L.B. Strawn,Parnassus</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=12.htm>L.B. Strawn</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Parnassus</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>I am climbing the mountain, Parnassus,<br>But I'm far below the summit,<br>And I realize that caution must reign,<br>Or, from the mount, I could plummet.<br>That all may know what the mount is about,<br>There is only one way for me to climb.<br>Others may seek a deep, hidden valley,<br>But I seek the pinnacle of clarity and rhyme.<br>I cannot succumb to the dark and twisted;<br>That which would strangle with sinister tentacle.<br>It must be clear, and to all, understandable,<br>If I am to reach the sunlit pinnacle.<br>Then--as I climb, may I always endeavor;<br>To lovers of poems, may I ever send<br>My thoughts of love and human kindness<br>Borne from the mount on a gentle wind.<br>Parnassus: 1, a. the fabled mountain of poets, whose summit is their goal.b. any gathering place for poets. 2. a collection of poems, belles lettres,etc.<br>try to climb Parnassus: to try to write poetry.<br>[Mount Parnassus, in southern Greece, in ancient times sacred to Apollo andthe muses]</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>