Birthday Poem

from Duets by Barbara Hume

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I wrote these lyrics when I turned 60. Bonnie masterfully discovered a melody to accompany the theme of resilience in growing older.

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Age is a glorious thing
Each year to learn what it means to begin..begin anew
Beautious birth long familiar
Sweet honeysuckle, red flowering current
Blooms are gifted
Not formed by us
A fragile beauty
Made strong with spreading roots
Secures the soil
Perseveres through brokenness
Offers itself a sacred altar
nurturing natures soul.
Ascend the body's decline
Engage the edge of death
A sentient vision
The botany of faith
Insure the resurrection.

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from Duets, released June 15, 2020
Bonnie Murphy, composer/pianist
Barbara Hume, lyricist/vocalist

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Barbara Hume Seattle, Washington

Barbara Hume lives in the Seattle area where she has collaborated with composers for the past 20 years including David Paul Mesler, Bonnie Murphy, Paul Lewis and other northwest artists producing original music, set to a rich and varied canon of poetry. In these albums, the weaving of melody and imagery produce songs that unearth the raw senses that nurture the soul. ... more

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