Fuzzy Feeling Friday- Poetry Corner: Sunny Side Up!
By Thomas G Barker
Conference Events Coordinator

Greetings Fellow Bloggies/Blogettes! We are officially commencing the Freedom Friday Fun Zone with only a few hours to go before basking in the ways of the weekend! I awoke this morning to my sister and 3 friends home from Ottawa for the weekend and received news that I will have two more brothers coming by with their significant others. Not to mention my dear friend Patrick is making his way up from the depths of the Muskokan Heartland to try his hand at fishing the great KL waters! Patrick, we're gonna be roommates again! Aren't you excited?! Yeah!!!! So despite the grey and gloomy skies that are currently blanketing Kirkland Lake's horizon, the sun is shining ever so bright inside my heart! As we move into Fuzzy Feeling Friday- Poetry corner I will do my best to share the sunshine with you! And here we go...

Brothers 

Brutally Honest 

Reliable

Opportunists

Teach (Me all kinds of things)

Helpful (Most of the time)

Ever-ready to lend a helping hand

Ridiculously Funny

So happy to have you all as brothers!

                                         

                                                 

                                                 

                                                  

Sisters

My sisters can make me laugh

My sisters can make me cry

But I like my sisters most

When my sisters make me pie

My sisters can be trusted

My sisters are never sloppy

When they dress up like bunnies

My sisters make me "hoppy"

To you my dear sisters

I owe a great deal

So I wrote this little poem

To show you how I feel!

Ode To Thee, Patrick

Patrick, Patrick, Patrick my friend

When you come to visit, Fun knows no end
With your Irish Charm you make people smile
And their memories of you last a long while
The stories you tell have me in stitches
If you ever wrote them down you'd be rolling in riches
Your addiction to KFC Chicken does have some concern
When you yell for the Colonel as you toss and turn

With a Heart of Gold you live out each day

Taking care of family and friends as you work and play

Patrick, Patrick, Patrick my friend

May our friendship flourish 'til we're cranky old men!

                        Mr. Rink & the Sun

  It was a midsummer morning when Mr. Rink came to play

  But noticed his ice would melt right away

Puzzled he left without saying a word

Until he was stopped by a wise little bird

"Where are you going with such a long face?"

The rink said sadly: "Back to my place.

The Summer Sun is too hot the kids cannot skate

So back to the Barn where I will sit and will wait"
"Before heading back, you should reconsider
To match up your surface with that of the weather"
Mr. Rinks eyes lit right up for a purpose was found
Providing fun and excitement for children year round!
The Moral of the story is to take time to think
Before you pass judgement on a summertime rink!

Until the next blog,

Cheer Loud, Cheer Long, Cheer Often!