https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude- Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 16:46:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60806 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:23:56 +0000 Ariadne 60806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heart Neil Gaiman. Heard him read once in person... LOVE. Hanna, have you read American Gods? If so, do you remember The House on the Rock? I went there last summer!<br /> <a href="http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehouseontherock.c.....onMain.htm</a><br /> It's... so amazing and nutty and freaky. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60417 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:59:20 +0000 Anonymous 60417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful poem. Thankyou for sharing. I want to copy it and send it to my daughter and grand daughter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60371 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:05:11 +0000 Angie 60371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! I got the two forum Hanna's mixed up. Sorry Malaysian Hanna. That will teach me NOT to comment on the forum before I’ve had at least two cups of tea (*eyes rolling*). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60340 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:20:34 +0000 Maya 60340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I think you got HannahC and hanna mixed up :)</p> <p>I love Neil Gaiman </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60331 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:06:11 +0000 JewelryGirl 60331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That was awesome - thank you for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60288 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:17:19 +0000 hanna 60288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>angie, i think there's a case of mistaken identity here - i live in chicago and i'm from malaysia! LOL. so not at all jewish </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60287 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:13:25 +0000 Angie 60287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoyed it to. Quite fabulous :0)</p> <p>I don’t want to assume that you’re Jewish just because you live in Israel, but if you are, I hope you had a lovely Passover. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60285 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:29:51 +0000 shiny 60285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Hanna - that is a lovely poem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/totally-ot-a-literary-interlude-#post-60232 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:17:12 +0000 hanna 60232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>as i read this i thought about the fact that somehow in this forum, relationships between mother and daughter always come up, and i think we can all appreciate the sentiments here. neil gaiman is one of my favorite authors in the world, and the book this poem appears in is full of beautiful, exquisite illustrations: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060838086/ref=s9_sims_c2_s1_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#038;pf_rd_s=center-2&#038;pf_rd_r=1VNFQZGX4J7MZ70HNX08&#038;pf_rd_t=101&#038;pf_rd_p=470938631&#038;pf_rd_i=507846" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....d_i=507846</a></p> <p>--------------------</p> <p>Blueberry Girl<br /> by Neil Gaimen</p> <p>Ladies of Light, and Ladies of Darkness, and Ladies of Never-You-Mind,<br /> this is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl.</p> <p>First: May you ladies be kind.<br /> Keep her from spindles and sleeps at sixteen;<br /> Let her stay waking and wise.<br /> Nightmares at three, or bad husbands at thirty;<br /> These will not trouble her eyes.</p> <p>Dull days at forty, false friends at fifteen;<br /> Let her have bright days and true.<br /> Let her go places that we've never been;<br /> Trust and delight in her youth.</p> <p>Ladies of Grace, and Ladies of Favour,<br /> and Ladies of Merciful Night,<br /> this is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,<br /> Grant her your clearness of sight.</p> <p>Worlds can be worrisome, people complex;<br /> Motives and manners unclear.<br /> Grant her the wisdom to choose her path right,<br /> Free from unkindness and fear.</p> <p>Let her tell stories, and dance in the rain,<br /> Somersault, tumble, and run;<br /> Her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep,<br /> Let her grow like the weed in the sun.</p> <p>Ladies of Paradox, Ladies of Measure,<br /> Ladies of Shadows-That-Fall;<br /> this is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,<br /> Words written clear on the wall.</p> <p>Help her to help herself, help her to stand,<br /> Help her to lose, and to find.<br /> Teach her we're only as big as our dreams,<br /> tell her that fortune is blind.</p> <p>Truth is a thing she must find for herself,<br /> precious, and rare as a pearl;<br /> Give her all these, and a little bit more,<br /> give this for a Blueberry Girl.</p> <p>-------------------------</p> <p>there is a lovely reading of it here too, by the author himself: <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/this-is-prayer-for-blueberry-girl.html" rel="nofollow">http://journal.neilgaiman.com/.....-girl.html</a> </p>