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WE PITY THE BLIND
(1989)

Sightless creatures
Hunt with precision
On the sea-bed roof
Of the earth’s deep crust
I stalk you with body-vision In the dark bed-ocean
As hunt I must

With blade of the mind’s eye
Sharpened and honed
Touch the sounds of love
Taste the scent that is yours
And yours alone
Only to know
That ‘senseless’ stone
Can hear the stars
Taste the wind,
Touch distant water
And pleasure its skin

Every surface of every being
Serves as the world’s eye
The world’s mind

And yet
We pity the blind

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from Love Unbidden - love poems for Irene, released June 26, 2020

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Peggy is one of the most influential folk singers on either side of the Atlantic. She is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter; her first life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her. She has made more than 22 solo recordings to date. Please check ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com for other albums featuring Peggy. ... more

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