Consider how our cyberspace
With all its bits and bytes,
Comprising codes and interface
Adds sparkle to our sites.

H-T-M-L and cybermates
That give life to our sources,
All co-conspire to regulate
And become our Order Forces.

We write our code redundantly
Add graphics by the stacks,
Install it all abundantly
And push storage to the max.

So when one day we fill our ship
With no bytes left in store,
Some brain will make a better chip
And give us zillions more!

AMBITION
By William Davies

I had ambition
by which sin
the angel fell.
I climbed
and step by step
ascended into hell.

Returning now
to peace and quiet
and made more wise,
Let my descent
and fall
be into paradise.

I SHALL NOT CARE
By Sara Teasdale

When I am dead
and over me bright April
shakes out her
rain drenched hair,
Though you should
lean above me
broken-hearted
I shall not care.

I shall have peace
as leafy trees are peaceful
when the rain bends
down each bough,
And I shall be
more silent
and cold-hearted
than you are to me now.

WOMAN
By Elinor Wylie

I was, being human, born alone;
I am, being woman, hard beset;
I live by squeezing from a stone
The little nourishment I get.

THE BUSY BEE
By Lewis Carroll

How does the little busy bee
improve each shining hour,
and gather honey all the day
from every opening flower!

THE CROCODILE
By Lewis Carroll

How does the little crocodile
improve his shiny tail,
and pour the waters of the Nile
on every shining scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin
how neatly spreads his claws,
and welcomes little creatures in
with gently smiling jaws!

BITS AND BYTES
By Pat Murphy

An opera buff programmer named Mario
Played megabyte CDs on his stereo;
He wanted arias from The Met
But the most he could get
Were magnetic blips in binario!

REVELATION 101
By Pat Murphy

We�re cranky when the code is bad
When graphics don�t appear,
We�re cranky when the gif won�t show
Or the animates act queer.

We get the urge to chuck it all
And put it on the shelves,
But then we know without a doubt
The one to blame�s ourselves.

No matter how we fuss and fume
Our computer can�t dispel it,
It can only do one simple thing
Exactly what we tell it.

PROWLING AROUND
by Pat Murphy

Prowling around in cyberspace
One does a bit of browsing,
Some things we find are commonplace
While some are quite arousing.

Let's give each site an even chance
Each has a tale to tell,
For what seems so-so at first glance
May turn out simply swell.

HEY! MACHO MAN!
By Pat Murphy

Girls are just as good as boys
In almost every test,
They�re not too far behind you�ll find
As we calibrate the rest.

So forget the macho mood you�re in
And its chauvinistic sequel,
Accept the girl for what she is
She is every bit your equal!

MY DADDY
By A. Nonny Muss

When Daddy signs his name
He always writes M. D.
That�s so people all will know
That he belongs to me.

For M. D. means My Daddy
Or something just the same,
And that is why he always puts
Those letters in his name.

Some letters in his name are small
But those are not, you see,
He always makes them big like that
Because he�s proud of me.

A FRIEND IS A TREASURE
By A. Nonny Muss

A friend is someone we turn to
When our spirits need a lift,
A friend is someone we treasure
For our friendship is a gift.

A friend is someone who fills our lives
With beauty, joy, and grace
And makes the world we live in
A better and happier place.

MY WAY
By A. Nonny Muss

I wish you joy and happiness
And plenty of it too,
Just because I like your style
And think so much of you.

So please do me one favor
And enjoy life every day,
For you�d always have the best there is
If I could have my way.

TOO MANY ROADS
By A. Nonny Muss

Sometimes it seems like there are too
many roads, and you are not sure that
you will ever find the right one.

But that is only because we all make
our own story, and exploring is how
each new adventure is begun.

BALL AND CHAIN
By A. Nonny Muss

When you wear
the ball and chain around your ankle
And the stony-hearted jailer is your wife,
There�s no virtue in repentance
You have got to serve the sentence
Which is labor hard for life.

You�ve a number
and you bet your wife has got it
Any hope of a reprieve is all in vain,
Matrimony is a crime
for which they�ve got us doing time
When your ankle wears the ball and chain.

YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN�
Song Lyrics

You call everybody darlin�
And everybody calls you darlin� too,
You don�t mean what you�re saying
It�s just a game you�re playing
But you�ll find some one else
Can play the game as well as you.

(And maybe better!)

So you call everybody darlin�
And love won�t come a knocking at your door,
And as the years go by
You�ll sit and wonder why
Nobody calls you darlin� anymore!

DADDY�S LITTLE GIRL
Song Lyric

You are the end of the rainbow
My pot of gold.
You�re Daddy�s little girl
To have and to hold.

A precious gem is what you are.
You�re Daddy�s bright and shining star.

You are the spirit of Christmas
The star on the tree
You�re the easter bunny for Mommy and me.

You�re sugar and spice.
You�re everything nice.
And you�re Daddy�s little girl.

I�VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR
Song Lyric

I�ve told every little star
Just how wonderful I think you are.
Why haven�t I told you?

I�ve told ripples in a brook
Made my heart an open book.
Why haven�t I told you?

Friends ask me am I in love?
I always answer yes.
Might as well confess
If I don�t they guess.

Maybe you may know it too
And my darling if you do
Why haven�t you told me?

FRIENDSHIP
By AMG

The thoughts that you find written here
Are sent for friendship�s sake,
Tucked in each thought, the warmest wish
That anyone could make.

Whenever it�s a special day
And even when it�s not,
You�re someone I appreciate
And think about a lot.

I appreciate each nice thing
You take the time to do,
I think about the way we met
And how our friendship grew.

And as I send these thoughts
All my warm heart can extend,
I add one final line to say
I�m glad that you�re my friend.

WHEN I DON�T FEEL LIKE FEELING
By Ashley BMA

When I don�t feel like feeling
Or trying at all,
When life looks too hard
And the road seems too long.

When I�m broken in a hundred pieces
And can�t face one more mile
You pick me up
Put me back together
And make me smile.

PERHAPS LOVE
By John Denver

Perhaps love is like a resting place,
A shelter from the storm.
It exists to give you comfort.
It is there to keep you warm.
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home.

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door.
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more.
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through.

Oh, love to some is like a cloud,
To some as strong as steel,
For some a way of living,
For some a way to feel.

And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go.
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know.

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of change,
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains.
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.