Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 30, 2024 • 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 • November 23, 2024 • 9 Comments
Love is but a song we sing. Fear’s the way we die. You can make the mountains ring, or make the angels cry. Though the bird is on the wing, and you may not know why, Come on, people now, smile on your brother, Everybody get together, try to love one another right now. Some... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 02, 2024 • 12 Comments
If you’re going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you’re going to San Francisco, You’re gonna meet some gentle people there. For those who come to San Francisco, Summertime will be a love-in there. In the streets of San Francisco, Gentle people with flowers in their hair. All... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 07, 2024 • 19 Comments
There was a time in my life I thought I had to do it all myself. And I didn’t know the grace of God was sufficient, And I didn’t know the love of God was at hand. But now I can say, If you are discouraged, Struggling just to make it through another day, You... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 27, 2024 • 22 Comments
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword! His truth is marching on. Glory, Glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 29, 2024 • 4 Comments
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, ‘Twas God that made them all. Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings. He made their glowing colors, and made their tiny wings. The purple-headed mountains, the rivers running by. The sunset, and the morning that brightens... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 11, 2024 • 18 Comments
The road is long, with many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where, who knows where. But I’m strong! Strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother. So on we go. His welfare is of my concern. No burden is he to bear. We’ll get there. For I know... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 04, 2024 • 10 Comments
To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe. To bear with unbearable sorrow. To run where the brave dare not go. To right the un-rightable wrong. To love, pure and chaste from afar. To try when your arms are too weary to reach the unreachable star. This is my quest! To follow that... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 09, 2024 • 4 Comments
Two and two are four, Four and four are eight, Eight and eight are sixteen, Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two… Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, You and your arithmetic, you’ll likely go far. Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, Seems to me you’d stop and see how lovely they are. Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, With... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 17, 2024 • 18 Comments
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood,... Read More
