New Poetry

Sorry it's been a while. The Sparrows Board is working hard to create Sparrows 2007.

The blog is getting some great poetry from Sparrows fans, so wanted to post them out here. This one is from Kory Ford who will be perfroming at Sparrows 2007.

A Soul music morning
for me, please.
One that starts early,
sounds funky
and lets you butt-shake
through the kitchen
while you put the coffee on.
One that invents
new pet names for you,
sugar dumplin'
while the morning sun
pours in
a color somewhere between
whiskey and honey.
It's fun to iron your shirt
on a Soul Music morning,
and the shower is just right.
The toothpaste explodes
minty freshness and
obliterates morning breath
and guys like
Shuggie Otis and
William DeVaughn
remind us to be thankful for what we got.
Diamond in the back,
sun roof top,
diggin' the scene
with a gangsta lean
oooohhh-hooooo!

And here's a great one from our
Coordinator for Sponsors, Connie
Sun Showers
by Connie Kaye

I forgot all about sun showers.

I was so busy moving against the squall
parading my bravado in the face of hurricanes
protecting my heart from drowning in the
torrential downpours of a tempestuous existence
that I forgot about the gentle tickling of
springtime rain.

Sun showers are
flirtatious, they’re like
handholding, they’re like
the intimacy of a long-term friendship.
They are
first kisses and
smiles from across the room…
Hearts a-flutter and sometimes
your breath grows heavy and a little
deep, like sleeping in a hammock
outside a cabin on a Hudson River morning, like
wildflowers covering the landscape on
Cascade Creek or
a skinny-dipping sunset
on Lake Louise.

It has to do with virtues such as
Peace
Respect
and purest Love.
It has to do with gifts freely given and
accepting the offerings of a generous creation.
It has to do with
unconditional passions,
forgiveness
and grace.

I forgot about sun showers all this time…
until one summer afternoon
a sprinkling rainfall stopped by to visit
and I remembered its name.