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Poetic Thoughts - Leonard Bernstein - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: May 10, 2019

While watching a PBS special on Leonard Bernstein I was taken aback by the emotion he displayed while conducting. He seemed to experience dramatic catharsis from the music. This is my catharsis from his catharsis:
enerving
2 touch
1 nerve
to wring
the tension
of the soul
out like
a sponge
full of
tears
C.W. Pruitt II
Sept. 6, 2006
cw@broadripplegazette.com