<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560483" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Khoral Kathy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">for my choral mentor, Kathryn Smith Bowers <br>in celebration of her 60th birthday</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah yes dearest Kathryn –<br>Like Dorothy sprung from Kansas soil<br>always a frequent flyer<br>even without a plane.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She has a simple plan<br>to seize the core of a song: <br>If you wish to tap the essence<br>of why a Hungarian sings<br>It’s easy: <br>just pack your bags and go<br>to where his song was born.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What makes a motet Scandanavian<br>or Deutsch or Italiano? <br>Piece of cake: <br>just book your flight<br>to hear the music ring<br>in concert halls and cathedral naves<br>and survey the hills with a glass<br>of the local grape in hand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what makes a dapper engineer<br>suddenly find his heart<br>wedged high in his throat? <br>Nothing simpler: <br>just compose a Christmas hymn<br>with 'David' inscribed on its title page.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So now Kathy books flights for two<br>with a man who was born to fly<br>and returns to show young singers<br>how to soar to lands across the seas<br>even without a plane.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">February 1, 2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Charles+Howard">Robert Charles Howard</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560483" data-title="Khoral Kathy de Robert Charles Howard" data-description="for my choral mentor, Kathryn Smith Bowers in celebration of her 60th birthday Ah yes dearest Kathryn – Like Dorothy sprung from Kansas soil always a frequent flyer even without a plane. She has a simple plan to seize the core of a song: If ..."></div> </div> </div>

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