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A Thought for Today
Even when my memory has a favored day,
some prisoners refuse escape.
Rod is in the studio today.
Details of Rod's next
appearance can be obtained by following the link below.
"Tap
Your Troubles Away" - the music of Jerry Herman
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Autumn
Equinox
Scott Baio o
Shari Belafonte-Harper o
Andrea Bocelli o
Debby Boone o
Nick Cave o
Lord Chesterfield o
Michael Faraday o
Richard C. Hottelet o
John Houseman o
Bonnie Hunt o
Joni James o
Joan Jett o
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Joan Jett o
Tommy Lasorda o
Alice Meynell o
Paul Muni o
Catherine Oxenburg o
Martha Scott o
Eric Stoltz o
Erich Von Stroheim o
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Autumn is the crown of every summer.
Nature doesn’t need to brag.
I wish that I were plain enough to show you
I’m but me, or as fancy as I feel you think I should be.
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THROUGH THE AUTUMN FIELD |
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Moths fill up
the morning
and spiders slide down shafts
of sunlight,
The wind now makes a long,
slow moan.
Tired of all the old Octobers
the moan is more a sigh.
Resigned and lonely
like those of us
who face the wind
the wind itself on seeing autumn
runs to hide.
I walked home
through the field
alone
looking at the row on row
of dead cornstalks
frightened by the frost
arrested by
the first long breath of autumn.
Feeling a little older
but with no new knowledge.
Passing through
the now past summer
I’ve heard nothing.
True, I’ve memorized your thighs
your burnt brown breasts
your eyes, your eyes
but you were busy memorizing
other people’s hands
the kindness
of their summer crotches
the sounding of their sighs.
Without attending
your same school
as pupil or as teacher
I’ve become your familiar.
Bend to me
this first long
autumn night
or let me bend to you.
Everything and nothing
has passed between us
and tomorrow
I’ll pass by again
through frosted fields
where even pumpkins
now detach themselves
from dead and dying vines.
Autumn is a signpost
for the leaving.
Whether leading us
to comfort or despair
autumn points the way.
-from “Beyond the Boardwalk,” 1975, 1976 |
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1969, 1975, 1976, 1999, 2001 by Stanyan Music Group & Rod McKuen. All Rights Reserved |
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