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Save your money for a rainy day
Where I grew up, that was the way
As I aged, my days filled with sunshine
My piggy bank, no longer my shrine
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When you realize it, nothing is funny.
Not every day in the business world is sunny.
Stormy weather comes when the barometer falls.
There can be gale force winds to knock down walls.
For days like this, stash some cash away.
Have money available for a rainy day.
Inspired by another member's poem
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There are so many things people can say.
All I ever hear is a worn out cliché.
They tell me to save money for a rainy day.
Well, I am in for some very stormy weather.
If I want to survive, I have to get it together.
There is a very small boat I stay afloat in.
I have to share the space with friends and kin.
Their arrows can pierce my heart without breaking the skin.
Things are the same both now and then.
I am never too old to start again.
For the “Get it Together” contest
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OK!! Love is good, love is good,
But hey, will it buy me food,
For bread with love can I pay,
And my bills and taxes too, I say?
For love, much I will toil
And burn the midnight oil,
If love be the legal tender
I'll work as a love peddler.
For my kids' room and board
And for the gas on the road
Love would be the way to pay,
So stash love for the rainy day.
Say, O say until love do reign
Am I merely dabbling in vain?
"You are dreaming again honey"
Taunts wife, "Show me the money!"
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In Praise of Ebeneezer Scrooge
By Elton Camp
Poor Ebeneezer Scrooge all despise
There was much about him to prize
He worked daily hard and long
Such a man can’t be very wrong
Money he didn’t throw away
But saved it for a rainy day
A person with such belief
Won’t come to be on relief
Saving coal was a solution
To London’s air pollution
Two workers he employed
So poverty they could avoid
He ran a business to buy & sell
Helped the economy to do well
Erect a statue to his acclamation
A better man before “reformation”
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When I read his story, it seemed quite funny.
What did this guy do with all his money?
He earned eighty million dollars during his athletic career.
Somewhere on the road of life, he took a bum steer.
He had two best friends from his television show.
Both women took the man and gave him the heave-ho.
It is not just a rainy day where this fellow is concerned.
He’s enduring a hurricane, and he’s getting burned.
He will not receive offers from any professional team.
The man must get some other work, it would seem.
From a news story found on AOL.
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Here Comes The Rain
Drip, Drip, Here comes the rain
The scent, the wetness, falls on my window pane
The inner child wants to go out to play
Roll on the grass, this rainy day
Drink, Drink all the earthly blessing
The rain will end soon I am expressing
The hour will come again soon one day
When your inner child can come out to play
Please try to go beyond earths hour by using this environmental tip:
Instead of using paper plates, cups etc., I uses my dishes and hand wash them saving money, water, and trees!!!
Written by: Debra M. Falgout
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He worked
his entire life
in order to make money,
worked in three jobs
and got sick
sick like a dog...
Then he spent
the money
to get his health
back...
Anxious
like a wreck
about the future
he didn't have time
to enjoy the present...
So he was living
as he was never going
to die...
And one day
a rainy
and a snowy day
he died
having so many questions
about sense
and sensibility
died in a blink
of an eye
without really lived
a decent life...
God rest his soul
hopefully somewhere
in paradise...
Idea taken from Dalai Lama.
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If I could get back the dollars I've spent
I'd be an extremely rich man
Buying stuff just because it's on sale
Then storing it is not a good plan
Got eighty-three of cans of vegetable soup
Forty-three boxes of Captain Crunch
Even if I lived to a hundred and twenty
We'll still have breakfast and lunch
Some people have a rainy day mentality
You never know what's just ahead
But more than six hundred boxes of KD
Could keep a damn army fed
Now I'm all for spending money wisely
But this concept blows my mind
Can't eat all the food that we've got stored
But the mice think I'm very kind
© Jack Ellison 2013
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The beauty you have is endless
Not satisfied watching you all days.
