Tag Archives: Work

FROM DARKNESS TO LOVE

Posted on June 15, 2018 by David Scanlon

The ringing sounds announced the decent; From a familiar voice, which will not relent, Came a heralding into the open abyss. Will it ever close, even with hopes kiss? You spoke and took me to a place I know well … Continue reading →

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SAPPHO: A GIFT FOR HER STUDENTS

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Sappho

For you this gift of words in song on Muses wing descends Upon that glorious melody on which her lyre songs depend – Take you these moments, which with age leave me now As dark hair turns to grey, and … Continue reading →

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FINDING HER WAY

Posted on May 28, 2018 by David Scanlon

Bester Preis. Absolute Anonymität I played when I should play, I laughed when I should laugh, & I loved when I should love. Finding a way to see came later.

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THE WAY IT IS: OUR VOCATION

Posted on May 11, 2018 by David Scanlon

With thanks to William Stafford “Your job is to find what the world is trying to be.” Of time and place there is nothing better Than to absorb tenderly her offering, which Transforms with the light in a soundscape Of … Continue reading →

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DANTE AND HIS MUSE, BEATRICE, SPEAK OF POETRY

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Dante Alighieri

On awakening the poets voice: Dante speaks of his Muse (33 -45) And my spirit, that already so much was used to being in her humbling presence, was in awe, trembling, distraught, and scared Without my eyes having her knowledge, … Continue reading →

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