h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yep, it's from Birthday Letters by Hughes

Thanks Jab !

No prob, it's a terrific bit of poetry

To continue:


[Jorie Graham: I Watched A Snake]

hard at work in the dry grass
behind the house
catching flies. It kept on
disappearing.

OR:

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you’re at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a teatray in the sky.



[Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]

Oi!! Wake up and
smell the coffee..
Not that one...
it's got the toffee
in which apples are
waiting for me to cover..
as by this stove
I continue to hover..


[lil..ACE.. in response to a remark made by Snailrind in another thread]

Sarah said,
Sleep is a wonderful world
with a wonderful warm feeling
covered in blankets
going to sleep is oh so good

[orig]

He holds me close,
He holds me tight.
He keeps me safe,
thoughtout the night.


[orig]

You came to me with the warmth of your touch
And the thrill of your kiss.
It's your touch that I miss.

[orig]

Her hand reaches out to touch his vest..

.. where once she would have touched his chest.

Now she dreams of the time when they were found

.. by her father as they lay on the ground.




[orig]

Come to me now, And lay your hands over me
Even if it's a lie, Say it will be alright
And i shall belive.

( SHERYL CROW - From the song i shall belive. Hope this is ok, songs are just poetry to music. )

I think that you might be alright,
if you use a song to state your plight.
As once you have found that you believe,
I trust your love will then relieve
the everlasting hope within your heart,
that as lovers you will never part.


[orig]

Not all that keen, Sig, as there's a song version of this thread at F2137311?thread=293724&skip=12740&show=2 - where they really belong.

..but I dare say you can slip one in now and again if they're this good.

Sorry, I feel a bit silly in this policeman's helmet!

Jab

On second thoughts, Sig, I take that back. If the lyrics mean a lot to you, put a short extract in here...the song game is more light-hearted.

Sorry - It's late, I'm tired, and my policeman's hat fell off!

Jab

To continue:

Love, with its joys and its agonies
Is what we cannot do without
For it makes us human.

[orig,]

Before, before all this,
Ill wager that a lovesick heart
Stole first a look - and then a kiss

(Felix Dennis)

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach

[Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Sonnets from the Portuguese XLIII]

Do you mock me
When I give you my soul?

Do you mock me
When I reach my goal?

Do you mock me
When I ask you to guess?

Do you mock me?
The answer is Yes.

'What is truth?' asked jesting Pilate.


[Francis Bacon]

The year's at the spring
And the day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his heaven -
All's right with the world!

(The Year's At The Spring, by Robert Browning)

Good morning, one and all! Welcome to Spring!