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sotto voce

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your young sentences
walk into scales,

and notes of
softly pedalled love,

and through orchid
stems of perfection

you keep touching
pedestals like mine,

and your prodigal voice
plays lips of poetry:

a 'vivacissimo' smile














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Author notes

Written March 22, 2008

For my dear friend Namita
'Enjoy being young...Happy birthday'




'sotto voce'
-softly and subdued
-beneath the voice
-as if speaking under one's breath

'vivacissimo'
-very lively

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  • tara wilson gold member
    April 3, 2008

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    a lovely poem, Hensley...I love the smile you describe because that is always how I've seen Namita's in my mind...and I am sure she was smiling like this after reading your poem here for her...

    thanks so much for joining our little party for her


  • Nicolette gold member
    April 3, 2008

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    Oh i liked the "vivacissimo smile", Hensley! Namita loves music and I'm so happy to see you've let your words speak, sing and dance to that beat and that love of hers.

    This is beautiful poetry - as always your voice is so poetic!

    Thank you for writing this for her.

    ~ Nicolette


  • Namita
    March 28, 2008

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    a vivacissimo smile?! wow!! This is amazing poetry, Hensley So very lovely...! This just makes me go "wooo"! You're so kind... love you more than I love this poem.

    - namita