A Family Selection of Poetry and Prose

By Dixie W. Carsey

A Family Selection of Poetry and Prose is suitable for all ages. Readers will enjoy imagery, including issues of everyday life, humorous twists, unexpected lessons, and thankfulness for the beauty of life. This collection of poetry expresses ethics wherein love, faith, and honor are exonerated and unsung heroism is cited.

This is a source book for family discussion. Some stories are pure enjoyment. Included are animals, people rebounding from disasters, and fantastical stories of lobstermen and of a flying snowman. A lovely story is the Visit to a Fairies House. It extols valuing craftsmanship in your daily work.

The book offers a portrait of areas visited, and mostly of Mt. Desert Island, a part of which is Acadia National Park, happenings, and the lovely uplifting beauty of the area.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483687278

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Copyright © 2013 by Dixie W. Carsey.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4836-8726-1

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Rev. date: 09/10/2013

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Table of Contents

CHILDREN

Dalmatians

My Jungle Playhouse

To Filament

When the Moose Came Around

Yoda Dingle Crackerbarrow Dan

CHRISTMAS

A Christmas Gift

A Harbor Town Christmas

Christmas Cheer

Tuba Christmas

NATURE

After the Storm

Flowers

Foggy Day

I Took a Walk With my Dog Today

Living Below the Shadows

Message of the Trees

Morning on the Hills

Mourning Doves

Pelicans on the Pier

Shadows

Sing a Song to Winter

Sixteen Inches of Snow on the Wall

The Blue Eggs

Two Piebald Fawns

Two Robins Today

OF MAINE AND ACADIA

A Rainy Day Campground

Climbing the Beech Cliffs

Early Spring in Maine

Full Moon at Seawall

Lightning Storm

Maine Autumn 2011

Mussels’

Polka Dot, the Moose, and at the Dump

The Bass Harbor Lighthouse

The Blizzard

Windswept

SPIRITUAL

Angels in Rocking Chairs

Anticipating Death

Can Do-The First Command

First-Fruits

How do I Live?

The Reflection in the Mirror

West Texas Sunset

LIFE

Framily

How Does Our Garden Grow

I Was Attacked by My Refrigerator!

In the Apple of My Youth

Pueblo

The Young Quilters

STORIES CLOEY

Cloey Hunts

It Was Blueberry Time

Maggie Fell

Mistress of Pretend

GNOMES AND FAIRIES

Visiting a Fairy’s House

A Foggy Morning at the Gnomes Castle

Gnomes in Wonderland

Misty Day Gnomes

To Find the Fairies

MORE STORIES

A Bird A-Head

On A Feller in Love

A Spring Journey

Charlene’s Heart

Dark Sky and Light

Down the Mountain to theWest

Fighting the Dragon

Moon Doggy

My Daily Bread

Storm Waves

The Birth of a King

The Day the Steel Drums Came Alive

The Lost Heifer

The Russian Survivor

WRITING AT THE SENIOR CENTER

What we Love About Fall

What we Love About Fall

Dedication

I am dedicating this book to my husband, Alan Carsey, who has fully supported my writing and even took the photograph for the cover of this book. I also wish to thank my family, and friends and story tellers for sharing their stories which I made into poems, especially Anne Small for her professional assistance; John Small, Ann Clapper, Les Gott, Frank Goodwin, Pat LaPierre, and Holly Gay, Judy Phillips, Linda Russell and Swetlana Miller for their enthusiasm and assistance.

Children

Dalmatians

Twenty Dalmatians ran down my street.

Black and white pepper streaked near my feet!

Black and white newsprint flew through the air.

I wiped off my glasses to make sure what was there!

Twenty Dalmatians ran into town.

Twenty Dalmatians peppered the ground.

A black and white zebra appeared before me.

It playfully gestured and broke into three.

As puppies ran down the street of our town

polka dots were dancing on sidewalks and round.

They stopped at a store full of mirrors and looked

and the puppies they saw couldn’t fit in this book.

Over hills and to mountains the puppies stretched.

They stopped all the traffic and made things a mess!

Then the puppies ran on like a wave surge of foam

and before you could whistle the puppies were home!

Dixie W. Carsey

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My Jungle Playhouse

Daddy built me a playhouse.

He worked all day and night!

When I woke up in the morning,

it really was a sight!

There were unicorns on the windows.

There were monkeys hanging round.

There were giraffes by the door-sides,

and elephants on the ground!

There was a bed for me to lie on.

There were chairs where I sat down.

There was a table for my dishes.

Wow, a train track ran around!

Swings were on the porch railings.

There was a slide clear to the ground.

I saw bars to walk my hands on,

The porch had two steps going down.

With all my jungle animals

I love to play each day,

and when I’m tired my bed is there.

It’s where I really like to stay!

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To Filament

There is a string within a light

that carries light up to the bulb

which then, can light a room;

or especially, my world.

Oh, what a way to find your way,

moving darkness from your room!

Light moves from the heart of my bear,

Filament, and disburses

darkness all around.

Filament. I named my bear.

I loved him from Day One.

We share our life,

We share our cares.

We have, Oh, so much fun!

Filament, you light up the darkness,

my little bear, my pal.

You pick me up and lift my heart.

Lighting up the world around!

Dixie W. Carsey

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When the Moose Came Around

A moose came down east to the shores of the sea.

He looked around and said "This is for me!

Maine is fine, I’ll have a good time if it’s to be."

So-o, he wandered by with mischief in his eye.

He looked up and frowned as he tromped on the ground

Then he went back down to the lily pond

when the moose came around.

The moose ambled on and entered into a campground.

He stuck his nose at a lady in repose.

She jumped up high and struck him in the eye.

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