It seems appropriate to post this, since today has been the hottest day since the last day on which temperatures were at the same level as today. It’s the opening titles of one of my favourite films, In the Heat of the Night, with music provided by the late great Ray Charles. If you haven’t seen the film then you should. It’s part murder mystery part social commentary and it won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Rod Steiger’s brilliant portrayal of Police Chief Bill Gillespie.
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In the Heat of the Night
Posted in Film, Music with tags film, In the Heat of the Night, Ray Charles, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier on July 1, 2015 by telescoperI know I am but summer to your heart
Posted in Poetry with tags Edna St Vincent Millay, I know I am but summer to your heart, Poems, Poetry on July 1, 2015 by telescoperI know I am but summer to your heart,
And not the full four seasons of the year;
And you must welcome from another part
Such noble moods as are not mine, my dear.
No gracious weight of golden fruits to sell
Have I, nor any wise and wintry thing;
And I have loved you all too long and well
To carry still the high sweet breast of Spring.
Wherefore I say: O love, as summer goes,
I must be gone, steal forth with silent drums,
That you may hail anew the bird and rose
When I come back to you, as summer comes.
Else will you seek, at some not distant time,
Even your summer in another clime.
by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
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In the Dark 