The Poetry of "The Peace of Wild Things" Vol. 3
The last 3 ~ here goes!"The Year Turns Away From Me" by Morton Marcus (This one is kinda cool ~ it is another womens 3 part choral piece)
The year turns away from me,
I'm here on the other side of the hill,
Where winds are flames, blue wings in the meadow,
Tall steeples of ashes diminish at the meadow's edge
And far down the hillside
A deep chorus of boulders is singing the pebbles awake.
"The Stars" by Morton Marcus (and my personal worst)
The stars are grains of salt thrown over God's shoulder
They fly from us and we fly after
But the heart that dark star, the heart that heavy planet
Is all that we can know of heaven.
"may my heart always be open" by e.e. cummings (I'm not sure I make sense out of this one either)
may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old
may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it's sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young
and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile
One of the practice nights Morton Marcus (who lives in Santa Cruz) came to talk to us about the poetry. Never have I spent a more boring 3 hours! There was more than one person who wanted to know what he meant in "The Stars" And after his expounding I was thoroughly confused. He said there was no heaven in the poem for one thing. I thought it was actually funny at that part because after he explained the poem he asked if that made sense. There were a few noises of meaningful accent around the room while I was more lost than ever! I wasn't the only one in that boat either. :)
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posted by Anna @ 7:48 PM
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Annabell...I forgot to mail your letter :( I thought I did, but I just found it, slipped under my car seat. Take heart though, its going out tomorrow.
Hi Anna!
I miss you girl!
When are you going to come for a visit?
Hope to talk to you soon.
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