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A Prayer in Spring
by Robert Frost
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Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
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Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
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And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
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“If people did not love one another,
I really don't see what use there would be
in having any spring.”
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Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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Here's a beautiful "video poem" by
Gary T. Czerwinski I found on YouTube.
Video poems are a unique, and fascinating, way
of presenting this ever-changing medium of art -
poems no longer just written or verbal,
but more than that. A couple of
quotes seem appropriate:
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"Genuine poetry can communicate
before it is understood."
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T.S. Eliot
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"Poetry is an echo,
asking a shadow to dance."
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Robert Frost.
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Here's a beautiful "video poem" by
Gary T. Czerwinski I found on YouTube.
Video poems are a unique, and fascinating, way
of presenting this ever-changing medium of art -
poems no longer just written or verbal,
but more than that. A couple of
quotes seem appropriate:
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"Genuine poetry can communicate
before it is understood."
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T.S. Eliot
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"Poetry is an echo,
asking a shadow to dance."
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Robert Frost.
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BURIED TREASURE
by Clay Harrison
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Beneath the snows of Winter,
Spring treasures can be found
In seeds that lie there sleeping
Below the frozen ground.
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While snow falls in the meadow,
The rose must get her rest.
Soon Spring will kiss his princess
And she must look her best.
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Sleeping beauty shall awaken
And yawn without a sound
As sprigs of buried treasure
Come bursting from the ground.
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All earth proclaims God's glory
When Spring is in the air.
Each bud fulfills a promise -
Each rose an unanswered prayer.
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Spring is a resurrection -
Winter's stone is rolled away
To reveal God's buried treasure
Each sun-kissed springtime day.
.Spring treasures can be found
In seeds that lie there sleeping
Below the frozen ground.
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While snow falls in the meadow,
The rose must get her rest.
Soon Spring will kiss his princess
And she must look her best.
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Sleeping beauty shall awaken
And yawn without a sound
As sprigs of buried treasure
Come bursting from the ground.
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All earth proclaims God's glory
When Spring is in the air.
Each bud fulfills a promise -
Each rose an unanswered prayer.
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Spring is a resurrection -
Winter's stone is rolled away
To reveal God's buried treasure
Each sun-kissed springtime day.
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Song of Solomon 2:11-12
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Song of Solomon 2:11-12
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for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.
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