© by Barbara Crooker (b. 1945)
The steady rain Matches base text
Language: English
Amidst the horror, the steady rain [ ... ]
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The last line of this poem references Seamus Heaney’s poem “Digging.”
Composition:
- Set to music by Dale Trumbore (b. 1987), "The steady rain", copyright © 2023 [ mezzo-soprano and satb chorus ], from A Calendar of Light, no. 5, Graphite Publishing
Publisher: Graphite Publishing [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Barbara Crooker (b. 1945), "Planting", copyright ©
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