend

36. Exercise

37. Copernicus on Copernicus

38. Girlfriends

39. Umperdinks

40. Watching Your Step

41. A Tree

42. Fallen Heroes

43. Pets

44. Rudimentary

45. Space Aliens and ETs

46. ArtWalk

47. School

48. Birds

49. Children

50. Middle Age

51. Friendship

52. Earthquakes

53. Thanksgiving

54. Jacqueline

55. Leslie

56. Indispensable

57. A Quest for Freedom

St. Eligius

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St. Eligius came to be known

For all the metalwork he’d shown.

He worked and did his job with glee

And made his creations so perfectly,

It came to the attention of King Clotaire,

Who beyond doubt was a millionaire.

St. Eligius was a man of the cloth.

In a monastery did he bring forth,

Those things of metal did he create.

Nothing like them could equate.

He read and studied the Bible hard,

For he did believe in the Word of God.

He founded a monastery in Solignae,

Where the monks all came to pray.

In his travels all around,

It was to Noyon he was bound,

There he settled down to teach.

The Word of God he did preach.

He worked his magic with silver and gold

To all of those who came to behold,

For he was master of his trade.

He bowed to God and prayed.

He wandered back to visit Solignae,

But his work as bishop was in Tournai.

He made his coins of silver and gold,

Where he put them in a mold.

King Clotaire was so impressed,

It was then that he made a request.

It was to Eligius and him alone,

To make the king a wondrous throne.

But after all was said and done,

He made two instead of one.

This delighted the queen so much.

She thought he hadn’t lost his touch.

But it was in quaint Tournai

That he remained to stay,

In those days it was known as Gaul.

He prayed to St. Peter and St. Paul.

Back to Paris he was summoned,

For the king had another errand!

There on the banks of the lovely Seine,

He founded a convent that still remains.

When his work in Paris was done,

He traveled back to old Noyon.

Once again he founded a convent,