Monday, August 31, 2009

LOVE OVER EIGHTY INTRODUCTION

I wrote the following songs of " love over eighty"
because we oldsters are not cast offs, we still
think, we still feel, we still care, and we still love,
each in our own way. I sing these songs with love
and abandon.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

AN ODE TO ME ON MY 86th

Why not to a man still strong, still bold,
who's gone through hell and been through fire.
Who's not yet ready to be placed on a pyre.

Who shakes off pains, sees suns not rains,
who loves his wife and children three.

Who thinks, who reads, still thirsty for knowledge
and who may consider going back to college.

That's all good folks, that's simply me.

AN ODE TO SHE ON HER 84th

Here's to a woman, a mother and wife
who's given more spice to everyone's life.

Who laughs all the day and smiles through the night.
Who's gentle and caring and even daring.

Who's both feisty and smart, a news flunky with heart.
a thinker, a reader, a born again leader.

Well, that's all for now, that's Marcia,
that's simply she, my wife
forever to be.

ODE TO CHILDREN THREE

An ode to my children all three
insane as can possibly be.

Let's look at sanity, a kind of vanity
Their time has come, it's really dumb.
It's out-dated, it's over-rated,
lots of people have come to hate it.

These children, these life soldiers,
these informals, are the real normals.

My three are loving and caring,
young in spirit and still daring.
They're fun, they're smart,
they're part of our heart.