BEHIND THE GLASS

On  the other side is Freedom.
Here, the calm,
stillness,
the sweet solitude of whom expected,
like a broken flower,
resigned to die.
Behind the glass, life.
On this side, death
plunges his wounded stem
into the silent water
of dreams
that should never be.

Blanca Langa

I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME, a poem by Georgia Johnson (1886-1966)

 I want to die while you love me,

While yet you hold  me fair,    

While laughter lies upon my lips

And lights are in my hair.

I want to die while you love me,

And bear to that still bed,

Your kisses turbulent, unspent,

To warm me when I´m dead.

I want to die while you love me,

Oh, who would care to live

Till love has nothing more to ask

And nothing more to give!

I want to die while you love me

And never, never see

The glory of this perfect day

Grow dim or cease to be.

DON´T CALL ME TODAY

PHOTO by Blanca Langa

Now, when I know  I will die alone,

That you won´t hold  me when I die.

That nobody´s going to hold my hands

                                            this afternoon

-because it will be a December afternoon

when I decide to go-, don´t call me.

I forgive you everything.

There´s nothing more to talk.

I continue dying.

I´ll still probably dreaming.

                                                                                        

  BLANCA LANGA

FIRST QUESTION about Irving Berlin

I imagine you have had the time to watch all the performances. Then, I ask you the first question about the composer:
Which of these songs have been composed by Irving Berlin?
a) Three coins in a fountain
b) White Christmas
c) He used to be blind
d)Waiting for Santa Claus

If you know the solution, write a message to me, please.
Here is my address:
des.fleurs.pour.un.coeur.colibri@gmail.com

PUTTIN´ ON THE RITZ, a song by Irving Berlin

You can participate in our quiz. You will have to answer some questions about this song by Irving Berlin. But first, enjoy some good performances. Just click on the links below.
What is the prize? Ah, surpriZe!!!

A flashmob in Moscow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KgoapkOo4vg

Performed by Philip Keer-kor-ov:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PauiXy9zE5g

Taco´s version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=eubhg1gTyj8&NR=1

If you want to sing the song, here the lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1_x4D0yi8k

Jeeves and Wooster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGItt9cCgc

Another version by Leningrad Cowboys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-iiz6g1wsM

Performed by Cory Hall:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UpUkDH_7A

By Shiny Toy Guns:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwca7QbdjE

Performed by Judy Garland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHkgLwZWWU

Now, Harry Richman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68Wn6l5GuU

Amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7dz6WGU-zo

Oh, that Clark Gable!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGHxR7pH_c

Michael Jackson and La Toya dancing like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uXlsf3tvNo

 Young Frankenstein dancing this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6-tYS9k1U

Another funny version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=FCn8FniHHz0&feature=fvwp

DON´T DRIVE ME AWAY, a poem by Louise May Alcott

   Don´t drive me away,
but hear what I say:
bad men want the gold;
they will steal it to-night,
and you must take flight;
so be quiet and busy and bold.

Slip away with me,
and you will see
what a wise little thing am I;
for the road I show
no man can know,
since it´s up in the pathless sky.

 

YOUR SCARS

PHOTO: Trees. Monastery of  Piedra.  By Blanca Langa

I scratch each fold of your soul.
I look  for
              -you do not know-
trees in your eyes
where lay my dreams.

Unbutton my skin,
sew my hands
to your old pain.

Let them erase,
                  let them heal
your forehead and wounds.
I want to kiss
                      your scars.

       Blanca Langa