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The Cycle (Again)

“You’re finished
Your job is done
You’re old
Wrinkled
And discolored
You perform no longer
As efficiently
As in your green youth
The world will sweep you
Hide you away
Cursing the final chore
And then forget you”

“Oh, I may be old
But my work’s not done
I was raised to the sky
By my forebears
And though I now fall
I will be the nutrients
To let my children rise
My form will join
The rich soil
And through the tree
In that soil
I will once again
Reach the sky”

(Originally posted October 7, 2014)

Waiting for Spring

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Flower in snow – Blizzard of October 30, 2011

Yesterday I posted my Art Song, Black-Eyed Susan. After I wrote and recorded the song I decided to do a song cycle based on wildflowers. The songs would go through the year and be about the flowers from the different seasons, 7 songs in all. They would also follow the cycle of human life from birth to death. Black-eyed Susan was, of course, the last song, the song of death and remembrance. I also made a song to be the “wrapper”, played at either end of the cycle with only one line different. I wrote all of the poems but didn’t write any music. At this point in time I doubt if I will. Here is the first/last song of the cycle: Continue reading →