My spiritual exercises
utorak, 20.12.2016.
MORE BONUS TRACKS
LONG AGO
WE HAVE FORGOT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
AND WHAT WE ARE WE LITTLE KNOW
WE FANCY NEW EVENTS BEGIN
BUT ALL HAD HAPPENED - LONG AGO
THROUGH MANY A VERSE LIFE'S POEM FLOWS
BUT STILL, THOUGH SELDOM MARKED BY MEN
AT TIMES RETURNS THE CONSTANT CLOSE
STILL THE OLD CHORUS COMES AGAIN
THE CHILDISH GRIEF – THE BOYISH FEAR –
THE HOPE IN MANHOOD'S BREAST THAT BURNS
THE DOUBT – THE TRANSPORT, AND THE TEAR –
EACH MOOD, EACH IMPULSE, OFT RETURNS
BEFORE MINE INFANT EYES HAD HAILED
THE NEW-BORN GLORY OF THE DAY
WHEN THE FIRST WONDROUS MORN UNVEILED
THE BREATHING WORLD THAT ROUND ME LAY
THE SAME STRANGE DARKNESS O'ER MY BRAIN
FOLDED ITS CLOSE MYSTERIOUS WINGS
THE IGNORANCE OF JOY OR PAIN
THAT EACH RECCURING MIDNIGHT BRINGS
SO LOOKING INTO THY FOND EYES
STRANGE MEMORIES COME TO ME, AS THOUGH
SOMEWHERE – PERCHANCE IN PARADISE –
I HAD ADORED THEE - LONG AGO
[according to the poem „Stanzas“ by Thomas W. Parsons,
music by val3]
AS THE MOON CLIMBS
A POEM SHOULD BE PALPABLE AND MUTE
AS A GLOBED FRUIT
AND DUMB
AS OLD MEDALLIONS TO THE THUMB
SILENT AS THE SLEEVE-WORN STONE
OF CASEMENT LEDGES WHERE THE MOSS HAS GROWN
A POEM SHOULD BE WORDLESS
AS THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS
A POEM SHOULD BE MOTIONLESS IN TIME
AS THE MOON CLIMBS
LEAVING, AS THE MOON RELEASES
TWIG BY TWIG THE NIGHT-ENTANGLED TREES
LEAVING AS THE MOON BEHIND
– THE WINTER LEAVES
MEMORY BY MEMORY -
THE MIND
A POEM SHOULD BE MOTIONLESS IN TIME
AS THE MOON CLIMBS
A POEM SHOULD BE EQUAL TO
NOT TRUE
FOR ALL THE HISTORY OF GRIEF
AN EMPTY DOORWAY, A MAPLE LEAF
FOR LOVE
LEANING GRASSES AND TWO LIGHTS ABOVE
- THE SEA
A POEM SHOULD NOT MEAN
BUT BE
[according to the poem „Ars Poetica“ by Archibald MacLeish,
music by val3]
THE LOUNGE GODDESS
WHERE ICY AND BRIGHT DUNGEONS LIFT
OF SWIMMERS THEIR LOST MORNING EYES
AND OCEAN RIVERS, CHURNING, SHIFT
GREEN BORDERS UNDER STRANGER SKIES
STEADILLY AS A SHELL SECRETES
ITS BEATING LEAGUES OF MONOTONE
OR AS MANY WATERS TROUGH THE SUN'S
RED KELSON PAST THE CAPE'S WHITE STONE
CREATION'S BLITHE AND PETALED WORD
DIALOGUE WITH EYES UNHEARD
WITH LOUNGED GODDESS - WHEN SHE ROSE
HER SMILE UNSEARCHABLE REPOSE
WAITING, AFIRE, WHAT NAME, UNSPOKE
I CANNOT CLAIM: LET THY WAVES REAR
MORE SAVAGE THAN THE DEATHS OF KINGS
SOME SPLINTERED GARLAND FOR THE SEER
BEYOND SIROCCOS HARVESTING
THE SOLSTICE THUNDERS, CREPT AWAY
LIKE A CLIFF SWINGING OR A SAIL
FLUNG INTO APRIL'S INMOST DAY
CREATION'S BLITHE AND PETALED WORD
DIALOGUE WITH EYES UNHEARD
WITH LOUNGED GODDESS - WHEN SHE ROSE
HER SMILE UNSEARCHABLE REPOSE
STILL FERVID COVENANT, BELLE ISLE
UNFOLDED FLOATING DAIS BEFORE
WHICH RAINBOWS TWINE CONTINUAL HAIR
BELLE ISLE, WHITE ECHO OF THE OAR
THE IMAGED WORD, IT IS, THAT HOLDS
HUSHED WILLOWS ANCHORED IN ITS GLOW
IT IS UNBETRAYABLE REPLY
WHOSE ACCENT NO FARREWELL CAN KNOW
CREATION'S BLITHE AND PETALED WORD
DIALOGUE WITH EYES UNHEARD
WITH LOUNGED GODDESS - WHEN SHE ROSE
HER SMILE UNSEARCHABLE REPOSE
[according to the poem „Voyages“ by Hart Crane,
music by val3]
WHETHER OR NOT (WE FIND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING)
I SHALL FORGET YOU PRESENTLY, MY DEAR
