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Rod in “The Best is Yet to Come” 11/6/04
Photo by Shira Greenburg ©2004 by Broadway.com. Used by Permission
A Thought for Today
Love is another word for Christmas.
FROM the¨BOOKS
To get you in the holiday mood here are some winter poems.
RM12/15/2003 12;42 AM
Snowflakes in the Wine
It rained today, all day
everything was the sound of rain.
Children laughing in the streets
police whistles
cars splashing mud at one another
even the music on the radio
sounded like the rain.
Tonight the storm is nearly over.
I walked down by the railway station
to watch the trains come in
and not once was I asked the time
nor did a stranger stop and want a light.
Sometimes on rainy nights
I forgot I'm in a foreign country.
It's about twelve-thirty now.
Most everyone has gone to bed.
Something is pushing me,
making me think.
I miss you.
-from the album "Winter," 1972
The Singer and the Song
Jesus, can you hear me singing?
Is my voice tuned loud enough?
Am I mixing with the choir
or soloing an edge out front?
Jesus, at the echo's ending
is my song still strong and true
or has it blended with the mudlark
and been lost in silver forests?
Jesus, is an answer coming
to the prayers I prayed before
or should I repeat them now
and settle down to wait again?
Jesus, pardon me for asking
but will you grant me one more hour
to your own or to my liking
so that I might work with you?
-from “The Carol of Christmas,” 1971
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