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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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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
September 22, 1923
Died:
September 28, 2014
(aged 91)
Bio:
Daniel Abse was a Welsh poet.
Known for:
Ash on a young man's sleeve (1954)
Welsh retrospective (1997)
Speak, Old Parrot (2013)
Goodbye, twentieth century (2001)
White coat, purple coat (1989)
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