and I have summarized my trip in A Crowd of Cows below.
The Yellow Brick Road
"Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God."...James Weldon Johnson
"After the first glass of vodka, you can accept just about anything of life..." Frank O'Hara, my newest favorite
"A lot happens by accident in poetry." ...Howard Nemerov
the feel of it
is cold butter
to a hungry man
tearing weak bread
but sweet, so sweet
JAN 23 -Therese Broderick Mimi Moriarty Marilyn Paarlberg
FEB 27 - JOE KRAUSMAN (Menands, NY)We get nasty if you don't follow the rules.
For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been.' ...John Greenleaf Whittier
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly...Langston Hughes
If I had no sense of humor I would long ago have committed suicide...Gandhi
The only fruit of war is death and grief and sorrow. There is no other fruit ...Michael Berg (father of Nicholas Berg, beheaded on camera in Iran)
There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you...Mark Twain
Most people will go to their graves with their music still in them...Disraeli
Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield...Mary Chapin Carpenter
Yay Barbie is back, Barbie is back.
ReplyDeleteMimi says Willow is coming to Thursday group this week. Yay Willow is coming. I guess that means Mimi is coming too. Yay Mimi is coming.
Dennis says he is coming. Yay Dennis is coming Thursday. I'll be there too. Yay I'll be there too.