Tonight a moment unfolds like a word [ ... ]
The Secret History of Water
Song Cycle by Judith Cloud (1954 - 2023)
1. The blackbirds take over the sky  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The blackbirds take over the sky", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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The body is a stone house the body [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The body is a stone house", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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Ghost of bird flying over [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The death of the tango", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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Some dreams are like glass [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The lake has swallowed the whole sky", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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In every half-filled glass a river [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "Drinking song", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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In a room not unlike this one [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "For all the goodbyes", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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I could lie down in all that blue [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "Dreaming horse", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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The room was a pond with one wave [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The room was a pond", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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out of range I close my eyes [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "I'm in love, I'm floating", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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10. Last call  [sung text checked 1 time]
I know the man who eavesdrops [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "Last call", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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There is a song like a light [ ... ]
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- by Silvia Curbelo , "Janis Joplin", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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Tonight the moon rises through [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "Some nights you crank up the car radio and just drive", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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A man stands on his front porch [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "Spontaneous human combustion", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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A telephone rings all night for no one. A trailor door slamming shut. Stars flying up like dust [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Silvia Curbelo , "The simple geography of leaving", appears in The Secret History of Water, Anhinga Press, copyright © 1997
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