I Always Like Summer Best

I Wish That She Had Had A Black Loon Because I Don't Think That Nina [simone] Did. I Have Always Had - I've Been Very Fortunate - A Group Of Little Old Ladies That I Love And Who Love Me, And Who Turned And To Whom I Turn At Different Times.

I Grow Old Though Pleased With My Memories The Tasks I Can No Longer Complete Are Balanced By The Love Of The Tasks Gone Past I Offer No Apology Only This Plea: When I Am Frayed And Strained And Drizzle At The End Please Someone Cut A Square And Put Me In A Quilt That I Might Keep Some Child Warm And Some Old Person With No One Else To Talk To Will Hear My Whispers And Cuddle Near

Educational Progress Is A National Concern; Education Is A Private One.

Who I Am Really Keeps Surprising Me.

The Poet Melvin B. Tolson Once Said "a Civilization Is Judged Only In Its Decline." That Made Sense To Me. I Would Imagine The Same Is True For Poets And Tennis Players.