Re: I Am Holland and Conquering Holland

[Guest guest]

Chantelle,

They are just so beautiful, and amazing, and revealing. I could read them

every day

and be struck anew with the eloquence, imagery, and fullness of every word.

Thank you so much for bringing them back to us again.

in Ma. ('s mom)

[Guest guest]

Ok share away. I am holland comes first but its saved as the second

poem in my word document and I want to go make breakfast so i dont

feel like changing it atm.

Chantelle

Conquering Holland

Poem by: Chantelle McLaren

A quarter century has past

With memories that always last

The sailboats and the windmills,

Whitecap waves and flowery hills.

I took my time to grow

Others raced, I went slow.

Life isn't always easy.

Too much medicine to swallow

Too many needles make me queasy

Too much information to follow.

Busy days tire me out

The world continues to spin around me

Some days I just want to sit and pout.

Sometimes I can't even hear or see.

An adventure this roller coaster life has been

The crazy race I have seen

I will conquer each day

This is Holland, where I stay.

I am Holland

Poem By: Chantelle McLaren

I am Holland

Over a decade ago you came to Holland

Your ticket to Italy in hand

You had been eagerly waiting to go

To see Rome, and Michelangelo

The plane instead landed in Holland

I know it wasn't what you planned

To you this was new

But I had been waiting for you

You see I am Holland

So I held you by the hand

You were just the one

The very special person

I knew that you would love me

Did I help you to see?

The wonders of this place

The softness of your face

I am glad you are here

I am glad you are near

You love me

Unconditionally

You did not mind that I am slow

The little that I know

The windmills and the tulips

The sails and the ships

This quiet place

The soft face

I love to hold your hand

For I am Holland

[Guest guest]

Chantelle-

I don't remembering seeing " Conquering Holland " before - Love it!

Michele W

[Guest guest]

Michele she read out Conquring Holland at Miami...on the dvd i did though it

cut out just before she started speaking

>

> Chantelle,

> They are just so beautiful, and amazing, and revealing. I could read them

> every day

> and be struck anew with the eloquence, imagery, and fullness of every

> word.

>

> Thank you so much for bringing them back to us again.

>

> in Ma. ('s mom)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yup Bel is right, I read conquring holland at Miami. I believ i wrote it a

year earlier.

Chantelle

--

" Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. " - Lennon

Faith, no matter what we believe in is an important motivator in life. There

are reasons why something is the way it is, though we dont always know why.

Problems are never a way to punish us, sometimes they are a way of making us

better and stronger, more compasionate and knowlegable people inside. We

may worry, we may feel down on the world but we must always remember that

faith is what brings us together and that god, no matter what we call him or

her has not punnished us, only trusted us with an extra special gift. ~ Me