it's never too early for mother's day

pearlmutt

my mother introduced me to the work of Smetana. On a trip to a river. She didn't play anything for me, just told me about him and then months after I'd forgotten about the trip and the composer, she gave me a cd.

So, for my mom.

Smetana's mother tongue

This is water.
Your story
is one of water.

Ripples and dappled light,
bubbles and gurgles,
my mother is this river
speaking in her native tongue.

Ma Vlast, Smetana
my mother's second language
is German.

This river
my mother's country
Smetana and sunlight
Ma Vlast
symphonic poems
Vltava
(Moldau)

My mother's first language
is music.