I live for those who love me, for those who know me true;
For the heaven that smiles above me, and awaits my spirit too.
For the cause that lacks assistance, for the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.
(George Linnaeus Banks, 1821 – 1881)
John Lentell
22nd February, 1971
I have bravery to spend on pain
I have faith to wall up fear
I have courage to fight danger when it comes
But there is no defence against loneliness.
(Joan Walsh Anglund, 1926 – )
John Lentell
21st February, 1971
There’s a wonderful family called Stein,
There’s Gert, and there’s Epp, and there’s Ein:
Gert’s poems are bunk,
Epp’s statues are junk,
And no one can understand Ein.
(Anon)
John Lentell
20th February, 1971
Lentell Soup 