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The Colour of the Breeze


"The Colour of the Breeze" 

Star Jasmine, 

orange blossom, 
pine leaves, and 
floating cymbidium

dipping oars 

into purple and white 
Agapanthus, drip off  
a lid on that day

exotic Nile lilies 
with lips of mead
drip potency

singing only
the sweetest 
memories

the tiger lilies roar,
in silence, cut up, bittersweet,
they are sitting 

torn fresh in the pew, 
in front of me
watching and waiting 

for what? 
gravity in the moment
just, being

colour me cryptic

Agapanthas purr
through closed
jade mysteries

on that day indigo 
blue ... a date with 
destiny, 

a winsome crew
each with their secrets
renewed, knew

they try to sing hymns
whispering, thinking
I could never do this

such singing 
ridiculous

they try to sing hymns
whispering, thinking
I am not near them

but I am all the 
colours miraculous
surrounding them 

speaking 
in different tongues
I lean into them, listening

leaves
floating like notes
to remember 

found in 
the colour of the breeze
lifting potent memories

freedom then,
nothing stopping me

(Ladylabyrinth / 2022)
klb, mlb
gvlm



"Serpentskirt" / Cocteau Twins
https://youtu.be/ZkaDFYVOUDs








"Whales Tails"/ Cocteau Twins
https://youtu.be/0LVyIJsigXU



"Bluebell Knoll" / Cocteau Twins
https://youtu.be/ZpqaNjtaU6o







Requiem, Tractus (Johannes Ockeghem) - Miroslav Venhoda; Prager Madrigalisten 1966
https://youtu.be/AnYOWMrrkIU


Requiem Mass. 
I prefer this - 

intro
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450

outro
Hymn of the Cherubim - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Extended
https://youtu.be/y9p0-NSirQA

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Date: 8/17/2022 8:16:00 AM
Love this! :)
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/17/2022 2:22:00 PM
Thank you.
Date: 8/17/2022 5:52:00 AM
"Whale Tails" / Cocteau Twins.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/17/2022 5:52:00 AM
https://youtu.be/0LVyIJsigXU
Date: 8/17/2022 5:51:00 AM
"For some, poetry is nothing more than nonsense. How sad. For others, it is the imagination let loose on a playground, activated in high gear, on fire, in flight, wild. It is every emotion. It is blood. It is tears. It is joy. It is hope. For some, poetry is freedom."
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Date: 8/17/2022 5:51:00 AM
"Blue Bell Knoll" / Cocteau Twins.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/17/2022 5:52:00 AM
https://youtu.be/ZpqaNjtaU6o

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