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Songbird.
The lark ascending
plucked a chord
and sang to a starry sky.
Glories rained in honour then,
fell welcome to his feet.
Returning home he feasted well
upon the apple pie.
Still he sang, as high he flew
along the Amazon.
From castles tall, his lovely call
still lingers in the air,
and prairies blue paint tapestries
where homeless brothers meet.
On and on this skylark soars
dropping notes at statue's base.
From shadow lands he turns his face
to see a waving man,
who quietly sits within his chair
beside botanic gardens, where
this song remains so sweetly heard.
A world of songs beat in his heart,
with many still to sing,
and I give thanks to our good Lord
He gave this songbird wings.
This is so cool
I tried to put out a message when I first read this
On the morning you wrote it.
Unfortunately my battery died.
I was going to say I am very fond of the name Don.
In my family and not.
But I was almost going to say the Don you speak of
Was Henley.
A Great Don in his own Right.
But I just had a chance to come back now
And reread your poem
And " Your Don " is Don Mclean.
KS
So Cool
Loved them both
Hi, I am so pleased you have
Hi, I am so pleased you have commented on this,thank you :-) Funny you mention Don Henley I heard him on the radio a couple of days ago, first time in ages. But yes you are right it is Don McLean, he's been inspiring my writing since I was a teenager, and he was 25 ( can't beleive I was there for his 70th birthday, amazing I was so happy ) a wonderful, wonderful man. Others are really good, Jake Bugg, Tom O'Dell, etc., But Don is on a pedestal as far as I'm concerned. Thank you once again for reading and commenting. Sue :-)
Wow
I just woke-up.
But this is so interesting Sue.
I just seen Don Henley on PBS
Doing an interview.
The Eagle was some kind of Band.
One of my favourites of all time.
Don was saying ( amoung other things)
How he tried to start a Union for the
Song Writers and him and ( I think )
Sheryl Crowe went before Congress.
What a great thing to try to do.
So happy for you that you got to know
Don McLean.
That must be a Wonderful Thing.
I was there when that Song dropped way back then
It was great then and it always will be.
Yours in writing,
KindredSpirit
The Eagles was a great band,
The Eagles was a great band, that was a truly great time for music, we do have some very good stuff now but, not really the great talents we had then, they took years to perfect their music, so really lasted, today they come and go so fast. I know of Sheryl Crowe too.
Sadly I have never actually met my Don, beleive me I really try! But thanks to modern technology I can keep up with what's going on in his life, he's on twitter so plenty of updates, and I'm just about to buy his wife Patrisha's photography book about Maine Children. He has so,so many terrific songs, and covers. It's been a wonderful ride with him, but so bittersweet. thank you so much for your interest, it means a lot. X
"D" as Muse
Inspiring wondrous song lyrics - nice to have such a muse -Stella-
Thank you Stella, he, and the
Thank you Stella, he, and the poetry in his voice and songs has inspired me for over 43 years, there is no other for me, I knew that the first time I saw him. :-)