A few of my favorite things



A few of my favorite things

Looking at paintings of Cezanne Rembrandt van Gogh and Rodin
thinking of their lives and of their times
of where and when they painted
of why and of who they where with
These are a few of my favorite things

 Listening to music of coplan’s Appalachian spring
Beethoven’s ninth symphony jazz of miles monk colt rain
songs of Dylan chimes of freedom and blowing in the wind
These are a few of my favorite things

Thinking of the past
when Robert Kennedy touched a small black Childs face with a tender
 hand and asked if he had eaten that day
and of his speech when he told the crowd king had died and quoted the Greek poet  
Aeschylus
even in our sleep pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until in our own despair
against our will comes wisdom
through the grace of god

When Joan Baez in Sarajevo during the surge in bullet proof vest
changed places with a street musician vedran smailovic who plays a cello in
the public square she takes his place and sings amazing grace
When jimmy carter befriends a little boy Mattie J.T. Stepanek who wrote poetry of just peace and a message of hope in his short time of life
Of the first responders who went fearless into the falling towers to save lives
These are a few of my favorite things

When in the wilderness and mountains peaks or lakes and rivers
seeing wildlife in their habitats amongst the swarms of morphing swallows and sunbeams and rainbows the quite springs and moving tides
and gulls in their nests
These are a few of my favorite things

Sitting in a café with a friend or a quiet walk along the shore
talking about books and ideas of the day
of feelings experiences and such things
of creating something of beauty to share with others
These are a few of my favorite things
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,786
Words 337
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 4, 10, 6, 4, 5

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