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'Uncommitted Annotation' a poem by Peter Porter

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May 2009, no. 311

'Uncommitted Annotation' a poem by Peter Porter

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May 2009, no. 311

    ‘Addio, valle di pianti’ –

    These the composer’s plainchant words

    No librettist dare rewrite

    At using up imprisoned air

    To sing like miners’ warning birds

    Inside the sunless atmosphere

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