In all objects O mother, I feel you
As the grass takes a bath with dew,
When the birds are chirping on the tree
The darkness is dispelled and let them free,
When the petal expands the heart
In no time I draw the beautiful art,
The busy bees collecting honey
When spring arrives with a box of money,
In rainy day the Earth looks like a queen
So magnetism so jewellery can be seen,
When winter comes wearing the crown
Made of ice I do my head down.
O Earth, I have no more words to say
'Mom, I love you'- this begins my day.
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Help Family, Help Family
Work hard coz I want real Money so I can help my mummy coz mummy help me when I
didn’t have money.. And mummy was the one who told me ‘‘SAVE for a rainy day’’.. So now
I got a double umbrella so if it rains it doesn’t poor, coz its not about being poor in Today’s
times coz they don’t help the poor and its so much harder to help yourself..
So I help Mummy and not only with money so
mummy can help herself, Daddy, Sis and Bro.
So Daddy can help himself, Mummy, Sis and Bro.
So Sis and Bro can help themselves, Mum, Dad and Me.
So help your Family help Family because you’re a ……!!!!!
By Tallan J Bent
23:23Hrs 17/05/08.
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James Chance ( Acrostic )
J... Judge not your sister, or brother.
A...Always be fair in your decisions.
M...Make memories now, for years to come.
E...Encourage the good and not the bad.
S...Save always for a rainy day.
C...Change your life for the better.
H...Happiness is not in money.
A... Acomplish your goals in life.
N...Never say - I can not do it.
C...Concentrate in your priorities.
E...Everyday is a new expirence.
02/11/2013
Written by Lucilla M. Carrillo
Comment:
This is in honor to a friend's husband,
that passed away to a much better place.
He was a preacher. His wife asked me to
write something for him. Hope you enjoyed it.
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Many people think
they know what faith is all about
They stand up and profess it
but inside them, lingers doubt
I prayed to God, some years ago
To show me what Faith is
That I might understand it well
just like a Son of His
I did not know the path I chose
Had then been laid for me
But things would happen, each new day
So I'd begin to see
I found when I had money
And processions stored away
I felt I was protected
from that painful rainy day
But then, became so poor
Without a pot to pee
But found the things I needed
Were delivered unto me
Today I do not drink
From this worldly greed filled fountain
But instead, sip on faith
That will help me move a mountain
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ALL I can do
Step away!
Devil, leave my family alone!
It hurts all over
As I await my lover's hand
The father frowns upon his frets
Mother's mouth is full of messes
Malicious mistakes, lies like to lie
ALL people are suspicious
ALL people lack faith
ALL men are men
Money is always the goal
It's ALL a game
And ALL the devil does
Is stir the stuff up in his pot
I sit here in my black dress
Shivering from the grey and rainy day
I have to get ready
For ALL the bitter children
That long for me to be gone
I have nothing to pull out of my bag tonight
I'm a lost one myself
Who aches ALL over
Who wants the sunset
Who wants this day to be gone
ALL and ALL
And yes, I am still here trying to live
Live through it ALL
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You Know You Can Trust Me
By Elton Camp
He’s the most trustworthy man I ever saw
Yep, that’s sure true of my brother-in-law
He never saves back against a rainy day
When funds are short, he comes our way
It seems that from his job he just got fired
But for one even better he’s been hired
Before the payday, his funds will be gone
He sure hates to ask, but he needs a loan
To pay it back right away he says he’ll do
And he insists on paying us interest too
However, the loan we gave five years ago
It seems he has forgotten all about, though
His car is newer and nicer than we own
And he has the most advanced iPhone
Bubba plays golf most every weekend
On restaurant meals, money does spend
Yes, we’ve found we can trust him all right
Trust him to return next time he’s in a tight
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Money is one of life’s necessary evils
everyone seems to want more
Those who have the most control
Would even go to war
Not worried about the cost
To increase their monetary wealth
Willing to give up anything
Including their family or health
Money cannot buy happiness
Is what many people say
But to those who are obsessed
Happiness just gets in the way
Having money can make life easier
No worries about how bills will be paid.
