THERE'LL BE DAYS LIKE THIS |
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Rod's Mac is on the blink, my
telephone service is out of order, it looks like rain and the budgie died overnight! It's a miracle you have anything remotely resembling a Flight Plan
today - tomorrow will be better, won't it? Please?
- Ken, Johannesburg, December 29 |
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Offering
Can I be of any help
with your suitcase
or your trunk?
can I stack the wood
against the door?
If your head’s too heavy
let it fall against my arm.
Have you packages of love
that need untying
and then tying up?
Let me first unfold your smile
and fold it to my own.
A beginning.
Then if you have further wants
let me know if I can help.
-from "The Carols of Christmas,"1971
When Winter Comes
A Song by Rod McKuen & Anita Kerr
What will you do When Winter Comes
your coat’s so very thin
you’ll have to stay in bed all day
till summer comes again,
till summer comes again.
You’ll never hear the brown bird sing
for he’ll be gone away
unless you rise with open eyes
and pick up on the day,
and pick up on the day.
You must remain alive, alert
to every friendly sound
the seagulls singing on the beach
the sparrow stretching in the town
the snow mole darting in the field
the march hare’s every leap and bound.
You must remain alert, alive
to every friendly sound.
What will you do When Winter Comes
the time is running out
if you’ve not learned to whisper yet
I guess you’ll have to shout.
perhaps you’ll have to shout. -from the album "Winter", 1973 Music © Anita Kerr •
Words © Rod McKuen |
