The Red Wheelbarrow

Song Cycle by Lori F. Ardovino (b. 1960)

Score: Potenza Music Publishing (external link)

1. The red wheelbarrow  [sung text not yet checked]

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so much depends upon
a red wheel barrow
glazed with rain water
beside the white chickens.

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2. My Friend Must Be a Bird  [sung text not yet checked]

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My friend must be a Bird—
Because it flies!
Mortal, my friend must be,
Because it dies!
Barbs has it, like a Bee!
Ah, curious friend!
Thou puzzlest me!

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3. Days of Innocence

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5. Fog  [sung text not yet checked]

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The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

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5. Landscapes  [sung text not yet checked]

Subtitle: II. Virginia

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Red river, red river
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First published in Virginia Quarterly Review, April 1934 as one of "Words for Music"

6. The Reward  [sung text not yet checked]

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In my mind’s reception room
Which is what, and who is whom?
I notice when the candle’s lighted
Half the guests are uninvited,
And oddest fancies, merriest jests,
Come from these unbidden guests.

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Total word count: 157