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Best Poems Written by Anne-Marie Coreggia

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With Your Voice I Sail

With Your Voice I Sail

		My voice 
		    may stumble, failing
 			a clear path to trace but 
			    your smiling voice always steers me
			         clear of snags and boulders and, as I pass
			               through stormy waters, you alone can light
			                  the clearest path to shore. With your voice, songs,
				               fragrance filled, unfurl their sails and freely flow
				  on the streams of my mind, and my grief now lies at ease
                            as dark words like giant fallen trees are left untouched

        on some distant battlefield, and I can glide out of 
            the wind’s shadow, in the rhythm of time,
               words billowing soft out of my mind.

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A Chicago Pearl

A Chicago Pearl

She put her dreams on hold but carries them up proudly
as she serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, six days a week
to make ends meet; she’s a realist who doesn’t recoil from pain
or regrets; she faces them head on yet she likes the blues because 
they soothe her bruised life that sometimes feels stagnant.
She awaits a new start and the rain in her head is held tight,
she will not be defined, nor resign herself to scattered dreams.
She hangs firm in her mind to these blooming flowers she saw in a terra cotta
pot on her way to work this morning; like them she’s growing stronger 
in her voice and in her step. Tonight they’ll light candles
 in the dark
“You’re a Chicago Pearl, Rondja!” 
he said as she topped his coffee cup;
she briefly held his gaze, and then
let out the broadest of smiles.

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Rainbows of Balloons

Rainbows of Balloons
(the friendship song)


You’ll find me down by the river
skipping stones in tune
to the great firs that hum
when the soft wind touches
their tops with its light strum.  

You’ll find me lost far in the clouds
where smiling blossoms
gather up in a crowd
around their conductor
who’ll guide them in a sun dance      
through spring showers.

Nature with you I will celebrate
we'll write songs ‘till late, open all the gates,
so come with me today, celebrate the day,
let us sing and dance in the light rains of May.

We’ll roll down in the fields
in the middle of June
send rainbows of balloons
that will sure reach the moon.

We’ll swim down the river
when July comes around
and we will not be found
until they think we’ve drowned.


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I’ve matched the lyrics to Yiruma’s music (Springtime) in this piece. 
After the musical interlude (1:30-1:58), the second musical part repeats itself 
from the poem’s second stanza, not the first.

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Come With Me

Come With Me
(shortened version )

Come with me,
 hear the wind, feel the wind,
catch the wind that binds us all;
come with me, I’m calling you across the sea
come with me, open your eyes

and you will see
that stars are lit a path to trace where you
and me stand tall and true guiding us
through and through into the night.

Dark streaming clouds can race
above but you and me will find a way
to hold back days burning with cold.

Come with me
let’s fight the darkness with our song
come with me for together we belong
pick up your oars let’s reach the shore
where up above the eagles soar
let’s watch them fly forever more.

We’ll feast on dreams that cast a spell
we’ll write the songs that hate dispel
and ride the waves on hunchback whales.

Come with me,
let’s write a song in every tongue
let’s clear the dust that seals men’s eyes
let’s ride the moon and melt away the stars.

Come with me,
hear the wind, feel the wind,
catch the wind that binds us all.

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You will find the full lyric embedded on
the above video

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The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Deep from the seeds of love planted long ago
a secret garden we’ve grown
but left alone the key
buried in you heart
no longer opens the door.

(0:36)
Apart we’ll live in dreams, drifting forever
within the garden I’ll be,
but release the flowers
that they may bloom again
that the garden may sing again.

(1:07) 
Open the door and let the music flow
open the door to the hills and the moors
open the door let the children’s laughter
ripple through the heather
and heal your aching heart.

(1:38)
 And if you no longer
hear my heart calling yours
know still I never stand alone
for here a part of you
has forever become a part of me
that sows your love.

(2:10) 
Open the door and let the music flow
open the door to the hills and the moors
open the door let the children’s laughter
ripple through the heather
and heal your aching heart.

And if you no longer
hear my heart calling yours
know still I never stand alone
for here a part of you
has forever become a part of me
that grows alone
part of me that grows alone.

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Timeless Cave

Timeless Cave

Hidden deep out of time on a limestone cliff
its entrance for the ages concealed
paw prints of cave bears on soft clay ground
and smoke-stained walls it harbored

but deeper, still deeper, farther in time
earth’s ancient origins still beckon
for an artist his palm prints left and man’s    
greatest testament of eras bygone

panthers and cave lions on smoothed surfaces
lost voices from humanity’s past 
he painted in the torches light from us closing 
the distance and they all outlast

on cave walls, hyenas, and horses in flight 
immortalized remains vibrant echoes 
ringing through the millenniums 
a masterpiece there lies
in the midst of stalactites and stalagmites,
man’s original Sistine Chapel still rests in peace.

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Love Me In Black and White

Love me in Black and White

musical intro

From the keys of your heart a melody rolled back the night
illuminated the sky with its symphony of lights
and fired new stars in the firmament,
each a budding soul, a firework
of colors spun within the
black and white keys
of your heart.

lyric /song (0:30 / 2:18) 

If you find me
If you love me
I’ll open all the doors
to that secret place
where time and space lie
all snuggled up in place
into love’s embrace
and eternity’s 
grace


just love me (x)
in black and white (x)
and all the grey of my heart 
will soon disappear for 
your sea-foam brush 
will spray clots 
of colors in
fertile soil


just find me (x)
and love me (x)
black or white
and a burst of moonbeam
will unfurl its loving sails
and my pain will drop 
right back into
the sea of 
moonless 
dreams.


back to musical intro (1:52)

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C'Est La Vie, Billy

C’est la vie, Billy!

   His cheeks a deep scarlet, 
     His jaw tightened in an eerie grin,
        He stands, rooted to the spot
              While the snot in his nose
	          Like a long gooey
		      Streak of
			  Chewing-gum
				Slowly comes dripping 
					Onto his dappled T-shirt,
                            
      and his eyes, like dazzling agates,
             Fixedly follow the interminable course of
	           The red rubbery ball
                       As the projectile
                          In a deafening clash,
	                     Smashes the headmaster’s office window.

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Springtime In the Snow

Springtime in the Snow

You sent this melody
this magical river
that ripples endlessly
on the keys of my heart;
spellbound and lost in time
drifting through the air
on the open sea 
with you I sail.

Your song is all aglow
suspended soft and bright
a moment of delight
springtime in the snow
embracing in its wake
fireflies that wake
and fill up my nights
with flashing lights.

The moon the sun
in harmony
dancing gently
a golden silver thread
spin in my head
and suddenly
a universe
in me immersed
unfolds its chords
and in my heart soars.


(At 1:30 in the music the melody and the lyrics start over)

I set these lines to Yiruma's melody "Kiss the Rain". Please, click the YouTube video above and enjoy :)

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L'Orgue De La Mer - the Sea Organ

L’orgue de la mer - The Sea Organ


Née à l’horizon	

          Born on the horizon

où se meurt le soleil

          where the sun dies

ses grandes vagues pleurent

          her large waves weep

et s’écrasent sur les marches

          and crash on the steps

où l’orgue de la mer chante

          where the sea organ sings

le va et vient des marées

          the coming and goings of her tides

plein d’accords mystérieux d’air et d’eau

          filled with mysterious chords of air and water.




The Sea Organ is located in Zadar, Croatia. Below the steps you see in the above picture there's a system of tubes and a resonating cavity that turn the site into a musical instrument when the waves come crashing in.