Here are two poems that were suggested quite some time ago when the money pad was discussed... Been from store to store Looking for just the right gift I couldn't find it anywhere It really had me miffed And so I decided After making my mad dash The best thing I could give you Would be some cold hard cash. It was time to go shopping, Didn't know what to do Wanted to get something Perfect, as special as you. As I sat there in panic, The answer came in a flash- Along with warm, loving thoughts Give the kid COLD, HARD CASH!

Well, I'm not sure what a string art stocking is, lol, but here is a stocking poem. Hope it's appropriate. St. Nicholas' Shoe (go to a craft or party store for a plastic shoe or boot....or use a small stocking) When St. Nicholas comes to fill up each shoe, He leaves gifts inside, and a shiny coin, too! So here's a small token that's just meant to say~ Best wishes to you as you go on your way!

So many poets; there are a number of male poets who wrote of death. Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Carlos Williams, e.e. cummings, Dylan Thomas (Do not go gently into that good night). Without knowing the people involved here, I would throw out this touching end to a long poem: [Yet when we meet we seem in silence to say, Pretending serene forgetfulness of our youth, "Do you remember but then why should you remember! Do you remember a certain day, Or evening rather, spring evening long ago, We talked of death, and love, and time, and truth, And said such wise things, things that amused us so How foolish we were, who thought ourselves so wise!" And then we laugh, with shadows in our eyes.] --Conrad Aiken, Nocturne of Remembered Spring. or this: [The world is too much with us ; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers : Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers ; For this, for everything, we are out of tune ; It moves us not.  Great God ! IÂd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.] --William Wordsworth Or, [Epitaph by Sir Walter Ralegh Even such is Time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days: And from which earth, and grave, and dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust.] There's a popular one that ends "...Twas Heaven Here with You." that I can't find. Here's a place to start a search. Here is a link that might be useful: Poets' Graves

I saved that site in Scrapbook; I like the idea of putting something cute or something to think about on a label. Thanks.