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Description: "should be" is my setting of the poem “Ars Poetica” by Archibald Macleish. The poem is an old favorite. My setting features piano and narration in addition to delicate electronic explorations.

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"should be" is my setting of the poem “Ars Poetica” by Archibald Macleish. The poem is an old favorite. My setting features piano and narration in addition to delicate electronic explorations.

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Ars Poetica
By Archibald Macleish

A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.
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A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,

Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind—

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.
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A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—

A poem should not mean
But be.

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released January 13, 2021

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Nicole Brancato New York, New York

Nicole is a "brilliant" composer and "piano virtuoso" with "impressive, immense talent." (New York Mag, The Daily Gazette, Connect Savannah) “A pianist like no other” (Atención San Miguel), Nicole is fascinated with contemporary expressions of our shared human experience. The NYC-based pianist merges curation, composition, and performance in collaborations across the arts. ... more

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