The first in a trio of songs for soprano. Thanks to Giselle Beuscher and David Brickeen for playing this!

Sea Poppies by Hildegard Doolittle

Amber husk
fluted with gold,
fruit on the sand
marked with a rich grain,

treasure
spilled near the shrub-pines
to bleach on the boulders:

your stalk has caught root
among wet pebbles
and drift flung by the sea
and grated shells
and split conch-shells.

Beautiful, wide-spread,
fire upon leaf,
what meadow yields
so fragrant a leaf
as your bright leaf?

Sea Poppies

I write music.

BM in Music Composition from UCF

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Sea Poppies

Peter DeVita