I am in need of music that would flow [ ... ]
Songs of Need and Desire
Song Cycle by Judith Cloud (1954 - 2023)
1. Sonnet (1928)  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Sonnet", written 1928, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Not in time  [sung text checked 1 time]
I shall not return [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Kathleen Raine (1908 - 2003), "Not in time", copyright © 2000
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.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
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