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Charles LettsJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:22pm
Subject: Mario Cavallini Sondra Ball
Hello. I am a friend of the late Sondra Ball and Mario Cavallini. Mario was tragically killed in an auto accident on 12/30/2010. They published a poetry site Autumn Leaves. I do not know how to tell poetry type people of Mario's passing. Do you have any suggestions? Here is a link to his death http://www.facebook.com/l/84a79mL0OaAn_NZfCnm9gPBdO8Q;notice.http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/sunbeam/obituary.aspx?n=mari
Early Winter on the Brandywine
by Sondra Ball
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Among my first entries on the Blob, I published one of my favorite of Sondra's poems which I came across one chilly evening in Eureka, California. I am re-posting it here in the memory of the the two who were so kind to me.
Early Winter on the Brandywine
by Sondra Ball
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By the edge of the Brandywine
By the edge of the Brandywine
where weeping willows grow,
I find a fallen tree trunk
still clear of snow.
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I sit upon the tree trunk,
I sit upon the tree trunk,
watch grey green waters flow
southward towards the Chesapeake
through banks of snow.
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I sing to the Brandywine:
green waters,
I sing to the Brandywine:
green waters,
clean waters,
where do you flow?
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I hear the river answer:
I hear the river answer:
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over hills,
over hills,
over rills,
through the white snow.
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By the edge of the Brandywine
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By the edge of the Brandywine
where weeping willows grow,
I find a fallen tree trunk
still clear of snow.
..from Dian in Roanoke:
ReplyDeleteI loved that one especially well and would love a copy of it when you have a moment. I am sorry for your loss and know you feel bad about them. They sound quite inspirational.
..from George in Jackson:
ReplyDeleteI am sorry. I can only begin to understand and feel the pain you must feel.
This really is so tragic. An auto accident. Ugh.
I remember when you published this. How tragic that they are both gone now. I have no idea of what could be said to the poetry community. It's rather ironic that they both should have died in such a short time frame.
ReplyDeleteThis is what Mario posted on the Autumn Leaves site in April of last yeat.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sondra.net/al/tlal/default.htm
yes, this is sad to hear. like autumn leaves; overtaken by early winter, but, just as the fallen tree-trunk, not covered in snow - their art will live on, for our enjoyment. will
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