Contributor: Jane Briganti

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A cascade of tears
for pains in the past
sadness pours from within
Beethoven soothes the heart

A bleeding soul
stabbed by love
weighted with regret
Mozart heals the wounds

A lifeless body
abandoned and bleak
falls from shattered dreams
Stravinsky awakens hope

Melodic overtures
avenging times of strife
tranquility ascends
Everything is better with music


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A Native New Yorker, her poetry expresses her thoughts about life, love, nature and human emotion.