The Daily Poem

METAMORPHOSIS

The moth is poised on the window pane,

Completely new, completely changed,

A perfect Lepidoptera,

Empowered now for the fertile stage.

Excelsis Deo Gloria,

Such sweet phantasmagoria,

His compound eyes in swirls of blue 

Hexagonal euphoria.

But something other leads him through,

To find the one he must pursue

With every drop of nectared will,

To grasp her beauty and subdue

Her valley with his rivered hill,

Her leaf with his genetic quill,

Her charm with his spermatic thrill,

And then to die absolved, fullfilled.

D. Edgar Lamp

The Daily Poem - 341

Rubaiyat Stanza

Idyllwild, California

Lat: 33.74, Long: -116.70

MAP:

http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/84881/Seven-Days-Go-1?isUpdate=true

PHOTOS:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dedgarlamp

JOURNAL:

Sick today. Snow in the afternoon. Mimi made soup and organized the walk-in closet.  The couch and I became good friends.  Set up TravBuddy site, mostly for the mapping feature, but maybe for photos too.  Also set up Picasa for photos.  Watched "Dances With Wolves" starring Kevin Kosner.

HALF-DADDY BIRTHDAY

Today you're half your Daddy's age,

Which means you're relatively sage;

You're half as prudent, half as wise

And half of every other gauge

By which maturity is sized.

You're half for real and half disguised,

Prestigiously, just half as ranked.

You're half brand new and half revised,

You're half as honored, half as thanked,

But half as likely to get spanked.

So count your blessings on both hands

Today you're getting piggy-banked

For nothing special but your plans

To do your best as life demands

And know your Daddy understands

'Cause he's the truest of your fans.

For Kimberly Lamp on her 25th Birthday. 

~ D. Edgar Lamp (Rubaiyat Stanza)