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Prayer
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Wasn't quite sure where to put this poem but opted for this section.
Prayer
Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Some nights, although we are faithless, the truth
enters our hearts, that small familiar pain;
then a man will stand stock-still, hearing his youth
in the distant Latin chanting of a train.
Pray for us now. Grade 1 piano scales
console the lodger looking out across
a Midlands town. Then dusk, and someone calls
a child's name as though they named their loss.
Darkness outside. Inside, the radio's prayer -
Rockall. Malin. Dogger. Finisterre.
Carol Ann Duffy
Prayer
Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Some nights, although we are faithless, the truth
enters our hearts, that small familiar pain;
then a man will stand stock-still, hearing his youth
in the distant Latin chanting of a train.
Pray for us now. Grade 1 piano scales
console the lodger looking out across
a Midlands town. Then dusk, and someone calls
a child's name as though they named their loss.
Darkness outside. Inside, the radio's prayer -
Rockall. Malin. Dogger. Finisterre.
Carol Ann Duffy
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J. Whitney, R. Chapman, R. Grech
Emotions you feel around you they steal
Saying much more than mere words can
When choirs sing emotions they bring
Explaining much more than few words can
Strange, when loneliness holds you
Like a cloak that surrounds you
Contentment to fears, enchantment to tear
Drops it's the same, playing one game
Stealing their way in to take you
Stranger to see, emotions run free
Seeing what being they make you
Chains, within and about you
Like a cage, bars to hold to
Remembering the times, as the years slip behind
Strange, when loneliness holds you
Like a cloak that surrounds you
Contentment to fears, enchantment to tears
Emotions you feel around you they steal
Saying much more than mere words can
When choirs sing emotions they bring
Explaining much more than few words can
Strange, when loneliness holds you
Like a cloak that surrounds you
Contentment to fears, enchantment to tear
Drops it's the same, playing one game
Stealing their way in to take you
Stranger to see, emotions run free
Seeing what being they make you
Chains, within and about you
Like a cage, bars to hold to
Remembering the times, as the years slip behind
Strange, when loneliness holds you
Like a cloak that surrounds you
Contentment to fears, enchantment to tears
