{"id":295,"date":"2017-08-30T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T21:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horaceseldon.com\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2017-08-30T15:42:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T21:42:49","slug":"poetry-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horaceseldon.com\/poetry-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry, Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The color of crystal<\/strong><br \/>\na poem for Horace Seldon at his 85th birthday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In nineteen and sixty eight<br \/>\nan oracle whispered to you<br \/>\ndo right by John Brown&#8217;s promise<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the earth shook<br \/>\nitself off and said<br \/>\nfine, begin to undo, new<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">you drive east<br \/>\norganize Boston<br \/>\nagainst the wind<br \/>\nJimi Two Feathers drums<br \/>\nYvonne poems a future<br \/>\nwhite becomes a color<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">two thousand and eight<br \/>\nyou still beacon up hills<br \/>\ntracing landmarks<br \/>\nthe shop with a parasol of freedom<br \/>\nstill stands<br \/>\na tall man<br \/>\nin a compact body<br \/>\ntwinkling<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">your eighty five years<br \/>\nwe special you now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">love to you Horace,<br \/>\nBecky Thompson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>From niece Rosalie Murdock &#8211; Song makes me think of Horace; in his honor: Day is Done<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter, Paul and Mary - Day Is Done\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UrunpqtcIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Card with Navajo prayer from Geoffrey Brahmer<\/strong><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horaceseldon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gbrahmer-navajo-prayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"2684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horaceseldon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gbrahmer-navajo-prayer.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.horaceseldon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gbrahmer-navajo-prayer-54x300.jpg 54w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>From a Navajo prayer<\/strong><br \/>Blessed was your walk<br \/>Blessed is your walk<br \/>Blessed be the road ahead<br \/>Blessed be your walk<br \/>Blessed by the road behind you<br \/>Blessed be your holy walk<br \/>The sky above you is holy<br \/>Blessed be your walk<br \/>The road to the north is blessed<br \/>Blessed be your walk<br \/>And the road to the east, west &amp; 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