Stone Songlines

I could not resist reproducing this poem on my blog as it is to upliftingand mirthful. It came in my e-mail in a post from Panhala, a list operated on Yahoo groups, which each days sends you poetry, a lovely scene and great music. It's a wonderfully uplifting gift from Joe Riley who operates the list. If you'd like to get this daily post, you can suscribe by joining Yahoo groups and doing a search for Panhala, or do a search for Panhala if you're already listed with a Yahoo group. Enjoy this poetry, folks, it's terrific for your heart and soul.

Ode To Gaiety

Go gloom

Begone glum and grim

Off  with the drab drear and grumble

It's time

its past time

to come undone and come out laughing

time to wrap killjoys in wet blankets

and feed them to the sourpusses

Come frisky pals

Come forth wily wags

Loosen your screws and get off your rocker

Untie the strait lacer

Tie up the smarty pants

Tickle the crosspatch with josh and guffaw

Share quips and pranks with every victim

of grouch pomposity or blah

Woe to the bozo who says No to

tee hee ho ho and ha ha

Boo to the cleancut klutz who

wipes the smile off his face

Without gaiety

freedom is a chastity belt

Without gaiety

life is a wooden kimono

Come cheerful chums

Cut up and carry on

Crack your pots and split your sides

Boggle the bellyacher

Convulse the worrywart

Pratfall the prissy poos and the fuddy duds

Take drollery to heart or end up a deadhead

at the guillotine of the mindless

Be wise and go merry round

whatever you cherish

what you love to enjoy what you live to exert

And when the high spirits

call your number up

count on merriment all the way to the countdown

Long live hilarity euphoria and flumadiddle

Long live gaiety

for all the laity

~ James Broughton ~