maggie and milly and molly and may
maggie and milly and molly and maywent down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sangso sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thingwhich raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stoneas small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)it's always ourselves we find in the sea
E. E. Cummingsfrom The Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings; Copyright © 1991
(perhaps from all this you can make a perpetual january. at least this year january 1907 seems to fit. i have some mays and i will look for other months. i wonder if we'll ever have a year.)
happy new year everyone.
Another very nice poem in another very nice posting. Happy new year, Lily-- I look forward to reading you in 2008.
ReplyDeletethank you david--and i you. happy new year to you as well!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year, dearest L., and thank you for your beautiful gifts !
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too, Lotus. I like this poem and the charming calender reminds me of ones from my childhood. I have to get my main computer fixed and it is taking me a while to get back to full steam. Are you ready for the three storms? It's about time we had a major winter storm.
ReplyDeleteoh thank you florizelle, and for inspiration always, merci.
ReplyDeletei was actually out the door before 9:30 this morning, which is unheard of for me, cause i wanted to get to trader joes and home again before the storms. a lot of other people had the same idea.
ReplyDeletei also have already put my garbage at the street for the friday pickup.
stay warm and dry, dear!
Wow, another beautiful post! Where do you keep getting all these wonderful images?? Are these calendars from Belgium or Holland? (because of the spelling of "januari").
ReplyDeleteAnd I also want to wish you a Happy New Year!
thank you and happy new year to you as well sabine!
ReplyDeletehe's dutch, hoytema, and i frequently don't remember where i get the images (unless it's from someone else's blog, in which case i always credit it).