The decision to pay for meds or food
No longer has to be made
Money doesn't grow on trees
But that's what some younger ones think
One day you could be swimming in it
The next it could be gone in a blink
So invest your money wisely
And save up for a rainy day
Because you never know what life’s
Tomorrow is going to bring your way.
6/6/2021
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She always considered herself
to be a good housewife
Took care of all the necessary things
in her husband and children's life
But in the kitchen, she really took pride
in being the savings queen
She purveyed every telly commercial,
online promos, coupons in the pages
of newspapers and magazines
She was taught as a child
that riches has wings
So it was better to have more money coming in,
than money leaving
Clip and save,
cut and paste
Take advantage of the bargains,
leave nothing to waste
Calculate,
add it all up
Check the expiration date,
then put it in the savings cup
She was as good as it get,
she was certified as being the best
So many housekeeping awards
stuffed in her dusty attic chest
And the money you let fly away,
she had a coupon waiting to catch it,
and save for use on a rainy day
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Monopoly with its property
Its colored coded squares
Its stacks and stacks of money
Roll those dice for pairs
Get yourself a hotel
Park it on Park Place
If anyone should land there
They’ll be out without a trace
And the corner with the jail
Is the safest place to be
If there’s hotels there on Park Place
And the owner isn’t me
If the game goes on for hours
And I’m losing, it’s a shame
I get antsy, I get restless
And I think it’s a bored game
But
Monopoly and Sorry
The Game of Life and Risk
Clue and Chinese Checkers
How can a kid resist
Maybe Chutes and Ladders
Or a game of Candy Land
And any other board game
That you might have on hand
Parcheesi, Chess and Scrabble
Dungeons and Dragons too
On a rainy day in April
What else is there to do?
Written by mike dailey 5/21/11
*Judy Kones contest - Monopoly
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The Girl who spent heartbeats
Her currency was heartbeats
She only shopped with time.
She paid for things with seconds
As she waited in a line.
You cannot put heartbeats in a money box.
To save for a rainy day.
You either use them or you lose them
Heartbeat’s are made that way
She would spend heartbeats on strangers
As they shared their troubles and woes
Because kind hearts are worth more than riches
And go much further than money goes.
She would spend a heap of heartbeats on moments
Visiting old and precious friends.
Who wondered how she was so happy
With so little money to spend.
But money only buys possessions
While heartbeats buy much more.
They buy you friends and love and laughter
And a warm smile at every door.
It a fact you can’t buy heartbeats
When you have used them they are gone
So spend your heartbeats wisely
For one day you will have none
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His name’s John, but they call him Juan.
Got gamblin’ in his veins.
Loves poker without the joker,
An’ plays cards when it rains.
It wet us all one day last Fall,
An' they came together.
She's dealin' draw, her charms he saw,
He loved rainy weather.
He said,” Honey, play for money,
I aim to do two things.
Take yor’ pot then all that you've got
Afore the rooster sings.”
She said,” Young hoss, count up your loss
After you’ve played awhile.
Once yor losin', stop abusin'–
See if you wear a smile.”
She had a chest under that vest,
Had two buttons open.
Eyes was roamin', beer was foamin',
Lookin’ there an’ hopin’.
He was peelin', she was dealin’
From bottom, top and middle.
Took his dues and IOU’s -
Didn’t leave a little
He arose as the rooster crows,
An’ gazed at all she had.
Kissed her lips and patted her hips
“One out of two ain’t bad.”
July 27,2916
For Contest Pink Domino
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Have you ever heard of the saying…
When It Rains It Pours?
Well that saying became real
in my life a couple weeks ago.
And it made me super depressed.
Everything thing in my house
seemed to breakdown( two things)
I didn't have any money in my
savings or on credit card.
So it's extremely important to
save up money for a rainy day
because one never knows what
emergency will happen.
I learned that the hard. I strive to
do better in the future. As you know
we all learn lessons from life
experiences.
