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Star Stories

from Summon the Sun by Crosscurrents Music

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It was a frosty night after a wassailing party, standing in a dirt driveway with the ridges of the frozen earth beneath my boots.

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Music was still ringing in my ears
As I stepped out under the stars.

Silence.
Sudden silence.
Black, and frost, and midnight.
Just the wheel of the world going round
Over my head.
Just space.

Black space, like rhythm.
The space between the notes.
The breath before the song.
Huge space, big as an indrawn breath.

Stars shape the space into stories.
Sword of Orion.
The dancing Bull.
Seven shining Sisters, snowflakes clustered as a chord.
Sickle Leo, curving mane into a crown.
Betelgeuse pulses wise as the wassail fire,
Burns bright as the Fool's wild heart.

The stories hang there in the stars.
Draw breath at midnight,
And feel them catch
In midwinter's throat.

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from Summon the Sun, released December 2, 2020

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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA).
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