Listen to the Mustn’ts by Shel Silverstein.
“Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child,
Listen to the DON’TS
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be”
Another incredibly inspiring poem by Silverstein. I have my students read this poem every year, and it hangs proudly on my wall. How wonderful that there was a man who encouraged children to become anything they wanted–to dream and hope, regardless of their situations in life. This poem is without a doubt one of my favorites, and I hope it inspires you as much now as it did when you read it as a child. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we all continued to live our lives by Silverstein’s philosophy? If we still ignored the mustn’ts? We really should try to more often.
Regrets...
Regrets
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time, the feelings disappear
You are someone else…
I am still right here
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time, the feelings disappear
You are someone else…
I am still right here
All of these poems have something important in common. Love? No. Life? No. Rhyming schemes? No, stop guessing, sheesh!
They are all lyrics to songs. Perhaps it’s the fact that lyrics don’t have to be good for people to like the song. Or maybe it’s that songwriters have to focus on lyrics and music at the same time. But for whatever reason, I see great humility in song lyrics that I don’t see nearly as often in stand-alone poems. People write from the heart, and say what they want to say. If they’re good writers, that’s great. If they’re not, I can still feel it. For example, an über-pop princess has this to say about her childhood:
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I’m OK
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I’m OK
Perhaps some people would say that isn’t the most well-written poetry. It’s still powerful, and it still gives me chills. When somebody writes what they are truly feeling at that moment in time, even without beautiful adjectives and clever stanzas, it still works.
So stop trying so damn hard! I most likely won’t understand what the hell you’re talking about, and won’t be able to relate to you.
Life and Love
Life and Love
Walking, stumbling, on these shadow-feet
Toward home, a land that I’ve never seen
I am changing: less and less asleep
Made of different stuff than when I began
And I have sensed it all along
Fast approaching is the day
Toward home, a land that I’ve never seen
I am changing: less and less asleep
Made of different stuff than when I began
And I have sensed it all along
Fast approaching is the day
When the world has fallen out from under me
I’ll be found in you, still standing
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
When time and space are through
I’ll be found in you
I’ll be found in you, still standing
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
When time and space are through
I’ll be found in you
But, I can’t change the fact you’re gone.
“Our story is quite a shame,
Bout two star-crossed lovers and their pain,
And how’d they never love each other again.But I need you,
To see through
The cracks in the window,
That blinded us both.
Hear the sirens,
See through the black smoke,
That our animosity is what bound us most.And I never meant to hurt you,
Never meant to do you harm.
And I never meant to hurt you,
But, I can’t change the fact you’re gone.Don’t know what’s next,
And I don’t want to know, no, not yet.
Still having trouble trying to forget,
Trying not to settle down in regret.And I never meant to hurt you,
Never meant to do you harm.
And I never meant to hurt you,
But, I can’t change the fact you’re gone.And if this is the end of us,
Burn the bridges down,
Cast fire to the whole town.
Let everything rust,
Let the past turn into dust.
Then let’s sit back and watch the sparks fly,
Then let’s say our last goodbyes.Alone I stand,
Sparks flying in the air.
I see you standing there,
But, you put your weapon down,
And said, “It’s only fair.”
This was the lyrics I made to Coldplay-Trouble (instrumental). Beautiful song.
A Sigh For Me ( A poem for Madhuri Dixit)
A Sigh For Me ( A poem for Madhuri Dixit)
Twenty years I had stood by your yard
In sun and rain, in snow and hail,
My heart full of love, hands full of flowers
And eyes expecting one day you would see;
In sun and rain, in snow and hail,
My heart full of love, hands full of flowers
And eyes expecting one day you would see;
Twenty summers had passed, and twenty winters
And twenty autumns and twenty springs,
Many a time you came and looked out
To where I stood from your balcony;
And twenty autumns and twenty springs,
Many a time you came and looked out
To where I stood from your balcony;
And never did I know from your empty eyes
Whether you had noticed me or not
Or cared to think someone’s waiting outside
Before time from all hopes made me free.
Whether you had noticed me or not
Or cared to think someone’s waiting outside
Before time from all hopes made me free.
If ever, on some lonely rainy day
You happen to stand by your window
Listening to the patters of rains on the leaves of deodar –
Look will you into your heart if there’s a sigh for me?
You happen to stand by your window
Listening to the patters of rains on the leaves of deodar –
Look will you into your heart if there’s a sigh for me?
I LOVE YOU LIKE…
I LOVE YOU LIKE…
I love you like water
Dew in the morning
Clouds in the daylight
Fog at night
Dew in the morning
Clouds in the daylight
Fog at night
I love you like water
Down from the sky as rain
Flows in the valley as a river
Gathered into lakes and ocean
Down from the sky as rain
Flows in the valley as a river
Gathered into lakes and ocean
I love you like water
Drip drop by drop but through the rocks
Seeped from the root to the tip of the leaf
Evaporated up to the sky to preach the life
Drip drop by drop but through the rocks
Seeped from the root to the tip of the leaf
Evaporated up to the sky to preach the life
I love you
Like anything
I thought
I saw
I heard
I felt
Like anything
I thought
I saw
I heard
I felt
I love you
Like never before
So deep
So high
So big
So extensive
Like never before
So deep
So high
So big
So extensive
I love you
Like mad
Breathless
Cry
Smile
Like mad
Breathless
Cry
Smile
I love you
Like artist
Paint
Sing
Poem
Like artist
Paint
Sing
Poem
I love you
In the words I can’t found
In the real I can’t described
In my heart I can’t shown
In the words I can’t found
In the real I can’t described
In my heart I can’t shown
This poem is one of the most wonderful poems i’ve ever read
I just want u to know,
That our love for each other has helped us to grow
We’ve been through some tough times but we’ve mad it through
The only one i trusted was you
You helped me through anger.you’ve chased away fears
You stayed by myside when the whole world turned away
You helped me see joy when the skies were all grey
I’m not sure im always the best to you
I know im not perfect, but this much is true
Whether we sink or swim doesnt matter at all
Just know that I’ll be there for you whenever you call
And if there is heaven then i know you’ll be there
That if u die first then you’ll hear every prayer,
And soon i’ll join you,but just know until then
That I’ll be missing you each day until I see you again…
That our love for each other has helped us to grow
We’ve been through some tough times but we’ve mad it through
The only one i trusted was you
You helped me through anger.you’ve chased away fears
You stayed by myside when the whole world turned away
You helped me see joy when the skies were all grey
I’m not sure im always the best to you
I know im not perfect, but this much is true
Whether we sink or swim doesnt matter at all
Just know that I’ll be there for you whenever you call
And if there is heaven then i know you’ll be there
That if u die first then you’ll hear every prayer,
And soon i’ll join you,but just know until then
That I’ll be missing you each day until I see you again…
Looking For Your Face!
Looking For Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
for me
the earth and sky
has lit a fire in my heart
for me
the earth and sky
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer
Doe AMOR!
O grande tibetano um dia falou:
A boca só fala do que o coração está cheio!
Ei não se preocupe com a higiene bucal,
amar é do que seu coração necessita
para se limpar e te fazer levitar,
sem o peso da sujeira que teima em
não te abandonar cada vez que negas amor!
Petrobras vai reduzir investimentos no Brasil e no exterior
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