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Moth Poem

Song Cycle by Lloyd E. Burritt (b. 1940)

1. The literalist
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
the wind does not move on
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California

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2. Between
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
the morning face of
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Text Authorship:

  • by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California

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3. Awake
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
in the dark morning you are circled
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California

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4. Atlantis
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
the light of it, as he felt himself perish
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California

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5. Paradise quotations 
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
the stairs did not creak, but the snow did
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California

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