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Hi Janet, I'm very pleased you liked my little "pome"... I wanted to say something unique and I thought 'n thought... nothing.... Then I thought of 1947 and cutting my teeth 'round my father's feet as he worked... and incidently I'm sure he subscribed to Edison's quote... "i never did a day's work in my life it was all fun" Suddenly a vision of my father at his forge entered my brain and in about 20 minutes the words tumbled down, words describing tools and "processes" long forgotten. Sort of a "blast from the past"... I used to enjoy cranking the "blast" and coming in to lunch all black faced.. it was all fun. My work still is ................... murray On 16 Mar 00 at 4:02, janet paterson wrote: At 03:45 PM 2000/03/13 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Hi Janet, >313 >i thought about the 40's >i thought of our fathers >i wrote this pome 4u > > >- The Making of a Wordsmith - > >First the "stock" was selected with care >Then the finest coke, a fire to prepare > >Heat applied to temper the mettle >Nothing would do but finest fettle > >Now hammer and tongs, the greatest skill >Forging uniquely, to the craftsman's will > >Headed and jumped with genius intent >Scarfed and punched, pointed and bent > >Fuller and swage, he must be quick >Hardie and chisel to finish the trick > >Drawing and squeezing to a shape exact >Hardness and softness together enact > >Heating and cooling to a delicate anneal >This must surpass every ordinary steel > >In the scheme of life, when he is gone >This is his image that will live on > >What he has wrought will be his best >The Blacksmith's offspring must meet the test... > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >I know your father wasn't a blacksmith, (that was my father) >The art exists only in the minds of a few now... > >Janet, Wordsmith Extraordinaire, Have a very Happy Birthday ...... murray >[log in to unmask] > murray you amaze me thank you so much for doing this it brought not a few tears to my eyes who said you weren't a poet from your cyb-sis with love janet ******************************************************** [log in to unmask]