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Composition 

Grief is the seed of singing

Kim Stafford “Citizen of Dark Times”

Notes have not yet lifted from the strings

nor been shaped by trumpet’s valves.

The rhythm is still waiting for the wind

to circle through sensations’ sound.

 

Harmony will slide into its place

once themes are embraced, esteemed.        

A melody gives shape to lines of thought

and only then we’ll sense the counterpoint

 

against the point that wants

to question what we  feel, until it tips

from what we say to what we do,

drops in tears on the page

 

and softens, spreads its grief

into a song not written until now.

Linda Conroy, a retired social worker, writes about the complexities of human nature and our connection to the natural world, finding the strength of that connection can go far in maintaining composure in these sometimes harried days. She is the author of two poetry collections, Ordinary Signs and Familiar Sky.

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