{"id":407017,"date":"2024-03-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=407017"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Vernal-equinox-The-arrival-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Vernal-equinox-The-arrival-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernal equinox: The arrival of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"


Spring<\/p>\n

Fr\u00fchlingsstimmen: Spring Voices<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

(A waltz composed by Johann Strauss II, 1882)<\/em><\/p>\n

The lark rises into blue heights<\/p>\n

the warm wind blows softly;<\/p>\n

its blissful mild breath revives<\/p>\n

and kisses the fields and meadows.<\/p>\n

Spring awakens in beauteous splendor,<\/p>\n

let all suffering now end,<\/p>\n

all grief has flown far away!<\/p>\n

Sorrow grows fainter as joyful sights<\/p>\n

and a belief in happiness return.<\/p>\n

Sunlight, now break through!<\/p>\n

Everything laughs, everything awakens!\u201d<\/p>\n

Music Insouciance In Situ<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

Music in Spring life starts to swing<\/p>\n

Music in your ear brains shift a gear<\/p>\n

Music in words in 4ths 5ths and 3rds<\/p>\n

Music in sentences in choral cadences<\/p>\n

Music in your mind time to unwind<\/p>\n

Music in your head more to be said<\/p>\n

Musical forms in Baroque norms<\/p>\n

Musical widths in jazz bars and 5ths<\/p>\n

Music in your feet waltzing is sweet<\/p>\n

Music in your arms with all its charms<\/p>\n

Music in your hands clap with bands<\/p>\n

Musical movie all dancing groovy<\/p>\n

Music from the past determined to last<\/p>\n

Music comes soon from sunrise to moon.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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