The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

--Robert Frost

a poem by nikki giovanni

"i wrote a good omelet"

i wrote a good omelet..... and ate a hot poem... after loving you

buttoned my car... and drove my coat home..... in the rain

....after loving you

i goed on red..... and stopped on green... floating somewhere..

in between... being here and being there..

after loving you

i rolled my bed... turned down my hair.. slightly confused but..

i dont care...

laid out my teeth... and gargled my gown... then i stood...

and laid me down....

to sleep... after loving you.

to win the respect of intelligent persons

and the affection of children;

to earn the aprobation of honest citizens

and endure the betrayal of false friends;

to appreciate beauty;

to find the best in others;

to give of ones self;

to leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child,

a garden patch

or a redeemed social condition;

to have played and sung with exultation;

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived-

this is to have succeeded."

( Ralph Waldo Emerson)