Accidentally, I started arrowing forward In YouTube through all the "Eilers" entries, and following any family name will, I suppose, take you on a zigzag journey, one entry having little to do with another. First I found Justin Eilers, and watched him beat someone up in one of those no-holds-barred matches -- He won -- I'm afraid I suddenly felt empowered. There was a young Eilers playing his guitar and singing softly. Eventually, of course, it lead into entries by Eilers in the place the Eilers came from, Germany. But, at last, I found my kind of Eilers. I'll have to let him know that I have made up similar songs that came to me out in nature, along with a tune -- that no-one but the trees will ever hear me sing. What kind of fool am I? Here, followed by one of my own arcane nature songs is my kind of fool! Have a laugh with my new favorite Eilers. Hark! 'T'is the Royal Bard....
One of my own arcane songs. You will have to guess the tune:
Summer Psalm
River, flowing to the sea...
River, flow down to the sea...
River, flow by thee and thee.
Blossom bent to weight of bee –
Lift again and be care free.
River, flow by thee and me.
Dead leaf held in a green leaf’s palm…
Butterfly hymnals’ fluttering pages…
Wordless thoughts of woodland sages.
Spread the balm of summery light
in the shimmering calm.
(23 June 1973, with Michael, Walnut Creek, California)
Copyright 2008
2 comments:
bravo....but I really was expecting that towel to fly off with the find boom de le boom boom.....
elephant I'm waiting for a vid of your summer psalm.....
thanks for the smiles and poetry....
Being Canadian, he might be a future star in a Guy Maddin film. They have the same sensibility. I liked his birthday song too.
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