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Mourning Dove

by Emily Johannes

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You've probably heard a mourning dove call before. This is a song about that call. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNljd7R1f8 The song contains brief references to Emily Dickinson, E.E. Cummings, and draws some inspiration from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 21.

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Good morning, mourning dove.
Are you singing for lost love?
Or are there bright memories
in your melody so sweet?

When I hear your song
can't help but sing along.
Oh, these notes written on your heart
welcome each new day's start.

Does sorrow fill your cry
or thanks for this blue dream of sky?
Is hope a feathered thing
that perches in your soul and sings?

When I hear your song
Can't help but sing along.
Oh, these notes written on your heart
begin to fade as the night grows dark.

Good evening, mourning dove.
Though it's quiet up above,
I'll listen up for your reply
as you announce the morning light.

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released March 4, 2016

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