Photograph by Bob Gentry 8/5/99
A Thought for Today
Kindness is just about the nicest thing there is. It is the
principle of friendship and the essence of love.
The regular daily Flight Plan will be
suspended for a few weeks while I'm away helping Webmaster Ken Blackie work out the design
and content of our upcoming STANYAN HOUSE web site. I hope you'll continue landing here
ever day though because Jay Hagan and Melinda Smith have chosen two poems from a different
one of my books for every day that I'm gone.
So, something new will be here every morning. The Thought for Today and the Notable
Birthdays will continue. See you soon.
Love, Rod
Two poems from "Listen to the Warm".
Nine
Dirty old men have the best lot after all.
Courage.
Ask a pretty girl her name,
nothing is the worst she'll say...
Follow women after dark
they can only yell for help or whisper yes.
I lie here dying of delight at being close
matching you in sleep breath for breath
yet awake.
A coward
because I will not love you into waking.
Brave because I wait.
You'll turn to me;
I hope I'm finally sleeping when you do
( or both awake . )
I wouldn't want my love to go unnoticed.
All those years I had to love my hands
I must have been a madman.
I conquered film stars for my need
but that was long before your shoulders.
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Chosen by JH |
