Poem |

Blessed Are The Weird People

Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours… for they teach us to see the world through different eyes. ~ Jacob Nordby

On Monday When The Sun Is Hot

208

On Monday, when the sun is hot, I wonder to myself a lot; Now is it true, or is it not, That what is which and which is what? ~ A. A. Hodge

The Most Massive Characters

141

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Follow Your Inner Moonlight

111

Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. ~ Allen Ginsberg

I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, So I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep. ~ Richard Brautigan

March by Barbara Baker

370

A Spike of Green When I went outThe sun was hotIt shone uponMy flower pot. And there I sawA spike of greenThat no one elseHad ever seen! On other daysThe…

Kindness and Mischief

355

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. ~ Mary Oliver

Where My Books Go

324

All the words that I utter, And all the words that I write,

Must spread out their wings untiring,

And never rest in their flight,

Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,

And sing to you in the night,

Beyond where the waters are moving,

Storm-darkened or starry bright.

~ W. B. Yeats

Welcome June

232

Far up in the deep blue sky, Great white clouds are floating by; All the world is dressed in green; Many happy birds are seen, Roses bright and sunshine clear Show that lovely June is here. ~ F. G. Sanders

Em’s Bookstore

245