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The Songs That Filled My Boyhood
The songs that filled my boyhood time are gone, their melodies have faded with the years; and all my vain attempts to sing along have left only their skeletons, and tears. Mere shadows take their place, as mummers’ tunes, their … Continue reading
This Song
You won’t ever hear this song It won’t be finished ’til you’re long gone and you never liked country radio. It doesn’t matter, then, I guess, if what I say is more or less an echo of unspoken “told you … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged disappointment, failure, illusions, relationships, songs, success
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An Hour Gone Past Midnight
An hour gone past midnight; the songbirds try out new trills: sparrow, robin, mockingbird, wren, finch and whip-or-whill all whistle at their favorite tunes now that the traffic’s pace has slowed to stopping. The pale moon reflects in pools of … Continue reading
Rediscovering Gitanjali
For the first time in my life, I have discovered a poem that perfectly describes my experience with Truth (god, goddess, the infinite, the universe, or whatever you wish to call it): The song that I came to sing remains … Continue reading
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Tagged epiphany, eulogies, Gitanjali, peace, Rabindranath Tagore, singing, songs, truth
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A Poem is Different from a Song
A poem is different for me from a song One takes a single image and distills its essence, While the other takes a story and dissects its scenes; Each has as its focus a sole point of view, most times, … Continue reading