Friday, October 25, 2013

"To Sir, With Love," from Lulu


Lulu 
Younger poets find it stimulating: they are reclaiming this “found” poetry and uploading it to the self-publishing platform Lulu. They create print-on-demand books that, most likely, will never be printed, but will live as PDFs on Lulu—their de-facto publisher and distributor.
Reference: The Writer as Meme Machine.

I plan to publish The Song Poems, so when I read about Lulu, I Googled it right away.

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
Except that this lovely lady showed up first.


Then I simply had to search for this classic love song, that I've loved for a long time, on YouTube:
Those schoolgirl days, of telling tales and biting nails are gone,
But in my mind,
I know they will still live on and on,
But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn't easy, but I'll try,
If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters,
That would soar a thousand feet high,
To Sir, with Love 
The time has come,
For closing books and long last looks must end,
And as I leave,
I know that I am leaving my best friend,
A friend who taught me right from wrong,
And weak from strong,
That's a lot to learn,
What, what can I give you in return? 
If you wanted the moon I would try to make a start,
But I, would rather you let me give my heart,
To Sir, with Love

Then, the 1967 British drama, starring Sidney Poitier and of course Lulu.

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