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0 posted 2006-03-13 10:55 PM




it is rain
and not rain

this

endlessness
of separate

drops

come singly
their
arhythmic

beat

almost too
clear

and

in a key
each
sings

unto itself

unique



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1 posted 2006-03-13 10:57 PM


Because today I received a disk, bearing some of the most singularly, arrestingly beautiful music I have heard.

I have a favorite, for now. It is named Uruma -- the old name for Okinawa.

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2 posted 2006-03-13 10:58 PM


Ed...I like thinking of rain that way.  If you stand under one seperate drop, you don't get as wet...right?  What is the music?  Sounds interesting and is there a link for it that you can add?  
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3 posted 2006-03-13 11:00 PM


This music is like a sunlit shower, but each note, each drop is its own rain, fallen from its own tiny cloud, somewhere far above.

That's the closest I can come.

It's from this /pip/Forum94/HTML/001764.html

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4 posted 2006-03-13 11:04 PM


Can you give the artist and name of the CD, please.  It sounds beautiful!
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5 posted 2006-03-13 11:08 PM


As soon as I heard the way Huan Yi spoke of it, I knew it would be something special.... I looked up the site http://cdbaby.com/cd/kotoworld6 and bought it on the spot.

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6 posted 2006-03-13 11:44 PM


Yes, I listened to it then too.  It is beautiful.  Thank you, Ed and Thank you, John!
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7 posted 2006-03-14 12:15 PM



Each line is a pleasure Ed. It's a palpable poem. Thank you.



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8 posted 2006-03-14 01:21 AM


Lovely, RatL!
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9 posted 2006-03-14 02:13 AM


Ed, beautiful. thank you
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10 posted 2006-03-14 12:20 PM


in a key
each
sings

unto itself

I can imagine the music... as I'm in awe of the beauty it inspired. *S* This is so lovely, my friend.

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11 posted 2006-03-14 12:29 PM


I love the way you think and I love the word-paintings (espêêêêêcially this one!) you splash across our forum canvas.

- Owl

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12 posted 2006-03-14 03:05 PM


Ed,


Today I drink sake in celebration.

John

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13 posted 2006-03-14 03:28 PM


if the music is as unique as this poem, it has to be something speical.

A cange is going to come...

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14 posted 2006-03-14 05:03 PM


This is magnificient, Ed.  A keeper ingreedy, indeed!  To the library I run!
Funny thing about rain: yesterday our cows got out.  I guarantee you that each drop was bucket-sized!  I had to cross the 'Dry Run Creek' to get back home, as the lightning was going crazy.  What I expected to be a depth of 8-10 inches, I found was up to my chest.  I loved the entire experience.  It just punctuated my life right now.  And you know what?  I fought the rapids and the closely knit rose bushes, the lightning, and some disturbances in my life, and I won (ok, well not exactly, some of the thorns still hurt!)  Sorry about the ramble.  I needed to clear my system.  Your poem triggered it though--Ha, ha---my ramble was all your fault!!!!  Love this poem.

your friend,
misce

  

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15 posted 2006-03-17 07:15 PM


Ed,

You absolutely must get the original
soundtrack to "The Thin Red Line"
by Hans Zimmer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000GV6B/qid=1142641015/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-5575332-8033722?s=music&v=glance&n=5174


John


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