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    High-quality limited edition hardbound artbook with John William Carroll's poems typeset and 13 original illustrations by Reuben Butchart. Book contains over 32 pages and compact disk.

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lyrics

(Selected lines of José Martí
translated by John William Carroll)

A sincere man am I,
from where the palm trees grow.
And I only want, before I die,
my poems of the soul to sow.

I come from all parts,
going everywhere.
I am art among the arts.
In the forest,
I am forest there.

Over land and sea
I hear a sigh shake.
And, it is no sigh; it is he,
my son about to wake.

I want to cast my fortunes
with the poor in the high country.
The brook that tills the mountains
is more to me than the sea.

All is beauty unchanging,
all is music and right,
and all is dark as coal
'till the diamond wakes to the light.

My verse is green – pure and clear
with a flag's flash flame red.
My verse is a wounded dear
seeking trees that will shelter her head.

Versos sencillos de José Martí.
Versos sinceros de José Martí.

©2011 John William Carroll

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from Nameless and Awake: Eight Poems by John William Carroll, released January 1, 2012
John Carroll: Poem
Reuben Butchart: Voice, Piano
John Bollinger: Drums
Matt Darriau: Alto Saxophone
Jason DiMatteo: Acoutic Bass
Katie Down: Flute
Peter Hess: Percussion
Kevin McWha Steele: Voice
Maxim Moston: Violin

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