5.24.2011

Kick off - Leonard Nimoy week

Hello friendlies!

I have decided that the whole world / the 9 people that read this blog needs/need to know of the wonder known as Leonard Nimoy the poet.

I have selected 7 of my favorite LN (not an okay acronym)  poems to share with you and have them programmed to post so you don't have to worry about me flaking.

Please do enjoy - my love for him is overwhelming my entire universe.




A Lifetime of Love


I am an incurable romantic

I believe in hope, dreams, and decency

I believe in love
Tenderness and kindness

I believe in mankind

I believe in goodness
Mercy and charity
I believe in a universal spirit
I believe in casting bread 
Upon the waters

I am awed by the snow-capped mountains
By the vastness of the oceans

     I am moved by a couple
     Of any age - holding hands
     As they walk through city streets

A living creature in pain
Makes me shudder with sorrow
A seagull's cry fills me 
With a sense of mystery

     A river or stream
     Can move me to tears
     A lake nestling in a valley
     Can bring me peace


4 comments:

Lauren said...

My favorite line is "I believe in casting bread upon the waters."

I probably would have said, "I like feeding ducks."

Well said, LN.

Holly Anderson said...

haha I love the above comment. I actually like this one quite a bit. Nice poem, Leo.

Griffin and Gretchen said...

haha ok i read the other one first and i thought you wrote it. but it was spock. these are great.

Brittany said...

I like the line...A seagull's cry fills me with a sense of mystery. Even though I respect his "sense of mystery" I am filled with a sense of fear when I hear a seagull's cry... :)