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A Sonnet to Evelyn…3rd November 1985, Cove, Argyll, Scotland, by George McKay.

12 Jun

All sonnets of the past I bid Adieu,

To type today this sonnet just for you:

If  only Marlowe I could emulate,

Or had Lord Byron’s magic metric skill,

Or dip like Burns, the true poetic quill

In Helicon’s pure fountains crystal fill:

Then o’er Parnassus I would escalate

To top the topmost towers with my rhymes

And be the very Shakespeare of our times!

The Universe itself I would unfold

And like the alchemist turn lead to gold:

One single line for Evelyn just one line,

To catch the cosmos just to you from me,

Both Health and Happiness I wish for thee!

And here I sign for Evelyn,

George.

 

Video

Le Singe Qui Swing by Stevie Smith

7 Feb

Oh how I adore this poem by Stevie Smith.
Sing to the tune of Greensleeves & feel the fun & joy…Here is the great master Stéphane Grappelli on his violin, to add to your pleasure…

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ScFSn7D20JoC&pg=PT392&lpg=PT392&dq=Le+Singe+qui+swing&source=bl&ots=3nc45jLTXV&sig=JoOxzid1I6dz35gihKZvsGSfWtQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Cd4TUfa7EqOf0QX2mIHYDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg

CLICK ON YOUTUBE THEN RACE BACK & CLICK ON THE RED LINK AND SING YOUR HEART OUT…Great party piece when slightly intoxicated?