FLORALS was written for Soprano Elizabeth McDonald in the fall of 2009 while I was away with my husband in Cambridge, UK. Thanks to a keyboard donation from a London astronomer and Elizabeth’s e-mail comments, encouragements and careful warnings, I was off and running. M.H. Duncan

DOUBLE-RED DAISIES, poetry by Robert Graves, Level 10 –  the antics of a jealous gardener
FIRE-FLOWERS, poetry by E. Pauline Johnson, CSCalg Level 10 –  grief and joyous rebirth.
THE DAISY, poetry by Rennell Rodd, CSCalg Level 9 –  a hypnotic miniature.
WILD ASTERS, poetry by Marjorie Pickthall, Level 10 –  written in Ediburgh, so an interesting mix of Canadian and Scottish landscape
FLOWERING, poetry by Carla Hartsfield, CSCalg Level 10 –  a tango of betrayal.

CSCalg: Contemporary Showcase Calgary

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