Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Variation on a Theme. Limits Even on a calm day if you remain quiet and hold your breath you still will not be able to hear the singing of the clouds. So wrote Billy Collins And I added: Yes, even the cumulonimbus is silent-- It is the accompanying thunder, Caused by the piercing lightening That cries out with the opening theme Of the Fifth Symphony. (Billy Collins, Musical Tables, 2022.) Frank Maurer 7 January 2024 1850 Hours.