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Thread #43753   Message #3757260
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Farwell
10-Dec-15 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pogo's Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pogo's Songs
[ this is in response to a post by Jeff Danziger, back in Oct '07 ]

"There's a star in the wind and the wind winds high...."

I agree. Porky's gentle song is lovely and poignant. Virtually all of Kelly's writings had at least a hint of humor or satire, but not that perfect little poem. It is soft and simple, as fragile as an April wildflower, and there is only wistful longing. I had not realized that it was written for a daughter who had died very young.

God, I miss Walt Kelly.