Archive for the ‘Sympathy Poems’ Category

A Study In Feeling by Ellis Parker Butler

To be a great musician you must be a man of moods,
You have to be, to understand sonatas and etudes.
To execute pianos and to fiddle with success,
With sympathy and feeling …

Sympathy Poem

I thought I saw your face today,
in the sparkle of the morning sun.
And then I heard the angel say,
“Their work on earth is done.”
I thought I heard your voice today,
then …