Another little bit of serendipity came my way this week in the area of music meets poetry. Last week my PF post was a poem by Sara Teasdale ("April"), and three days later I sat down in a choir rehearsal to begin working on a song called "A Blessing," by New Zealand-born composer David N. Childs (SATB, piano, flute; published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.). The lyrics just happen to be based on another poem by Sara Teasdale that I find very moving:
Peace
Sara Teasdale
Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.
I am the pool of blue
That worships the vivid sky;
My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.
I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies--
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.
Poetry Friday is being hosted today at Becky's Book Reviews.
3 comments:
She was so positive wasn't she? Nice.
I think I'm going to have to read this about 10 more times to feel like I'm getting it... but I won't mind a bit. The images are so vivid and lovely, the last line breath-taking. *printing it out now*
You can feel the poem flow with all of the watery words. Lovely!
(thanks for your kind comment on my PF, you made me smile!)
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