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Category: Arts & Entertainment / Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Music • Tribute, Testimony
The Tenor of Our Grief
Posted: September 9, 2007
A Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti…
The phantom of the opera
holds a mask that hides his tears
A trio has become a sad duet.
The big man with the giant voice
who taught the world to sing
is silent. Pavarotti now is dead.
Those lyrics few could stomach,
Luciano brought to life.
Like a circus clown,
his singing coaxed a smile.
Opera music gained a hearing.
Like a rock star he found fame
though his weight and marriage failures
proved a trial.
Luciano, how we loved you.
No one else can take your place.
May you find in death God's mercy
on your soul.
With a voice that tempted angels,
you brought Heaven down to earth.
Now it's time to sing God's praises
loud and full.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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