Rod McKuen - Flight Plan


Wednesday 21st November, 2007 Next month - Rod McKuen in Palm Springs! Click HERE for details.		A Thought for Today Because pride seldom lets us beg forgiveness, we must content ourselves with dying a little each time a door is closed. This One Does It For Me! Hi Ken, I've always loved Rod's work when he wrote so touchingly about his animals. I'm familiar with Sloopy and Mr. Kelly but was wondering if he's ever written about any of his other animals? Karen On many occasions, Karen. Come to think of it a really nice idea for a book would be a collection of animal poems - must suggest that to Rod one day. Here are a couple of poems about some of Rod's cats. Mornings With Bingo May 5 Bingo blinks and pats my face. Breakfast time. I stay still, barely breathe aware that my first twitch will start the morning. This game is played out every day. Nikki, fat and lazy, sets his brother to it. I arise, still sleeping and struggle through a feline maze, like time, intent on tripping me. I put the coffee on, go down the hall, look in on Edward, find him, already up and hiding in the second section of the Times. I retrieve what he’s already read and balancing coffee cup and papers settle on the couch before the fire to begin the day. Bingo helps me with the crossword and then distracted by a bug he executes a clean half-gainer to the floor to paw his prey. - from "The Sound of Solitude" Click on the Stanyan House logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the heart logo to subscribe to the Rod McKuen mailing list Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the links below for details of concerts and appearances. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS ROD McKUEN APPEARANCES



		Troy Aikman o Jim Bishop o Tina Brown o Vivian Blaine o Bjork o Joseph Campanella o Tom Dorsaneo o Coleman Hawkins o Goldie Hawn o Rick Lenz o Laurence Luckinbill o Lorna Luff o Natalia Makarova o Ralph Meeker o Juliet Mills o Stan Musial o Franco Nero o Eleanor Powell o Jean Shepard o Nicollette Sheridan o Livingston Taylor o Marlo Thomas o Voltaire

		Every generation gap should have some kind of bridge - even if it's only made of love. The leanest naked body is the work of God and therefore a love object. Love is the answer. Now then, what was the question?

NIKKI		June 16 The gulf between the pillows is his turf until his nightly scratch has been completed. He finds the bottom of the bed at sunrise and winding tight as any fist or baseball stakes it as his own. Habits won’t be broken easily not mine or yours or his and so the patience we reserve for one another must include each eccentricity he demands or offers. He moves in semicircles observing how you act with me or how we interact without him. He is curious. He is cautious ingesting everything (you and me in places only he and I had shared before). It is not that he has squatter’s rights, he is an equal partner deserving of respect, and you will learn as you learn him how strong his contribution is. - from "The Sound of Solitude"

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More next week. Meantime if you have a favorite McKuen song, poem or story you'd like to share, or a question you need answered, drop me a line at kenb@mckuen.com and I'll do the rest.

-Ken, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 21

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