FIRST THINGS FIRST (Be patient: the sound starts about 18 seconds in....)
NOW- HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE AND ALL - IT'S TWENTY-TEN!
Photo: Christopher Thomond
Picture-Books in Winter
Summer fading, winter comes-
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks
In the picture story-books.
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.
We may see how all things are,
Seas and cities, near and far,
And the flying fairies' looks,
In the picture story-books.
How am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days,
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Reading picture story-books
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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The poetry round-up this first Friday of the year is being hosted by Mary Lee over at A YEAR OF READING.Be sure to go over and see what other people have posted this week.
LOVE the glass harp rendition of Auld Lang Syne!! And I do look forward to at least one more "chimney-corner day" before the press of life begins again next week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the drinking glass rendition of Auld Lang Syne, it made me smile. Do you think Ben Franklin knew the tune? He and Burns were contemporaries--interesting to think about...
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Wow, what a cool rendition! The RLS poem is one of my favorites. A nice way to start the new year. Happy 2010!!
ReplyDeleteLove this and love you. Happy New Year, decade!
ReplyDeleteHi, Vanessa! How nice to see you here! Yes, indeed - the decade - here it is - and I'm feeling weirdly optimistic.
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