On a lighter note....

THE TERMITE

Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good,
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.

-Ogden Nash

Eaten by guilt over yesterday's morbid poem, I'm compelled to quote something to compensate. Nash is the other American poet I love and surely you can see why.

I should really stop quoting poetry as an alternative to writing a real blog!

Ezra Pound

And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass.

- Ezra Pound

An admittedly dark poem to quote on ones birthday but here it is. If the rest of my life is as perfect as this poem I would not have lived in vain.

Pound is one of the few American poets i've read and I simply love his works. This particular poem struck a chord with me because it is so simple as to not need explanation and yet so flawless.

Read more about Ezra Pound here.