Poetry Wednesday 01/21/09: Poetry In Motion
Hello, and welcome back again to Poetry Wednesday for 01/21/09.
This is going to be a big historical week in American history because of Inauguration Day on Tuesday, so I will keep the poetry lounge open all week. Take your time posting.
I’ll be your hostess again this week. My sister, Sans Souci, is on a break, putting together her own poetry book, but she will check in.
Before we get started, please make sure that your post has a link to get back to this page to make it easier to take the tour:
1) Copy and paste the following link that I have provided for you from this page to somewhere on your poetry post.
Link back to the Poetry Wednesday tour on Laurita’s page
2) Leave the link of your poetry post in the comments section below. This is the link guests will click on to read your poem (see my post below as an example).
You are listening to:
Poetry in Motion
by Johnny Tillotson
When I see my baby
What do I see ?
Poetry …..
Poetry in motion…
Poetry in motion
Walkin’ by my side
Her lovely locomotion
Keeps my eyes open wide
Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way
I love every movement
There’s nothing I would change
She doesn’t need improvement
She’s much too nice to rearrange
Poetry in motion
Dancing close to me
A flower of devotion
For all the world to see.
Poetry in motion
all that I adore her
No number nine love potion
Could make me love her more
[mp3j track=”poetryinmotion.mp3″]
I’m going to start things off this week with a poem by Rod Mckuen entitled, “Listen to the Warm” from a book of his poetry by the same name. Does anyone remember him ?
The poems and songs of Rod McKuen express a bittersweet, aching tenderness towards life that has endeared him to millions of fans. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was perhaps the most popular poet in the United States. His songs have been recorded by over 500 artists, and he himself has produced over 200 albums.
Born in a Salvation Army hospital during the Great Depression of the 1930s, driven by brutal abuse to run from his family, and forced to earn his own living at a variety of laborer’s jobs from the age of eleven, Rod McKuen could have grown up hard, embittered, and angry. However, without security or education, McKuen managed to uncover in himself a writer’s soul and to hone and develop his skills as a poet and a songwriter. Although his work has often been lambasted by critics as cloying and trite, McKuen’s poetry is unpretentious and accessible to the average reader, and his songs in particular exhibit a high level of craftsmanship.
So let’s get going and start the tour !
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lauritasita wrote on Jan 19, ’09
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starfishred wrote on Jan 19, ’09
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lauritasita wrote on Jan 19, ’09
Here another post I did for Martin Luther King Day: http://lauritasita.multiply.com/journal/item/1155/Poetry_Wednesday_012109_Selected_Poems_for_Martin_Luther_King_Day
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jayaramanms wrote on Jan 19, ’09, edited on Jan 19, ’09
Dear Hostess, Contacts and Friends,
I am sorry I had to keep away from Bloggings and Multiply and Y 360 for the past couple of months due to some unavoidable domestic priorities. Now I hope will be able to do it in slowly. Thank you all for puttig up with my for my absense. Today my Poetry for this wednesday 01.21.09 is titled Annebel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe on his 200 th Birthday ie. today 01.19.09. Request all to see it at – http://jayaramanms.multiply.com/journal/item/277/POETRY_WEDNESDAY_-_01.21.09. Please accept my Belated Hearty Greetings for the NEW YEAR. Love. . |
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Hi Laurita, Here’s an original poem I wrote this month. Jay
http://notjay.multiply.com/journal/item/89/Inside_the_Looking_Glass_-_Original_Poem_01_10_09 |
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billatplay wrote on Jan 20, ’09
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sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 20, ’09
Ha, I love the page. I remember the song well, and I used to have the Rod McKuen book, Lord knows where it is! Maybe you have it! I’m glued to the Inauguration. By the way, it’s Bill’s 85th birthday, so everyone go over and visit Bill and wish him well! |
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lauritasita wrote on Jan 20, ’09, edited on Jan 20, ’09
The book was yours. You left it behind when you got married, but I don’t have it now. ! I’ll go visit Bill today ! |
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sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 20, ’09
I just transcribed Elizabeth Alexander’s Poem. Praise Song for the Day http://sanssouciblogs.multiply.com/journal/item/527/343._
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nomadtraveller wrote on Jan 20, ’09
Hello. Thought I’d join in this week.
http://nomadtraveller.multiply.com/journal/item/705/ELVIS_LIVE |
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I’m back again with more Shakespeare. Here are two items from The Comedy of Errors:
How fat is she? http://johnthad.multiply.com/journal/item/201/ “his eye doth homage otherwhere”: http://johnthad.multiply.com/journal/item/202/ |
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I want to thank you and everyone who cared to pray or say something about Astrid. M heart has been bleeding for days but great as God and this Universe is, human beings can really change their perception of their reality with one single seed of love. She teaches me everyday, and I just want her to keep on teaching me for as long as it could possibly be.
All my love to you all. Life is beautiful, I can hold her in my arms. http://ppiccola.multiply.com/journal/item/506/She_says…I_learn |
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lauritasita wrote on Jan 24, ’09
You can continue reading, but please do not post any new work for this week. My new sign in page will be posted on Monday. Thank you so much for coming !
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forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 24, ’09
I know you’re closed………………not leaving anything except thanks for leaving all the links, I finally made the tour and, as always…………….throughly enjoyed it……………thanks Laurita.
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