Ah, well. Guess I better get my priorities straight again. My beth and her dog Jac, are delightful.
Today is Maya Angelou's birthday, so let's feature one of her poems.
Poem by Maya Angelou :
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Well, I'm confused. Anyone surprised? Don't know how I missed all the great contributions, but I loved The Impalas, edgar and Pushman, The Bonzo Dog Band was great.
Here's a song that explains my problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xTQpPiO3_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrdwanvfVxU
Johnny Lee
Didn't know the ELO song, letty.
@Letty,
Letty, I had to screw around with my "outdated browser" to finally see and hear the youtube by Binge and V olegov. Both "lovely" works as you noted. Thanks very much for what I presume to be a lovely dedication..
JL
Saying goodnight a bit early as my Beth is leaving tomorrow and I still have the
sniffles.
edgar, hers one to match you Strangers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwmhn-TwTCQ
J.L. So nice to see you back with us, and I knew that you would like that painter and the Serenade.
and, now, y'all. Michael. McTag doesn't have to worry because his legs don't
show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU_cs25Ffg8
From Letty with love to everyone here.
The Orioles make nice music. That's a good song Buble does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR89JVJqBYg
Young Paul Anka.
@edgarblythe,
Good morning to all from our radio station in Florida. Spores are everywhere down here and I keep getting the sniffles.
edgar, Thanks for your comment, and I like Paul Anka's Puppy Love.
Today is Gregory Peck's birthday, so here is a tribute to him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxjHQ5kK30
I remember him best in To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted from another one hit wonder by Harper Lee. Just a reminder to all of our listeners and contributors, Truman Capote edited the book.
Capote was a better than average writer. I just didn't care for the books he wrote, as a matter of taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadngOGKlP0
Beatles
@edgarblythe,
Didn't know that one by "the fab four", edgar, but here's one to match:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ITFu504YZc
I remember Seven Lonely Days, letty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plsrmXJFuLk
Ray Price by the number
@edgarblythe,
Love that one by Ray, edgar. It reminded me of this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZplnhGtf_M
Still calling all poets. Today is Richard Eberhart's birthday, and I found this poem by him:
The Eclipse
I stood out in the open cold
To see the essence of the eclipse
Which was its perfect darkness.
I stood in the cold on the porch
And could not think of anything so perfect
As mans hope of light in the face of darkness.
I like the Aces and Eclipse, letty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8jcKx8H_w
Ak ak ak
@edgarblythe,
Hilarious, edgar. Remember this movie? Slim in the one who killed the Martians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLpCkGFff5I
Sure. That's why I wrote ak ak ak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LCO_I-tyk
Carry me Back
