The Garden
J.Prevert
Thousands and thousands of years
Would not be enough
To tell of
That small second of eternity
When you held me
When I held you
One morning
In winter's light
In Montsouris Park
In Paris
On earth
This earth
That is a star
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The Garden
J.Prevert
Thousands and thousands of years
Would not be enough
To tell of
That small second of eternity
When you held me
When I held you
One morning
In winter's light
In Montsouris Park
In Paris
On earth
This earth
That is a star
I really like that Merry and also the story, what a man! I have been known to sing on downhills when I think no-one can possibly hear me.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
This is wonderful Freckle. Great choice although it makes me want to be in love...waiting...always waiting!! Yes...I know the best things in life are worth waiting for.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by freckle
Here's a Wendy Cope for you while you are waiting. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/poetryseason/po...oody_men.shtml
Soar y Mynydd
By Beryl Davies
Dear little chapel on a hill
Where time for years has just stood still
White-washed architecture like many a farm
Which surrounded it long ago with their pretty charm.
There echoes of 'Cwm Rhondda' ring
And ancient hymns to 'Blaenwern' they sing.
An old dramatic preacher stands
Calling us to God with outstretched hands.
A kindly lady in a stylish hat
Cares for her ancestors' habitat.
And in the pulpit a beautiful chair
In memory of John who worshipped there.
Two brothers from a mile away
Come in their Sunday-best to pray.
The Tonic Sol-fa on the harmonium inviting
Packed pews of pilgrims to fervent rejoicing.
A bleating lamb comes to the door
Reminding us of why we're there once more.
There is no light once dusk comes round
And nothing to measure time on the wall is found -
In the dear little chapel on a hill
Where time for years has just stood still.
I believe that Soar Y Mynnd is adjacent to the legendary "Phone Box in the middle of nowhere" ??
Good old Wendy! She's brilliant, thanks HHH.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
I like this Dominion. I've got friends who live on Lewis and areas there are like that, tiny community outposts in vast tracts of moorland. I wonder if they have any poems not in Gaelic that are about the same. I'll have a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
All You Who Sleep Tonight
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right,
And emptiness above -
Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
Vikram Seth
One for me and Hes by the sound of things ;)
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.
And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.
So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life..
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So when you're chewing on life's gristle, don't grumble, give a whistle :D
Nice one Stolly. This is a favourite of mine too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY
Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It's a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide.
We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go 'round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.