Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 18, 2025 • 0 Comment
Here we all work ‘long the Mississippi Here we all work while the white folk play Pullin’ them boats from the dawn ’till sunset Gettin’ no rest ’till the judgment day Don’t look up and don’t look down You don’t das make the boss man frown Bend your knees and bow your head And pull... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 11, 2025 • 19 Comments
What’s it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What’s it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind? And if only fools are kind, Alfie, Then I guess it is wise to be cruel.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 12, 2025 • 2 Comments
Hello, darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 07, 2025 • 6 Comments
Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see. O... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 01, 2025 • 4 Comments
Whether I’m right, or whether I’m wrong, Whether I find a place in this world or never belong, I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me, What else can I be but what I am? I want to live, not merely survive. And I won’t give up this dream of life that keeps me alive!... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 11, 2025 • 15 Comments
The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and staunch he stands; The little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 30, 2023 • 28 Comments
Spring was never waiting for us, dear. It ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance, Between the parted pages, and were pressed in love’s hot, fevered iron, Like a striped pair of pants. MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark, all the sweet, green icing flowing down. Someone left the cake out... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 08, 2023 • 23 Comments
Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia! Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave?... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 02, 2022 • 34 Comments
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be. With God as our father, brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony. – Jill Jackson Miller (1913-1995) & Sy Miller (1908-1971), from “Let There... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 21, 2022 • 53 Comments
From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! ~ traditional Scottish prayer This is the first post that I ever have written about something that I never have deliberately studied, I have no interest in whatsoever, and frankly I want nothing to do with.... Read More
