The Avowal

from Wild Acre by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan

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1. The Avowal
Poem by Denise Levertov

As swimmers dare
to lie face to the sky
and waters bear them,
as hawks rest upon air
and air sustains them,
so must I learn to attain
free fall and float
into Creator's embrace,
knowing no effort earns
that all-sustaining grace.

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from Wild Acre, track released April 22, 2014
Piano and vocal by TBC

Words by Denise Levertov.
Music by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan

''The Avowal' By Denise Levertov, from THE STREAM AND THE SAPPHIRE, copyright ©1984 by Denise Levertov. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

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Trish Bruxvoort Colligan Strawberry Point, Iowa

discography

Emerge Now

Nov 2019
Wild Acre

May 2014
We Remember Them

Mar 2014
Splash

Jan 2003
Breath

Jan 2000

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