Huzzah! As Clever as Clever!

I  thought and thought and thought about what pithy, powerful poetry I might post today for my Solar Return. But this, as it has in past years, suits me just fine.  Now we are Six(ty).

(ps: If you’d like to help me celebrate my birthday in a beautiful, tangible way, please donate a little (or a lot) to my dear friends and colleagues at Cherry Hill Seminary or else to the SEVA Foundation).

Now We Are Six

by A. A. Milne

When I was one I’d just begun,

When I was two I was nearly new,

When I was three I was hardly me,

When I was four I was not much more,

When I was five I was barely alive,

But now I am six! As clever as clever!

And I think I’ll stay six now for ever and ever!