Five Songs for High Voice and Piano

Song Cycle by Michael Alec Rose

1. When geometric diagrams and digits
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When geometric diagrams and digits
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2. Casida of the Rose 
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The rose
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  • by Robert Bly (b. 1926), "Casida of the Rose", copyright ©

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3. Waxwings 
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Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings
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4. Sleeping in the forest
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I thought the earth
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  • by Mary Oliver (b. 1935), "Sleeping in the forest", copyright ©

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5. I live my life in growing orbits
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I live my life in growing orbits,
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt. 

I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years.
And I still don't know if I am a falcon,
Or a storm, or a great song.

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