In the aftermath
Of Dr LeSieg's hat,
Bear in mind that
It's the educated jackasses,
Moreso than the ignorant masses,
Who have the world
Where it's presently at.
© 2012 G Newton V Chance
A player can choose
To hang up his shoes,
Discarded, on the high wire
Or save a worn pair,
A singed souvenir
Of running through the low fire.
© 2012 by
G Newton V Chance
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older
than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn
all golden in the sunset.
I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
by Langston Hughes
the poet writes the poem;
the reader gives it life
(© G. Newton V. Chance)
Make somebody happy (© Alexander Ligertwood & Carlos Santana)