Poetry and related

A poetry in song video I wrote, sing and created using Windows Movie Maker. "Ok, I can't sing and I can't rap  so go ahead and laugh!"

“Let food be thy medicine  and medicine be thy food” I came across this famous old quote while watching a documentary movie called "The Gerson Miracle," on Netflix."

Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to  degrade them. image and quote found on page http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#1830s free to use license  Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License above image in the public domain

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. Address Delivered in Candidacy for the State Legislature.  (9 March 1832). I found this quote on page: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#1830s

from page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJohn_Ruskin_quote.jpg Attributed to: By Frenzzgoa (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons -------------------------------------- About John Ruskin Born 8 February 1819 54 Hunter Street,  Brunswick Square ,  London ,  England Died 20 January 1900 (aged 80) Brantwood ,  Coniston ,  England Occupation Writer, art critic, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker, philanthropist Citizenship English Alma mater Christ Church ,  University of Oxford King's College London Period Victorian era Notable work(s) Modern Painters  5 vols. (1843–60),  The Seven Lamps of Architecture  (1849),  The Stones of Venice  3 vols. (1851–53),  Unto This Last  (1860, 1862),  Fors Clavigera  (1871–84),  Praeterita  3 vols. (1885–89). Spouse(s) Euphemia Chalmers Gray (1828–1897) (marriage annulled) from page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin

For the poem " Georgie Porgie"  a popular  English language   nursery rhyme .   More info, attribution and license to use is below. Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away. ---------------------------------------------- My version: Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie, kissed the girls so they did hide. When the girls came back to play, He could not steal kisses, noway.   -------------------------------- My  2nd version Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie, kissed the girls to make them cry. When the boys came back to play, they chased Georgie Porgie away. Poem found on page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgie_Porgie#Lyrics Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

poem found on page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKEEP_A-GOIN'_by_Frank_Lebby_Stanton_1c.jpg attribution: By Frank  Lebby Stanton (1857-1927) (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION ca. 1920) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Frank Lebby Stanton (1857-1927) Poet, lyricist, columnist This image is in the public domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Lebby_Stanton_cr.jpg#filelinks