
The Letter F takes its place and stands tall amongst all the other letters, for it starts many a great and noble word. The feisty F has proven itself quite useful for alliteration, too.
Some folks are FOOTLOOSE and FANCY FREE
Others talk of FREEDOM, FIDELITY, and FRATERNITY.
They rally round their FLAG and FIGHT what they consider to be the FORCES of oppression. (However, opinions on “oppression” differ.)
The Apostle Paul urged the followers of Christ to


The flexibility of the letter F is also useful for this cute
little verse my mother-in-law liked to quote:
A flea and a fly were imprisoned one day in a flue.
Said the fly to the flea, “Let us fly!”
Said the flea to the fly, “Let us flee!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
F can stand for FIRST. And this week I’ve seen some first-class spring signs:
the first butterfly
the first robin
the first meadowlark
But watch your step, because F can also begin:

As in this poem I’ve called “FOLLY”
Fools are always rushing in
where another fool’s already been,
the path well trodden by the feet
that think temptation’s end is sweet.
Let us flee, said the fly. Let us fly, said the flea, so they flew through the flaw in the flue! (The way I learned it… fun._
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Sounds good either way. Thanks for contributing. 🙂
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I also saw butterflies courting I didn’t stick around. It was a private moment.
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Very considerate. I’m sure they appreciated you leaving them alone. 🙂
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They didn’t say, but I imagine so. They were pretty absorbed in their own concerns.
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I just love your Mother-in-Law’s verse, it’s quite a tongue twister! Such fun!
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Yes it was. Thanks for reading my folly-full post. 🙂
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