I do not write for words alone

AUTHOR!...AUTHOR!..... ...Take a bow....

....Is it no wonder, I call you "Letty Of The Lyrics?"

You got skills, Girl!

ah,Boo who wrote the book of love and then edited it.

Thanks, Yank.

loved it

Viv, coming from an artist such as you, I am especially grateful. Thank you.

Lovely, Miss Letty. <smooches>

ah, Rae. You dear child. Thank you for both. Hey, I'm gonna write a poem about a pool shark and dedicate it to some people I saw in Cocoa Beach

Wish I could dig up some inspiration to start writing again. Actually went out and bought a notebook for just this purpose today. We'll see.

A pool shark? Ohmygoodness.....

Good work, Letty, some feeling in that poem. Where else can we say so much in so few words, but poetry. I should write again, too.

Letty, very sharp and full of vision. Now the person you write about will be proud of you.


Rae, you just think of a word, location, subject, and you just write. Well that's how I do it.

John ~ buying the notebook was at least a step in the 'write' direction.....

Tex, Wow! It's been a while since we interacted. Write..write..write. Yes, all kinds of stuff is in that poem. I hope you like it.

Welllll, John. I would have chosen another word other than "proud", but that will suffice. Thank you. and again, from one poet to another, and from the top of the head, we need to see more from you.

Now let's all revive beauty from among the trenches

I see others may be in the boat I'm in. I bought a notebook for "the great American novel", over a year ago. I started scribbling notes a few months ago. Rae, I hope you move at a faster pace, than me. :wink:

Ah, Letty, your poem is so lovely. You are indeed a person who knows and loves beauty.

SIMPLY PUT, "you said it all, Letty."
How it does NOT surprise me, that you are cognizant of all poetic reason, while smarting from the eternal "splinter fever" yourself!

I love it. And I will copy it to my favorites, WITH YOUR CREDITS always.
I hope you will continue to be inspired for a long LONG time.

My dear friends--the ones that I have met in the world of the mind..in the walks of the manatee

Even to the movers and shakers, there is a tiny bit of redemption. They keep us off balance just enough to keep us determined.

Someone once told me that the song "Help Me Make it Through the Night" was really a simple but beautiful philosophy...:

Help Me Make It Through The Night- Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair, Shake it loose and let it fall,
Layin' soft upon my skin. Like the shadows on the wall.
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time. Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong, I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow. Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone. Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong, (Yes, I do !)
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow. Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight.
Lord, it's bad to be alone. Help me make it through the night.

Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow is out of sight.

Amen.

Letty and Rae: After reading your threads, I played a favorite Joan Baez recording. A song written by Willie Nelson. I wonder if Kris wrote his song before Willie's. (I'll have to check that out)

I live one day at a time.
I dream one dream at a time.
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind
And I live one day at a time.

Then, you're surprised to see me back at home.
You don't know how much I miss you when you're gone.
Don't ask how long I plan to stay,
It never crossed my mind
Cause I live one day at a time.

There's a swallow flying cross a cloudy sky
Searching for a patch of sun, so am I.
Don't ask how long I plan to follow him
Perhaps, I won't in time
Cause I live one day at a time.
I dream one dream at a time.

It echoes heartache, doesn't it ,and yet ,Willie is quoted as having said: I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time. If you can be happy right now, then you'll always be happy because it's always in the NOW."

That's a tough road to follow, but it is worth a try, because isn't it true that if we're stuck in the past or lost in the future, we'll totally miss the excitement of the NOW? I have a feeling that that's what you're telling us Letty.

Yes, Raggedy. In the telling of it, it becomes yours. Morganwood had the most beautiful thread about Zack. Everyone needs to look at it...he's telling us:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8035&highlight=

What a wonderful honesty.