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Text for A Budbill Year by Liz Benjamin
by David Budbill
I. A Certain Slant of Light
A certain slant
of light
this time of year
says more than
color in the hills
or chill air
that fall
is here.
II. First Thing in the
Morning
Slate-colored
junco tracks
on the porch
printed neatly
in the
thin snow.
III. Early June
Hard rain all night
morning rags of mist
Hang scattered
between the
blue-green hills.
IV. How Nice It Is
How nice it is
on a summer night with the windows
open
and listen to the thunder far away
and hear the thunder come closer
and see the lightning light up the sky
and then lie in bed in the dark
and listen to the rain.
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Dan Maguire: Pastorale
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Text for Pastorale by Dan Maguire
by Hart Crane
No more violets,
And the year
Broken into smoky panels.
What woods remember now
Her calls, her enthusiasms.
The ritual of sap and leaves
The sun drew out,
Ends in this latter muffled
Bronze and brass. The wind
Takes rein.
If, dusty, I bear
And image beyond this
Already fallen harvest,
I can only query, “Fool—
Have you remembered too long;
Or was there too little said
For ease or resolution—
Summer scarcely begun
And violets,
A few picked, the rest dead?”
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Text for The Stars are the Mountain Peaks
by Drew Kravin
Adapted from Henry David Thoreau
The stars are the mountain peaks of celestial countries.
The universe is wider than our views of it.
Time hides no treasures.
Live in the present.
Fools stand on their island…and look toward another land.
There is no other land; there is no other life but this.
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
Launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
The stars are the mountain peaks of celestial countries.
The universe is wider than our views of it.
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Nick Lyons: untitled
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Coral Douglas: Mu Arae
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The Walden School Dublin, New Hampshire
Founded in 1972, the Walden School is an acclaimed summer music school and festival, offering programs that emphasize creativity through musicianship, improvisation, and composition. Our programs include the Young Musicians Program (9-18) and the Creative Musicians Retreat (18+). Set in beautiful New Hampshire, Walden provides an inspiring retreat-like environment ideal for creative music making. ... more
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