we must pull together: Lying thinking last night how to find my soul a home where water is not thirsty and bread loaf is not stone I came up with one thing and I don't believe I'm...

badbobby Loc: texas

Lying thinking last night
how to find my soul a home
where water is not thirsty
and bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
and I don't believe I'm wrong
that nobody can make it out here alone
alone,all alone
nobody,but nobody
can make it out here alone

there are some millionaires
with money they can't use
their wives run around like banshees
their children sing the blues
they've got expensive doctors
to cure their hearts of stone
but nobody
no,nobody
can make it out here alone
alone all alone
nobody,but nobody
can make it out here alone

now if you listen closely I'll tell you what I know
storm clouds are a gathering
the wind is gonna blow
the race of man is suffering
and I can hear the moan
cause nobody
can make it out here alone
alone all alone
nobody,but nobody
can make it out here alone
(Maya Angelou)

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

badbobby wrote:

Lying thinking last night br how to find my soul a... (show quote)

I have read this poem before...absolutely amazing it is as is she...
I have a book of hers all poems ...

You sure chose a heart tugged, but an excellent one!!..

Did you know we don't leave alone, just as didn't come here alone??

A few of her quotes I have...

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

badbobby Loc: texas

lindajoy wrote:

I have read this poem before...absolutely amazing ... (show quote)

words to think about

Raylan Wolfe Loc: earth

I agree, especially since they were written by a devout liberal!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/

Conservatives bashing Angelou after death!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/

badbobby wrote:

words to think about

PeterS

badbobby wrote:

Lying thinking last night br how to find my soul a... (show quote)

georgejc Loc: discovery bay, california

The more you know of your own history, the more liberated you are. Great quote by MA.

If young B****s were made familiar with their own real history, and not the politicized history lessons promoted by Radicals like Jesse Jackson and Obama, race relations in this country would be far better than they are.

B****s are not the exclusive victims of R****m. When my Irish grandfather got to this country, the only jobs available were as ditch diggers, cops or priests. Otherwise, Irish need not apply. But they overcame this and went on to make a great contribution. MLK taught us to overcome R****m. Why has not that lesson been learned? Are W****s solely to blame? Think again.

badbobby Loc: texas

[quote=Raylan Wolfe]I agree, especially since they were written by a devout liberal!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/

Conservatives bashing Angelou after death!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/[/quote

raylon
political leanings
have nothing to do with recognizing talent
even if you agree or disagree with Angelou
her poetic talent was immense

Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ

Raylan Wolfe wrote:

I agree, especially since they were written by a devout liberal!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/

Conservatives bashing Angelou after death!

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/worst-conservative-reactions-maya-angelou/

You just have to get your two cents in about how you h**e Republicans. This post was about words in poems and you have made it about politics. You just suck. Is that all you have in your heart? If conservatives bashed, her upon her death, for her liberal attitude. They were wrong and you are also wrong to instill politics into this post. Get a life.

badbobby Loc: texas

Louie27 wrote:

You just have to get your two cents in about how you h**e Republicans. This post was about words in poems and you have made it about politics. You just suck. Is that all you have in your heart? If conservatives bashed, her upon her death, for her liberal attitude. They were wrong and you are also wrong to instill politics into this post. Get a life.

well said Louie

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

I've been alone all my life! Orphan,foster homes,2yrs reform school 14-16 , went to NYC and never had any place to live., at 19 started working as doorman in nightclubs.35yrs,38clubs. I'm 73yrs old and I made it on my own. Anyone who can't has a weak Will, and no help from GOD!

badbobby Loc: texas

goofball wrote:

I've been alone all my life! Orphan,foster homes,2yrs reform school 14-16 , went to NYC and never had any place to live., at 19 started working as doorman in nightclubs.35yrs,38clubs. I'm 73yrs old and I made it on my own. Anyone who can't has a weak Will, and no help from GOD!

did you have no friends???

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

badbobby wrote:

did you have no friends???

Lots of those, but close ones you could count on one hand!

badbobby Loc: texas

goofball wrote:

Lots of those, but close ones you could count on one hand!

then you weren't alone

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

I never asked my friends for anything I couldn't manage my self, I was never a leach! I always lived by myself. Have you ever been alone and for how long?

badbobby Loc: texas

goofball wrote:

I never asked my friends for anything I couldn't manage my self, I was never a leach! I always lived by myself. Have you ever been alone and for how long?

no goof
I have never been alone
growing up I had my parents and my friends
in the service I had my ship-mates
when I married I had my wife and my children
when my children left home
I had my grand children
and I have had a loving wife for over 68 years
I will never be alone