Songs of Need and Desire

Song Cycle by Judith Cloud

Word count: 215

1. Sonnet (1928) [sung text checked 1 time]

I am in need of music that would flow
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Authorship

by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Sonnet", written 1928, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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2. Not in time [sung text checked 1 time]

I shall not return
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Authorship

by Kathleen Raine (1908 - 2003), "Not in time", copyright © 2000 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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3. Lyric 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

I will keep you
in my pocket like the pulse
on my wrist.
One day

I will slit your lips with my fingers
letting escape a song,
and rub your hair to release
its vivid fragrance.

Then I will suck the wind
that blows through your lungs
and taste the air between us.

Authorship

by Perry Brass (b. 1947), "Lyric 4", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Researcher for this text: Judith Cloud

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