Just Thoughts

Whoops! Can't wait...going to see Kramnik/Carlsen playing chess - Olympia---West London. Maybe I will shake a hand with Kramnik! lol!

One day I wrote her name upon the strand


~ Edmund Spenser

One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize!
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
Not so (quoth I), let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your virtues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name;
Where, whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.

To anyone celebrating the Festival of Lights! - Diwali - Enjoy!! have a great week and especially on the 9th November! Here is a poem about Light!
Ray of Light by DaMoyre
Poem



Ray of light, shinning bright
Glimmer high on black skies
To the darkness of my life,
You've come to cast some hope

Peaceful sounds, morning song,
With your clear voice fill my ears
We've presenced the birth
Of goodness, faith, and love

Ray of hope, I know you'll come.

Ray of light, trust and truth
In the horrors of the war,
I'll protect your life, your glow
You'll guide our lives to peace.

Golden child, pure and kind,
You will play tomorrow's song
I never knew you would mean so much,
But now the wounds will heal.

Ray of sun, I feel your warmth.

I see you now, brave and strong
As you fight this battle too,
The wind has set its course
To sweep the war away...

And now, at the dawn's break,
You touch my life and cast fears away,
We could have started long ago,
If I had only known...

Ray of love, you fill my heart.

In the end, by your light
We will make the new days bright
And the phantoms of the past,
Will fade in bitter dark.

Ray of light you're here at last...

A Book
by Adelaide Love

A book, I think, is very like
A little golden door
That takes me into places
Where I've never been before.
It leads me into fairyland
Or countries strange and far
And, best of all, the golden door
Always stands ajar.

Just a hello here and I will soon start blogging here too!
I love cats...to start with...and chess...!
Meanwhile...visit my other blog...to while the time away...
Chessalee.....and enjoy!