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Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

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So in the simple blessing of a rainbow,
In the bevelled edge of a sunlit mirror,
I have seen visible, Death's artifact
Like a soldier's ribbon on a tunic tacked.

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I know the colour rose, and it is lovely,
But not when it ripens in a tumour;
And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike,
In limbs that fester are not springlike.

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The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

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Dannie Abse

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Born: September 22, 1923
Died: September 28, 2014 (aged 91)
Bio: Daniel Abse was a Welsh poet.
Known for:
  1. Ash on a young man's sleeve (1954)
  2. Welsh retrospective (1997)
  3. Speak, Old Parrot (2013)
  4. Goodbye, twentieth century (2001)
  5. White coat, purple coat (1989)

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