Two Lenses

As a child I loved to ride 'Thunderbolt" into the wind 
living then rural, Thunder was my best and only friend 

but now that I have grown so much older, more wise, mature 
I no longer desire shoveling barns, filled with manure!

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Mark Peterson

March 6, 2016 at 12:14 PM

Yeah, but I'd go through a lot to enjoy the friendship of a horse. Cute little couplet.

Judy Konos

March 6, 2016 at 5:05 PM

Thanks.....

Timothy Hicks

March 6, 2016 at 2:41 AM

Hahaha ... funny punchline there, and you managed to do it so quickly and to the point. Gotta work to ride the steed. My niece used to have a pony named Galaxy, and so I've seen what "piles up".

Judy Konos

March 6, 2016 at 6:06 AM

LOL

Poet Destroyer A

March 5, 2016 at 4:49 AM

Nice win

Judy Konos

March 5, 2016 at 6:32 AM

Hellooooooooooooooooooooo .. PD....Good to see ya! Thanks for reading about my barn friend....

Eve Roper

February 29, 2016 at 10:20 PM

Congratulations on your win in the contest. I love the write, Judy, I wouldn't want to shovel manure either. Hugs

Judy Konos

March 1, 2016 at 6:57 AM

Hi Eve....manure sounds good to me...if only I could swing a shovel again...LOL....no can do kiddo.....C YA....

Nette Onclaud

February 29, 2016 at 1:39 PM

fine write, judy... i feel the same way too!.. my sweet congrats on your prize!..huggs

Judy Konos

February 29, 2016 at 4:22 PM

Thanks Nette means a lot, coming from a Cloud 9

Sara Kendrick

February 29, 2016 at 9:07 AM

Thank you for participating in my contest “Two Lenses”..It was an honor to read your entry..Sara..A sad part of having animals is doing the dirty work..A beautiful picture of an awesome horse..

Judy Konos

February 29, 2016 at 12:22 PM

Thank you for hosting such a challenging and wonderful contest. Cheers!

Andrea Dietrich

February 28, 2016 at 7:35 PM

Just looked down to see your reply to me. Guess what. Corvette, an old one, is another of his boyish dreams. But it's MINE TOO. Congrats on this one.

Judy Konos

February 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM

C O R V E T T E

Jan Allison

February 28, 2016 at 3:26 PM

Dropping back with my congrats Judy:-) hugs Jan xx

Judy Konos

February 28, 2016 at 5:45 PM

Thank you Jan....it's always more than good to hear from you....so I'll just say it's Gooder!

Anindya Mohan Tagore

February 28, 2016 at 8:05 AM

Wonderful write and the precision is marvellous. Hugs, Bobby

Judy Konos

February 28, 2016 at 8:36 AM

Hello....and thank you very much....

Paul Callus

February 28, 2016 at 3:17 AM

You said a lot in just two couplets, Judy! I can imagine you riding across the plains followed by imaginary pursuers:) I did lots of mucking on g'father's farm! ~ Congrats on this merited win. ~ Regards // paul

Judy Konos

February 28, 2016 at 8:37 AM

Hi Paul...you have such a way with words that it's fascinating...Thanks for the visit....

Arthur Vaso

February 27, 2016 at 10:20 PM

Well I was intrigued by all the poems "two lenses" I Have to say I loved the creativity in all of them, such a good idea, and this packs a punch too, loved the poem, and laughed, but also that photo? Beautiful. Youth/wisdom you summed it up! Congrats too!

Judy Konos

February 28, 2016 at 8:43 AM

Thank you and actually he reminded of George Lenox, my neighbors horse in Germantown Tennessee...Carbon Copy http://www.walkerswest.com/Champs/CarbonCopy.htm

Susan Gentry

February 27, 2016 at 5:08 PM

Congratulations on your win with this clever and funny couplet! :)

Judy Konos

February 27, 2016 at 5:51 PM

Thanks Susan for stopping....

Richard Lamoureux

February 26, 2016 at 9:29 AM

Do drop by and visit, I so enjoy your comments.

Judy Konos

February 26, 2016 at 4:22 PM

Certainly will do....thanks for stopping...next time bring a shovel!

Richard Lamoureux

February 26, 2016 at 9:08 AM

Ha ha, I would keep riding and let someone else do the shovelling!

Judy Konos

February 26, 2016 at 9:11 AM

Indeed...."Sir Richard of Lamoureux"....Indeed.....

Vee Bdosa

February 26, 2016 at 7:39 AM

Interesting story of the B-32, it never saw combat in Europe, and what little combat it had was in the Pacific. But it had serious problems, and by the B designation, one would think it was a Boeing product. Not so, it was Corsair and so heavy it almost could not fly. But I am giving away most of my details of my next Blog, so will not tell more here. But I love the poem Thunderbolt. Do you remember the movie THUNDERHEAD? He was a white stallion.

Vee Bdosa

February 26, 2016 at 10:31 AM

Porter Wagoner had a horse, whom I first heard about from Si Siman who gave Porter his big start in Sp[ringfield, anyway I lived in Springfield and had some dealings with si Simon, who had an office in a big rock building on Glenstone St, but he told me quite a bit about Porter

Judy Konos

February 26, 2016 at 9:10 AM

Ron, Indeed I do remember Thunderhead and Trigger and Gene Autry's horse Champion and Dale Evans' Buttermilk, Flicka, Fury, Mr Ed, Hidalgo...and then we get to Man O War...My mom use to pet Man O War as a grammar school girl and then she'd run real fast to hurry to the back of the line so she could line up to pet him again....

Andrea Dietrich

February 25, 2016 at 8:56 PM

OH MY, my hubbie still thinks he is a teenager. he is wanting to buy land and a horse and a stable. I don't WANT to go in debt at this age. Ugggg. Wish me luck, Judy. Good poem!

Judy Konos

February 26, 2016 at 2:52 AM

Buy him a Corvette!

Tim Smith

February 25, 2016 at 6:55 PM

lol....handsome horse Judy

Judy Konos

February 25, 2016 at 7:49 PM

Very handsome on the front end! Thanks for stopping Tim...

Daniel Turner

February 25, 2016 at 6:33 PM

I can honestly say I never had a desire for it. I do love the humor, Judy.

Judy Konos

February 25, 2016 at 7:49 PM

Hello appreciate your coming by.....Cheers!

Vee Bdosa

February 25, 2016 at 4:43 PM

Awww poor Thunderbolt, gots to shovel his own sh.... I mean mess. I like this little gem of a poem.

Judy Konos

February 25, 2016 at 4:48 PM

Ron, it's called schitt, not found in any dictionary....Thanks for stopping. Put VeeBdosa in the contest, he's got that special talent...but remember two lines of your childhood likes and two lines now of your dislike of things you once liked. I am not sure you can write only 4 lines..so take the challenge! Cheers!

Edwin Hofert

February 25, 2016 at 4:40 PM

LOL This is awesome. I shoveled my share too but it was cows. I think her name was Betsy or something like that.

Judy Konos

February 25, 2016 at 4:49 PM

Hey you....good to see you....

Vee Bdosa

February 25, 2016 at 4:45 PM

My kid brother and I shoveled for 32 cows in our dairy barn, and sometimes we had to tie their tail to their leg so they could not swat us with them. We had many a squirt milk contests in that little 8 stall milk barn. LOL