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Poetic Melodies: Lalah Hathaway

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Lalah Hathaway

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Lalah Hathaway

simply gorgeous...

I often find poetry hanging out in the  songs of my favorite artists.  I’d like to pull out some lyrics that are pure poetry to me in what I call, “Poetic Melodies.”  Lalah Hathaway is the daughter of my favorite artist of all time: Donny Hathaway.  The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree so today’s Poetic Melodies is featuring the beautiful, talented Lalah Hathaway.  Enjoy:



It was like a lifetime passed right through my fingers
So long ago so much that I didn’t know
Kind of like a light shined down and showed me howHow to move on that was then and this is now





All around me, everywhere
Seems like nothing but despair
Confusion, disillusion
Hanging in the air

Global melancholy smears
a stain across the sky
Somewhere right now someone’s crying
And I just don’t know why





It’s just the naked truth (Truly alive when I’m with you)
It’s just the naked truth (You’ve changed all I thought I knew)
Yet you were living proof (It was given, the times you spent)
As we climb to heights anew (And the naked truth)




Why cant these memories just be erased
Why must i yearn for your kiss
The first moment we’re not face to face
Reminds me how much your missed
Where do we go



Do you have any Lalah Hathaway favorites?

All Words EVERYTHING

All Words EVERYTHING!: canorous

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As you all know I am a big ol’ nerd. The biggest part of my “nerddom” is my love of words and reading. I thought it would be fun every day that (Monday-Friday) we should learn a new word or brush up on some old vocabulary we may have forgotten. I will present a word with its definition, then we will try to write the silliest most ridiculous sentences you can come up with. Foolishness and learning are a match made in hell heaven. Some days I may even write a silly haiku with the words. Please join in, I promise it will be loads of fun. So all my fellow nerds and clowns enjoy today’s word, by the way it doesn’t have to be silly…

canorous

\ kuh-NOR-us; KAN-or-uhs \  , adjective;

1. Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical.

 

 

sushi platter

This makes my taste buds belt out a canorous tune. *stomach grumbles*

my sentence:

If sushi was a song, it would be a canorous Donny Hathaway selection.  Yeah, I like sushi a lot, lol…

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it just is…

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thanks Josh for always listening...

 

 

originally posted 10-21-10

poetry.
is.
donny hatahway.
his voice is.
just.
every.
thing.
and…
even if I never knew his story…
I would know his story.

poetry is.
phyllis hyman.
unstoppable.
but stoppable.
even if I never knew her story…
i would know her story.

because:
i know pain intimately
and it never disguises its voice
doesn’t hide beneath chords
or behind riffs.
pain is consistent.
and if it it ain’t broke.
you know the rest.
but i still try to fix it.
with poetry.

and…

poetry is.
yeah it just is.
but…
mired in death.
in life…
in turmoil.
in peace.
in confusion.
in clarity.
in hope.
in giving up.
in beauty.
in ugliness.
in love.
in indifference.
in me.

in doubt.
in belief.
in irrationality.
in reality.
in this fallacy
in this truth
inside.
it just.
is.
every.
thing.

every. thing.
even when my everything is nothing
no. thing.
is transformed into importance
even when my song for you
still leaves me living all alone
when no one loves me in no space
when i feel there is no time
for anyone to hear my song.
but i am just thankful
that i can sing it.
and my refusal to be lonely
is greeted by poems
who agree that they don’t need to live on.
but insist.
that I do.
because poetry just is.
but me,
i.
am.
every. thing.

 

 

 

 

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Poetic Melodies… on repeat

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music, my one true love...

haiku:
music is like Lays
i can’t just listen to one
good shit on repeat

I have certain songs of that I will put on repeat or keep playing one part over and over again.  There seems to be certain songs in general that just touch a place in my soul or speak to a situation I am going through. What songs have  you played to death lately? These are mine:













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Poetic Melodies: Donny Hathaway

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Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway: genius.

Poetic Melodies is a blog post I do every now and then to display sections of lyrics of awesome artists that are poetry to my ears.  Today I chose some songs from  what I  think just might be my favorite artist of all time, Donny Hathaway.  Enjoy the music:


Giving up
So hard to do
I’ve tried
But it just ain’t no use
Giving up
So hard to do
I said I’ve tried
But it just ain’t no use

But my light of hope
Is burning dim
But in my heart I pray
That my love and faith
In the girl

Now listen to this
I’m not trying to be
Just any kind of man
No I ain’t
I’m just trying to be somebody
You can love, trust and understand
I know, I know, I know that I can be
A part of you that no one else could see
Yeah
But I gotta hear you say
I got to hear you say
It’s alright
I’m only flesh and blood
But I can be anything that you demand
I can be King of everything
Or just a tiny grain of sand
Now tell me

Is that anyway for a man to carry on




For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

We won’t say goodnight
Until the last minute
I’ll hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it

For all we know
This may only be a dream
We come and we go
Like the ripples of a stream

So love me, love me tonight
tomorrow was made for some
tomorrow may never come
for all we know





Hang on to the world as it spins around.
Just don’t let the spin get you down.
Things are moving fast.
Hold on tight and you will last.
Keep your self respect, your manly pride.
Get yourself in gear, keep your stride.
Never mind your fears.
Brighter days will soon be here.
Take it from me Someday We’ll All Be Free

What are some of your favorite Donny Hathaway songs or Donny Hathaway lyrics?