Bill McNulty

Some teens can’t wait to kiss those years adieu

Some kids grow up and others never do

Will those kids dumb moves ever end??

Mature common sense, don’t have to pretend

Chasing girls when you don’t have any chance

Taking your time and as you learn about romance

Showing off and speeding, not always a smart move

Maybe growing up is knowing how you can improve

You can be very stupid and think you are a smart ass

Better, grow up, show maturity, now you are first class

Being right can often earn you some respect

But only if your answers are always correct.

Be wrong and learn, now you learn and improve

Being right and not bragging, always a good move

Some without a clue, always think they are right

A little fact checking shows they’re not too bright

Wonderful to have questions you can answer like a pro

Read, study, learn and you can be proud of what you know

The Days of Awe are here.

Soon we are there, the High Holy Days,

When many a Jew davins and prays.

Summer ends and it’s September or October,

The Days of Awe are here for us to remember.

Parents and family no longer sharing our life,

And all those suffering in great strife.

We grant forgiveness,

We ask for forgiveness.

In the past year, did we really do all that we can,

We wonder and consider what is next year’s plan?

Will there be good health and happiness to enjoy?

Will your daughter meet that handsome special boy?

On Yisker we remember those loved ones of our past,

While wondering what future plans for us are cast.

Our prayers become a joyful song,

Done right, a connection so strong.

People will join you for High Holiday Worship,

They will stay if we build a relationship.

It is a labor of love sharing verses that I write with everyone. BUT Labor Day and taking the day off. Next Monday look for another poem. You never know if something shows up earlier.

There are Stephen memories of so many yesterdays

Baseball, coaching, being there when your team plays

Family pictures with more memories to remember

Birthday memories and thoughts every September

Great America, that was always a great family day

Sledding with neighbors down our family driveway

Always playing catch by our house on Montauk Lane

And some of those teen years were tough to explain

You being home on time on those school nights

Playing Monopoly and who gets bragging rights

Those first lessons driving Grandma’s old car

Good times, bad times, just part of who we are.

Eighty years, not enough. country music sweetheart

Dolly Parton, music storyteller, setting her apart.

9 to 5, Jolienne, songs that we will always know

The Dolly look, phony glam and all done for show

From the mountains of Tennessee to stages everywhere

Her music, her voice, helping those forever in her care

Helping kids to read as only Dolly could

Dollywood, Nashville, movies in Hollywood

In our time, how many legends will we ever find

Dolly Parton, this country legend, one of a kind.