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Tag Archives: song
Little Bird: rannaigheacht ghairid
Little bird: did you think that no one heard your bright melody at dawn, long gone before day’s first word? Seems absurd that your little tune conferred on my thoughts such peaceful ease across the breeze, little bird. 17 APR … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, birds, Irish verse forms, morning, poetic forms, rannaigheacht ghairid, song
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Richie Havens
I always felt he sang with such authority, as if his way was how the song should be, and let the writer of it know, in no uncertain terms, that they could use it too, once in a while. Like … Continue reading
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Tagged enlightenment, eulogy, meaning, NaPoWriMo, performance, Richie Havens, singers, song
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Song within: a cyrch a chwta
The human voice was made to sing; and to the dull roar of life, bring a force that grounds us in all things. From the soprano, giving wing to angel’s tones gone traveling, to basso, low and rumbling: the song … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, cyrch a chwta, daily poems, life, singing, song, Welsh verse forms
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Sing, Then: a cyhydedd hir
To fill life with song, sing out all day long both right notes, and wrong; do not be shy. Don’t worry the notes. Just listen, and quote; and do keep your throat from getting dry. The subject, the text? The … Continue reading
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Tagged cyhydedd hir, daily poems, poetic forms, singing, song, trust, voice, Welsh verse forms
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