navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #49 » Optimism In Any Key
Open Poetry #49
Post A Reply Post New Topic Optimism In Any Key Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana

0 posted 2015-12-12 07:44 PM


don't put off 'til tomorrow
that which you should do
tomorrow's just another day
slipping away from you

sing your song of sixpence
keep you pockets dry
pay all you owe in hellos
before you say good-bye

sun will rise in the early morn
full moon's iridescence will glow
but time passes by so quickly
they’ll be gone before you know

so pull up by the bootstraps
that part of you that's weak
let your heart know where you're going
but say nothing to your feet!

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

© Copyright 2015 Danny - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2015-12-12 08:30 PM


Oh what happy thoughts of good advice that are oh so easier said than done. ~L
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2015-12-13 07:43 AM


"pay all you owe in hellos
before you say good-bye"

You betcha and pinch her and make her holler! As Lori said, "easier said than done." Still you do what you can and let the rest do it's best. These modern-day parables are good standards to live by. Myself, I've broken many more than I've kept.

~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~

Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
3 posted 2015-12-13 10:45 AM


Very nice advice! Now what did I have in mind to do today? ...

Verschiebe nicht auf morgen
was du heute kannst besorgen  ...

How many times my mother told me this.

Will I learn before it's too late?

Margherita

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
4 posted 2015-12-13 10:58 AM


Your mother was a wise woman!

Thanks for the visit Margherita! I'm German/Irish but I only speaka da engfish!


88's friend

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
5 posted 2015-12-13 11:03 AM


Many thanks to you Miss Lori and JerryPat! (Its great to 'say' that again. Its almost as though you two were a couple...)

Please don't say "a couple of what".

66's friends

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Post A Reply Post New Topic ⇧ top of page ⇧ Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.
navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #49 » Optimism In Any Key

Passions in Poetry | pipTalk Home Page | Main Poetry Forums | 100 Best Poems

How to Join | Member's Area / Help | Private Library | Search | Contact Us | Login
Discussion | Tech Talk | Archives | Sanctuary