YOUR LITTLE MONTH, YOUR LITTLE HALF A YEAR
SO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS, YOUR LITTLE DAY
ERE I FORGET, OR DIE, OR MOVE AWAY
WHETHER OR NOT WE FIND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING
IT IS IDLE, BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING
AND WE ARE DONE FOREVER, BY AND BY
IF YOU ENTREAT ME WITH YOUR LOVELIEST LIE
I SHALL FORGET YOU, AS I SAID, BUT NOW
I WILL PROTEST YOU WITH MY FAVORITE VOW
I WOULD INDEED THAT LOVE WAS LONGER-LIVED
AND OATH WAS NOT SO BRITTLE AS IT IS
BUT SO IT IS, AND NATURE HAS CONTRIVED
TO STRUGGLE ON WITHOUT A BREAK - THUS FAR
WHETHER OR NOT WE FIND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING
IT IS IDLE, BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING
AND WE ARE DONE FOREVER, BY AND BY
IF YOU ENTREAT ME WITH YOUR LOVELIEST LIE
I SHALL FORGET YOU, AS I SAID, BUT NOW
I WILL PROTEST YOU WITH MY FAVORITE VOW
WHETHER OR NOT WE FIND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING
IT IS IDLE, BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING
[according to the poem „I Shall Forget You, Presently, My Dear“
by Edna St. Vicent Millay,
music by val3]
THE SURVEY OF SONGS BY MUSICAL STYLES
1 ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT (R. Frost) --- Tears For Fears
2 SPIRITUAL GATES (H. Crane) --- Scott Walker
3 THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME (E.A. Robinson) --- Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof
4 A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM (E.A. Poe) --- Soft Cell, Classix Nouveaux
5 THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS (H.W. Longfellow) --- Duran Duran
6 THE SADDEST NOISE, THE SWEETEST NOISE (E. Dickinson) --- Tom Jones
7 PITY ME NOT BECAUSE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Ella Fitzgerald
8 GOOD-BYE (R. W. Emerson) --- Marc Almond, Sal Solo
9 SURVEY OF LITERATURE (J.C. Ransom) --- Mike Sarne
10 THE EQUILIBRISTS (J.C. Ransom) --- John Fred
11 NO HIGHER THAN THE SOUL IS HIGH (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Abba
12 I'M NOT RESIGNED (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash
13 THE STONE THAT ANGEL ROLLED AWAY WITH TEARS (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Terry Stafford, the Wrens
14 LOVE IS NOT ALL (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Scott Walker, Brenda Lee
15 THE PAST (R. W. Emerson) --- Walker Brothers
16 THE BEST-BELOVED NIGHT (H.W. Longfellow) --- Joe Brown
17 READ TO ME SOME POEM (H.W. Longfellow) --- Doris Day
18 THE CURFEW BELL (H.W. Longfellow) --- Righteous Brothers
19 A BOLDER ONE (E. Dickinson) --- Scott Walker
20 THE CITY IN THE SEA (E.A. Poe) --- Dr. Feelgood
21 TO THE INVISIBLE ONE (V. Hugo) --- Cliff Richard
22 ONCE BY THE PACIFIC (R. Frost) --- Tears For Fears
23 DREAMS (E.A. Poe) --- Scott Walker, Cliff Richard
24 I SHALL GO TO THE BLEAK SHORE (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Abba
25 RIVER OF TIME (H. W. Longfellow) --- Spandau Ballet, Tears For Fears
26 LONG AGO (Thomas W. Parsons) --- Bryan Ferry
27 AS THE MOON CLIMBS (A. MacLeish) --- Bob Dylan
28 THE LOUNGE GODDESS (H. Crane) --- Johnny Cash
29 WHETHER OR NOT (E. St. Vincent Millay) --- Abba
