Pocketful of Poetry

O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie,
gimme a break before I die:
grant me wisdom, will, & wit,
purity, probity, pluck, & grit.
Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind,
gimme great abs & a steel-trap mind,
and forgive, Ye Gods, some humble advice —
these little blessings would suffice
to beget an earthly paradise:
make the bad people good —
and the good people nice;
and before our world goes over the brink
teach the believers how to think.

— poem by Philip Appleman

-been reading Good Poems by Garrison Keillor and this is one that caught my eye. I love it. Hope you enjoy it too.

--Kate

This is my message to you.

Don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!

Rise up this mornin,
Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, (this is my message to you-ou-ou)

Singin don't worry bout a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!

--Bob Marley from "Three Little Birds"

--Kate