blizzard in my heart
frozen to the bones
I've got no feelings left
to spend on mrs Jones
such an arctic smile
make up's perfect match
shines like a ferrari
you don't want to scratch

winterlady's fashion
is not meant for me
mrs Jones should know it
I will soon be free
winterlady's fashion
is outdated now
heart upon my sleeve
I feel good somehow

Winterlady's fashion;you're ready for Project Runway!!

defiance
is a tree full of frozen apples
on an early morning in March

yonder that row of weeping willows
there is a path to a peaceful pond
thoughts can ripen there
and I am aware
I'd like to walk to a world beyond
rucksack as my friend
on my way I went
enjoying what I saw, feeling good
here I understood
nature as it should
is meant to give us a helping hand

Every time you walk,you shake just like a willow tree!

From "Let Me Love You"
"Truth" by the Jeff Beck Group w/Rod Steward and Ronnie Wood

your knowledge of American/British rock amazes me time after time,lol! Great to know you!

no wonder perfumes
enriched with dozens of chemicals
can easily intoxicate us
and make us believe
that paradise is not lost
and that is the biggest miracle of all

What about pheromones?Nature's own perfume!Ummmmmm!

Definitely, Doug! Cocos oil milk - and you sweat without smelling "the awkward way" instead of glueing the sweatchannels I learned to use that on the Maldives

I saw Zeus peeling an orange
grinning at what he saw
forging thunder and lightning
making us fear his law
I saw Neptune surfing quickly
defying the rumbling sea
and I don't know,
I just kept wondering
why,oh why is it not me?

Originally Posted by amaryn

I saw Zeus peeling an orange
grinning at what he saw
forging thunder and lightning
making us fear his law
I saw Neptune surfing quickly
defying the rumbling sea
and I don't know,
I just kept wondering
why,oh why is it not me?

Now this is Classic!!Well done!When you write something this good,it's hard to take the other
"regular"ones seriously!
This should be carved in stone and on statues.Now........following this is going to be tough.(Like Fleetwood Mac following "Rumours")

glad you liked this. It just came to me out of the blue. I saw somewhere a pic of Zeus, I think

a challenge....well, that's allright. Sometimes diamonds are "born" I suppose. In music,e.g. I am very fond of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of the Moon,
Janis record "Kozmic Blues" and indeed Fleetwood Mac and their "Rumours". Not to forget Jeff Becks Great Stuff....

saw a cat sticking it's head
out of a schoolyard's bin
I was aware it was lonely there
and decided to jump in
"don't know why, whenever I try
I whistle a minor tune"
he said, I laughed
"life is daft on the dark side
of the moon"

Originally Posted by amaryn

glad you liked this. It just came to me out of the blue. I saw somewhere a pic of Zeus, I think

a challenge....well, that's allright. Sometimes diamonds are "born" I suppose. In music,e.g. I am very fond of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of the Moon,
Janis record "Kozmic Blues" and indeed Fleetwood Mac
and their "Rumours". Not to forget Jeff Becks Great Stuff....

I'm glad you're a Janis fan.Growing up with Big Brother and the Holding Company,I'm partial to that "Janis".With Live At Winterland and Live at the Carousel Ballroom being my recommendations for
anybody reading these words.Cheap Thrills,although a Classic album,to be sure,wasn't really a "Live"album.It was recorded in the studio and the "live effects"put on afterward.The two previous mentioned album are truly "Live"and that's the "Janis"I grew up with and fell in love with.In my opinion,her albums after Big Brother were good,they weren't as funky and dirty as I remembered her.Most of her great songs after Big Brother were ,in fact,played with Big Brother."Maybe"and "Try Just A Little Bit Harder"HAD to be seen with Big Brother.Let me tell a quick story concerning Janis.After leaving Big Brother,she was absent from the S.F. Scene for about a year.When she returned,with the Kozmic band she played Winterland to an adoring crowd.(Me included)She looked great,she shed any access pounds from her booze days,and she danced like Tina Turner.But........this is THE FIRST TIME EVER a band didn't get an ovation!San Francisco audiences were famous for being generous to bands deserving or not.No matter how bad a band played we always called them back for an encore.This band was so bad,it wasn't!Janis never played San Francisco with them again and shorty broke up the band.So,between her bad band and the Big Brother fall out,I'll always have fond memories of Big Brother and the Holding Company and their crazy psychedelic guitar leads,their off key singing and their long hair,blowing in the wind.

Here you go, Doug! Thanks for all that info. I am kind of green with jealousy hearing where you've attended, though I visited a venue in Amsterdam
(still exists), Paradiso, where Manfred Mann, Alexis Corner, and the lot played long gigs and when I lived in Glasgow I saw many more from Frank Zappa and Elton John to Country Joe and the Fish, Matthews Southern Comfort, and and and.....
Now I visit more Indie and fringe venues, listen to music I never heard before. Not bad either!

Don't forget The Flowerpot People!

Originally Posted by Doug Denslowe

Don't forget The Flowerpot People!

No, not unless Alzheimer hits me

I climb into an oaktree,
seek wisdom for company,
embraced by hours of silence
it seems easier for me to see,
why values remain forgotten,
by claims of stress pushed aside,
I'm aware of something important
as I walk home through the night

I'm gonna ban stress ,
I can do it
I leave my own shadow behind
I'm gonna enjoy myself
really,
I have a new life on my mind

villa pamphili,
green poetry
inhaling spring
hasty winds
in azure skies
stroking cherryblossoms

Never sleepy
pregnant with cars
and motorcycles
restless people trodding
in between past and present

never sleepy
smiling sweaty cooks
invade their kitchens
guests studying menu cards
full of fantasy

never sleepy
only the houses
along the streets
seem yawning endlessly
praying for peace