I want this for Christmas.  Please??

Edit:
Also, Carl Sandburg is of the amazing.  You should all read his poetry.  Now.

Come to that, I haven't done a poetry post in a while...  But no.  I could not do Carl Sandburg justice in one post.  Sadly.

Some Shel Silverstein.  Because you know I love my subversives.

Arrows

I shot an  arrow toward the sky,
It hit a white cloud floating by.
The clould fell dying to the shore,
I don't shoot arrows anymore.

Never

I've never roped a Brahma bull,
I've never fought a duel,
I've never crossed the desert 
On a lop-eared, swayback mule,
I've never climbed an idol's ( Read more... )

I swear there will soon be an update-type post. I just have to get Ring Dance pictures sorted out. In the meantime, however, I am going to post more poetry, because I like it.  Maybe I will begin to post poetry the way Alana posts book reviews.  ^_^

"I am Waiting"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I am waiting for my case to come up
and I am waiting
for a rebirth ( Read more... )

I dreamed there would be Spring no more,
    That Nature’s ancient power was lost:
    The streets were black with smoke and frost,
They chattered trifles at the door:

I wandered from the noisy town,
    I found a wood with thorny boughs:
    I took the thorns to bind my brows,
I wore them like a civic crown:

I met with scoffs, I met with ( Read more... )