sounds of Detroit
Detroit Mass Choir, “The Storm Is Passing Over” (C. Tindley, D. Vails), live, Detroit, 2001
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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No matter how hard
I try, I can’t stop thinking
of my old village—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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President Barack Obama, funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Charleston, S.C., 6/26/15
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
El Greco (aka Doménikos Theotokópoulos, 1541-1614), The Holy Face (From Santo Domingo el Antiguo), 1577-79
timeless
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “God Don’t Never Change,” 1929
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last,” live, published 2014
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Clouds of Heaven (United House of Prayer), live, Charlotte, N.C., 2014
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other day, Chicago
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B.T.U. Specials, “God’s Got a Blessing for You”
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other day, Chicago
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Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013
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other day, Chicago
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Dusk of the year
Nightfalling leaves
More than we knew
Abounded on trees
We now see through—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Leavetaking”
alone
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)
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this morning, Chicago
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to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
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United House of Prayer band, “Made a Way,” live, 2020
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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