We Are Light

This is a song I wrote to the beautiful words of a poem by Sara Teasdale.

Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.

I am the pool of blue
That worships the vivid sky;
My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.

I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies--
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.

Peace (Sara Teasdale)

The wonderful and expert guitarist Frank Buchanan came up with a beautiful jazzy guitar part to this song that I wrote in 2011.

No Answer

Poem by John Bunyan (1628-1688). Music written by Dent-de-Lion du Midi. Vocals by Jeffri Lynn. Painting by Thomas Cole (1801-1848).

Who would true Valour see
Let him come hither;   
One here will Constant be,   
Come Wind, come Weather.   
There's no Discouragement,
Shall make him once Relent,
His first avow'd Intent,
To be a Pilgrim.

Who so beset him round,
With dismal Storys,
Do but themselves Confound;   
His Strength the more is.
No Lyon can him fright,
He'l with a Gyant Fight,
But he will have a right,
To be a Pilgrim.

Hobgoblin, nor foul Fiend,
Can daunt his Spirit:
He knows, he at the end,
Shall Life Inherit.
Then Fancies fly away,   
He'l fear not what men say,   
He'l labour Night and Day,
To be a Pilgrim. 

To Be A Pilgrim

Music by Dent-de-Lion du Midi, Vocals by Jeffri Lynn, Poem by Xue Tao (768-831 AD)

Flowers bloom:
no one
to enjoy them with.

Flowers fall:
no one
with whom to grieve.

I wonder when love's
longings
stir us most-

when flowers bloom,
or when flowers fall?

Gazing At Spring

Jeffri Lynn singing the solo for Laudate Dominum by Mozart with the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers.

Laudate Dominum with Southern Oregon Repertory Singers

O My Luve's Like A Red, Red Rose

Graceful Release

Jeffri Lynn singing Ave Maris Stella, composed by Mark Thomas, with the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers.

Ave Maris Stella

Rahb Callahan on the Divinitron, and myself on vocals. Improvisation. Headphones or good speakers are advised. Painting: September Morn by Paul Émile Chabas.