Thank you for sharing. I have many happy memories of picking blackberries, thorns and all.😉 Reminds me and makes me want to paraphrase William Carlos Williams:
Recreating a poem (actually lyrics) to face each morning:
The world is topsy-turvy, so the only position in which I can think straight is upside-down in my inverter. This humble effort is inspired by the lyrics to "I'm Getting Married in the Morning" by Alan Jay Lerner from My Fair Lady.
I'm not getting buried; stop the mourning.
I'll not have my body turn to slime.
Cancel the casket; just put me in a basket.
But get me to the furnace on time.
The moral: Face each day with humour. Face your persecutors with absence of fear and equally important, with unpredictability.
At the same time, choose your battles wisely and know when to quit....when the battle is not just worth the effort.
Thank you. Reading that poem was close to touching grass and perhaps a reminder that those we dislike may have something to say.
I needed it.
Thank you so much for that, Amy. It was just what I needed tonight just before bed.
Sleep soundly
Thank you for sharing. I have many happy memories of picking blackberries, thorns and all.😉 Reminds me and makes me want to paraphrase William Carlos Williams:
I have eaten
the blackberries
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Ooof, I love the imagists & WCW. Petals on a wet, black bough. ❤️
Up and beyond the constant and really constant abuse, truth.
Please keep speaking, I try to do it to,I’m not famous, don’t wanna be. TY. Amy.
What a lovely poem! Thank you for staying up late to find it and share it with us.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I have searched for a poem. Lovely entry, thank you.
xo
Thank you.
I am on a blackberry eradication program. As Tom Robbins pointed out, they will eat you house. I have a lovely patch just down the street.
I hear goats are great to keep the brambles at bay.
This house could use a goat...I'll look into it.
Recreating a poem (actually lyrics) to face each morning:
The world is topsy-turvy, so the only position in which I can think straight is upside-down in my inverter. This humble effort is inspired by the lyrics to "I'm Getting Married in the Morning" by Alan Jay Lerner from My Fair Lady.
I'm not getting buried; stop the mourning.
I'll not have my body turn to slime.
Cancel the casket; just put me in a basket.
But get me to the furnace on time.
The moral: Face each day with humour. Face your persecutors with absence of fear and equally important, with unpredictability.
At the same time, choose your battles wisely and know when to quit....when the battle is not just worth the effort.