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Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

— Dannie Abse Poem Song for Dov Shamir in: Dannie Abse (1963)

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Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Encounter at a greyhound bus station (1986)

And silence matched the silence under snow.

Poem In the theatre; Quoted in: Tony Curtis (1985)

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely,
But not when it ripens in a tumour.
And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike,
In limbs that fester are not springlike.

Poem The Pathology of Colours in: Dannie Abse (1981)

You sod, Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

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