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The Young Man’s Song
I whispered, “I am too young,” And then, “I am old enough”; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might love. “Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair,” Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of her hair. Read more
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Mozart Scares Me
Mozart scares me. And not just because he could write a melody like this, or orchestrate it the way he did. Not just because this is one of three complete symphonies he composed in less than two months during the summer of 1788. Not just because he was 23 years younger than me when he Read more
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What Is True Is You
You have no idea What I feel for you I don’t know, even now If what is true is true What I can say – the best I can – can be an awful mess But it is true If I know true And I know truthfulness If I know one thing in my life Read more
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Her Beatific Smile
Her beatific smile falls on me like rays from the sun Warming and illuminating Her smile is an umbrella against the rain A coat against the cold A counterweight to loneliness Her smile is knowledge and its opposite: The wisdom that there are some things I will never know Read more
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I Cried To The Moon
I cried to the moon: “Can’t you feel my love?” She said that she might but not quite She said that the sun gives me warmth that she can’t But I tell her: “You’re closer So much closer” Artwork by Anna Bronwyn Foley Read more
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Marie Jeannotte Enger – Rest In Peace
People die Of course We all will But the loss of some people is harder to take than others. To a child, the world is filled with a confusing array of people – those who are like us are called kids, and those who are not like us are called adults. Then there are people Read more
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