Excellent poem, Janice. Excellent!
I have performed Finlandia many times and love it. I saw that youtube a couple of months ago (and just watched it again). The most exciting scene among all the beautiful moments are those fledgling ducks (starting around 3:35), risking life and wing leaping from a hollow at the top of a lofty tree to get to the lake. Also, just before that, the young bear scratching his back on a tree trunk is humorous. The nature footage throughout is spectacular, especially that osprey at the end diving into the water.
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