Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Come mi vuoi?
Come mi vuoi
cosa mi dai,
dove mi porti tu?
How do you want me, what do you give me, where do you drag me ?
Dammi un sandwich e un po' d'indecenza
e una musica turca anche lei
metti forte che riempia la stanza
d'incantesimi e di spari e petardi
eh come mi vuoi?
che si senta anche il pullman perduto
una volta lontana da qui
e l'odore di spezie che ha il buio
con noi due dentro al buio abbracciati
eh come mi vuoi ?
How do you want me, what do you give me, where do you drag me?
Come mi vuoi? Cosa mi dai ? Dove mi porti tu ?
Take a sandwich and my indecent charm
hear the music, and what do you think
Swingin swingin see
this room is flying
through the sorceries, firework and bangers
man, this is your world
Monday, November 5, 2007
Today is Guy Fawkes Day
- Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
- The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
- I know of no reason
- Why Gunpowder Treason
- Should ever be forgot.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Back to Buses
Bloody Men
Bloody men are like bloody buses -
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear.
You look at them flashing their indicators
Offering you a ride.
You're trying to read the destinations,
You haven't much time to decide.
If you make a mistake, there is no turning back.
Jump off, and you'll stand there and gaze
While the cars, the taxis and the lorries go by
And the minutes, the hours, the days.
I found this one in a book titled "Bleeding Hearts - Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung", compiled by Michelle Lovric.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
a new baby boy
Baby's First Day
Wonder of all wonderment!
Momentous moment when small form
First feels life in itself.
When new eyes open wide
On old, old world.
When tiny hands handle air;
Touch tenderness and love.
When ears first wake to sound
And silent lips find voice and food.
Soon newly wakened baby wearies.
World will keep.
Being born is quite enough
For one short day.
Baby hands rest;
Baby mouth yawns;
Baby eyes close in sleep.
by Mary Dawson Hughes
Friday, October 26, 2007
Twin Cities - Everything But The Girl
Now we're in twin cities
Where the Mississippi rises and then falls
One is Minneapolis and the other no less famous is St. Paul
There are stray dogs on the highway
And the local farmers moan about lack of rain
When the winds blew last winter I swear England had another hurricane
Hurricane….
And we are twin cities, and we are that river
From the standing still, we will be delivered
Last time in New York was with Mandela and Madonna and the Mets
(Last time I was in New York)
They’re icons of an era where that’s about as famous as it gets
(That’s what I call famous, baby)
I’ve seen cities full of ticker-tape, and cotton-trains through Utah disappearing out of sight
Now I’m standing in a city that’s as pretty as an ocean in the night
And we are twin cities, and we are that ocean
From the standing still, we are set in motion
And no one calls me up to say “How long are you going to be away?�?"
(Are you ever coming back?) Yeah yeah… (Are you ever coming back?)
No one calls me up to say “Don’t let that life lead you astray�?"
(Don’t forget to come back)Yeah! (Don’t forget to come back)
They were rioting in Detroit on the night the Pistons won it back to back
(won it back to back)
I was out of there the next day, and I only had just two bags to pack
And we are twin cities, and we are one river
From the standing still, we will be delivered
And we are twin cities, and we are one ocean
From the standing still, we are set in motion
Yeah…
We are twin cities…
We are one river… (We… are… twin… cities…)
One ocean…
Thursday, October 25, 2007
More Poetry on Buses
Untitled
I keep a dandelion in full fluff,
Protecting it from breezes and my
Clumsiness
Having not yet found
The perfect wish
Vivienne Alcantara
The teacher rolled the questions
And knocked us over
One by one.
Even when you are wrong,
Your teacher never calls a foul.
As you slam plates, shove silverware, knock
pots and pans into drawers and shelves, suffer
the loss of TV privileges for some imagined misdemeanor,
hole up in the dark corner of your room - it occurs to you again,
that perhaps you were separated at birth from your real
family, the one with the Palm Springs vacations,
the hired housekeeper,
the effortless adolescence.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Poetry on Buses
I found this poem while living in Seattle. The King County Metro hosts an annual poetry competition for residents of King, Pierce, Kitsap and Snohomish Counties. This poem is from 1999.
Poetry for Buses
You, sitting behind me again.
Do you always have to take this bus?
What is the story with that cough, anyway?
Is it maybe the longest running cold
In the history of colds?
Or do you think it could be the cigarettes?
You do plan to get off pretty soon,
Don’t you?
R McNaughton Phillips. I ride the bus and I write poetry, but rarely at the same time.