Today's poet

[Alf]

Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Langston Hughes

[freckle]

Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Langston Hughes

some wise words here liking it !

[freckle]

Ooooo baby its cold outside...well perhaps not THAT cold....

A whisper of spring

Shrinking away from me
My duplicitous friend
You turn your body up
a centigrade or two.

What was once bold
Is saddened,
by footfall, cussing
and the insidous grey.

Under the veil of denial
I am somewhat disorientated
by your now evident
dis-integration.
I even slipped a few times
trying to make out the boundaries.


But now, FINALLY
My feet hit the floor
In some semblance of normality
and exhaling
into a forgotten sense of balance
Here is my wish...

that molecule, by molecule
You will evolve
into a whisper of spring.

[dominion]

Ooooo baby its cold outside...well perhaps not THAT cold....

Just for a moment I thought we'd moved onto christmas pop standards??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klyIX4RIWA

[freckle]

Just for a moment I thought we'd moved onto christmas pop standards??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klyIX4RIWA

Aw aren't they lovely!.....do like a bit of tom and cerys...

[freckle]

actually i like this version too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDaG...eature=related

[dominion]

And she's been known to race on the fells in Wales??

[freckle]

And she's been known to race on the fells in Wales??

dom you are such a wind up merchant
or are you?
Ovavoo!

voila...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...atthews-singer

[dominion]

Eranu!!

[Alf]

Ooooo baby its cold outside...well perhaps not THAT cold....

A whisper of spring

Shrinking away from me
My duplicitous friend
You turn your body up
a centigrade or two.

What was once bold
Is saddened,
by footfall, cussing
and the insidous grey.

Under the veil of denial
I am somewhat disorientated
by your now evident
dis-integration.
I even slipped a few times
trying to make out the boundaries.


But now, FINALLY
My feet hit the floor
In some semblance of normality
and exhaling
into a forgotten sense of balance
Here is my wish...

that molecule, by molecule
You will evolve
into a whisper of spring.

Very good that freckle but I think I will get Christmas out of the way before I start listening for a whisper of spring (nice though that line is )