FOG by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
When he was feeling a little more wordy than that, Carl Sandburg also wrote
PEARL FOG
OPEN the door now.
Go roll up the collar of your coat
To walk in the changing scarf of mist.
Tell your […]
When I think of Rudyard Kipling (12/30/1865 – 1/18/1936), I think of the last stanza of Gunga Dinfirst:
’E carried me away
To where a dooli lay,
An’ a bullet come an’ drilled the beggar clean.
’E put me safe inside,
An’ just before ’e died,
“I ’ope you liked your drink”, sez Gunga Din.
So I’ll meet ’im later on
At […]
We had an awesome soloist in church this morning who sang “Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child” and “Not Too Far From Here“. Of course, this is not the singer I saw this morning, but still wanted to share the song, so I found a good youtube:
(links to youtube are in the song names […]
Here’s a link to an awesome page with the French words and music to La Mer, as well as the (unrelated) English version, Beyond the Sea
http://www.ezgeta.com/sea.html
Check out the rest of Carmen Ezgeta’s site - you’ll love it!
Reely
Boum
Charles Trenet
… boum!
Quand notre coeur fait boum
Tout avec lui dit boum
Et c’est l’amour qui s’éveille
Boum!
Il chante «Love in Bloom»
Au rythme de ce boum
Qui redit boum à l’oreille
Tout a changé depuis hier et la rue
A des yeux qui regardent aux fenêtres
Y’a du lilas et y’a des mains tendues
Sur la mer le soleil va […]