The weather
felt seasonable
the day of All Saints
but today
we are back
to open windows and cats
basking in the sun.
Shadorma #3: 11.03.17
03 Friday Nov 2017
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inThe weather
felt seasonable
the day of All Saints
but today
we are back
to open windows and cats
basking in the sun.
02 Thursday Nov 2017
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inTenacity
The flowers
that hang on until
November
has arrived
still bloom with tenacity
despite the first frost.
01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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inI’ve neglected my blog for many months. To kick myself back into gear, I’m doing 30 days of poetry. This time I’m using a form called shadorma-—a 3/5/3/3/7/5 form. The form can include multiple stanzas, but I will be doing well to create one a day. Here is day one:
Late Bloomer
Three weeks late,
Autumn finally turns
to reveal
in stages
most spectacular color
hidden until now.
25 Sunday Dec 2016
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Merry Christmas, everyone! Today’s Christmas Day hymn is Break Forth o Beauteous Heavenly Light by Johann Sebastian Bach. sung by the Roche Sisters on their We Three Kings album.
23 Friday Dec 2016
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“Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled
the mighty Gitchi Manitou
sent angel choirs instead”.
The beautiful Huron Carol is sung here by the Cambridge Singers.
22 Thursday Dec 2016
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Tonight’s Christmas song is a hymn that I remember from my childhood. Here Emmylou Harris lends her lovely voice to Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
21 Wednesday Dec 2016
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On the longest night, the night of the Winter Solstice, here’s a song for the first day of winter. Asleep the Snow Came Flying by Tim Story, is from the Windham Hill album, a Winter’s Solstice IV.
17 Saturday Dec 2016
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We are four days from the winter solstice, and overnight the earth turned white and ice coated the shrubs and birdfeeders. So it seems most appropriate that today’s Christmas tune is In the Bleak Midwinter. The words are those of English poet Christina Rosetti. There are hundreds of recordings of this song, but I chose Sarah McLachlan’s version from her Wintersong album.
16 Friday Dec 2016
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As the temperatures plummet and snow and ice is in the forecast, here is the beautiful Wexford Carol with Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma.
15 Thursday Dec 2016
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inAnyone who has grown up on a farm knows how peaceful a barn can be when it’s dark and cold outside and the animals inside are resting and shuffling in the hay. This carol, The Friendly Beasts, conjures up that memory for me, and images of a “stable rude.” The carol dates back to the 12th century. Many people have recorded this song, from Peter Paul and Mary to Garth Brooks. The version that I chose is by Sufjan Stevens, from his Songs of Christmas album.
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