Gray It is a two-tone gray wound. It is two woulds: one high, one low. Two guns. Two bullets. Two people bound by one wound, one would and too many coulds and shoulds. It is a grain of sand, a small glistening that sticks in the throat of the muscle, a piece of what it must become, a shard of what it never was, a speck in the eye of a gray sky, a two-tone gray sky the color of lead. Keepin' the "Po" in NaPoWriMo....
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“…a small glistening that sticks in the throat of the muscle…”
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Wow–powerful one!
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Thank you Rebecca
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You really write some wonderful poetry. This being but one more example.
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Thank you, Jeremy. That means a lot.
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So good, Johnny. Do you know the song, The Waters of March? This poem reminds me of some of those lyrics. Tell me if you agree…
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I don’t know that song–I’m off to learn!
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My favorite version is this
She’s wonderful – well, she was – she battled depression, lived in NYC, and jumped from her building and died in 2001. She was well respected in NY. I remember hearing many years ago that she was a real stickler for getting everything right, especially the lyrics – pronunciation, etc. I think there may be a Terry Gross interview with her from way back. You’ll see the Waters of March song is an Antonio Jobim composition, cool, eh? 🙂
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Sweet! Thank you. I had to bounce so I hadn’t checked it out yet. I will now.
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Ah yes! I know this song. Just didn’t know or forgot the title. I’m familiar with the Jobim version actually. I think this is the first time I’ve heard a version in English though. Thank you so much for sharing. I knew Susannah McCorkle by name but was not that familiar. What a shame. Especially having produced such an amazing version of a song with such a hopeful note to it. Ah, well, those who bring joy the most often also struggle the most in finding it.
As a side note, I got a bit of a chill when she sang the line, “..the song of the thrush…”. The wife and I just took a little drive and saw a wood thrush in the front yard of a house nearby. We were just talking as we came home about how I never remember seeing them in the city until recently, and now we’ve spotted them on a few occasions in just the last year.
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I love this poem and the way you read it. So many layers to discover in this…
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Thank you very kindly.
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