Well you may ask me what broke
down?
Let me tell you what it was……….
My refrigerator and the plumbing
in my bathroom, stopped working
almost at the same time.
Is the problem solved?
I am working on it.
Am I still depressed?
No, although those things
happened it could be much worse.
My kids are healthy,
I have a roof over my head,
lights, gas, food, bed and a deep
freezer( thank God for a deep freezer).
9-18-19
Alexis Y.
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Fear is like a lost wallet
Once you clutch the ball of it in your hand
You see it there, full and clear,
It dares you to lose it again, so you can seek to find it again
Fear is the victim.
I will concur the most I can when I reach into my pocket of dreams
I will pull out fear and use it
Like currency
To buy me more of this priceless life
And another round.
Fear is the odd fraction of the equation
Inhibiting you 2 be you
Times 1 to be oneself
I am fearless squared.
I fear none with you on my side and detour the steel doors in my face
With grace I am here to be the methodology of my race
Move in search mode
Cruise the road of fear in my grey Cadillac
Motion the thought: "I am here to experience it all!"
All the paths I have traveled, fear crossed and tracked my scent clear
Wallet of wisdom's riches
Savings in the bank for a rainy day
10%
Feel the drawer open and let my courage flutter out
Money can't buy me priceless life
Dollar days at Feardom City are here to stay.
-Jess
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I am too young to feel this damn old
It is so lonely now; so much for being bold
Too many rainy days and not enough sunny places
Seen more cruel days than friendly faces
My food always taste the same; a deep bland
The skin on my bones is dried liked leather from all the sand
I am 2 feet from being in the Earth’s private hell
Only thing keeping me alive and sain is God and mail
Always counting the days I have been away from home
No amount of money is worth being in this land I roam
I still count my blessings as my lungs count on air
What I can always count on is my friend disappointment and his partner despair
I might as well get use to death in this sandy place
Sleeping during your duty could make you a milk carton case
So kiss me because it may be a kiss goodbye
If I do not make it back to you love, please do not cry
I dream that one day we will all be home, home for good!
My mind will be a vault of things I have seen that people never should!
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His name's John, but they call him Jack.
The boy's got gamblin' in his veins.
He cowboys and don't give no slack,
But he plays poker when it rains.
The other thing that's on his mind
Is women, whether tall or short.
He just loves 'em all - either kind,
And it don't matter if he ort.
One dreary day not long ago
The rain brought them both together.
She was dealin' in El Paso,
And he loved the rainy weather.
"Young beauty deal them cards," he said.
"Today I aim to do two things -
Take your money then you to bed
Before that big red rooster sings."
Well, she was buxom as they say -
Had her two top buttons open.
His eyes wandered up there to stay,
Just lookin' around and hopin'.
He was lookin' she was dealin'
From the bottom, top and middle.
Took the money he was pealin' -
Didn't even leave a little
He woke up as the rooster crowed,
Lazily gazed at all she had.
Said he admired all that she showed -
Then smiled,"One out of two ain't bad."
6/27/2017
For contest Form R for Broken Wings
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This coin depicting a head of man with laurel
is a rare treasure from the American History,
as an auctioneer I could sell it for a large
sum of money: its estimated price is over
two-thousand-dollars, it shows it was minted
in eighteen-ninety-four, come forward and bid!
I found it among pennies I saved for rainy days,
there must be at least four thousand of them;
my collection includes contemporary silver dollars,
many generations must pass to accumulate value...
any other collector would action them any day!
I jealously hold onto them to own a piece of History:
how they glitter in glass cases on my walls!
I may donate them to the American History
Museum in Manhattan and see them on display!
Many auctioneers would love to get hold of my silver coin,
their mind is set solely on greed, not thinking of its history
which can unravel fascinating details about of its minting process;
the unknown artisan was very skilled in itching date and image
on both sides to testify the greatness and wealth of this nation,
but Americans don't realize that they are very wealthy indeed!
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