three for seven
maggie and milly and molly and may
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldnt remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
its always ourselves we find in the sea
~e.e. cummings
Every man should be born again on the first day of January.
Start with a fresh page.
Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Comments
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Happy, Merry, Prosperous, Healthy year to the blackbirds et al in Tuvalu!
MsCel
Happy New Year, bb and to all your kinfolk!
Happy New Year to you and all the Tuvaluians.
May your New Year be filled with health, happiness, joy and love.
Baci to all your men.
We celebrated, toasted the New Year, just finished cleaning the mess...now "me needs" some rest...
Well said and well quoted and well matched-photographically.
Happiest of New Years to the whole blackbird flock.
(Can I put you on my life list?)
its always ourselves we find in the sea
I like this, I like this a lot.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
But celery stewed is more quietly chewed.
— Ogden Nash
Happy New year Blackbird.