"Otherwise" by Jane Kenyon - A Poetic Vision

A reading of the poem "Otherwise" as a small, independent video of mine.
In memory of Jane Kenyon, a great American poet on this earth until leukaemia told her otherwise. Happy Christmas to all!


I got out of bed
on two strong legs.
It might have been
otherwise. I ate
cereal, sweet
milk, ripe, flawless
peach. It might
have been otherwise.
I took the dog uphill
to the birch wood.
All morning I did
the work I love.

At noon I lay down
with my mate. It might
have been otherwise.
We ate dinner together
at a table with silver
candlesticks. It might
have been otherwise.
I slept in a bed
in a room with paintings
on the walls, and
planned another day
just like this day.
But one day, I know,
it will be otherwise.
(Jane Kenyon, Post-mortem 1996)

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Music:
"Bring The Dill" by Aural Night (CC-BY-NC-ND) http://www.jamendo.com/
"Sweeter Vermouth" by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY) http://incompetech.com/

Stock footage:
Dave Dougdale's wine footage from http://www.learningdslrvideo.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4gZ3Fxjn_w

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• Jane Kenyon
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[PoetryETrain]

Thanks, This has been added to our playlists here, and on facebook, :)