An Unusual Spectacle
Depiction of possible aurora over Nuremberg, Germany 28 December 1560 Above the rooftop The Moon suspended Her gleaming mask Waning gibbous And there was dancing Beneath the Roman tiles For the ceiling as the floor Both planed from wood For a song dispersed To a bashful heart Carries a note Of just-pressed wine The stanza lingers Among billowing folds A forgotten message Pleads a whispered escape Wrapped in fleeting gauze A nimbus hovering O’er the distracted gaze Of your hidden eyes While the flickering tongues Of burning embers Soften the nature Of unyielding destiny A hypnotic trance Inhabits a darkened plum Your words echo sotte voce Under the spell of El Condór...
Read MoreA Cello in My Ear
Antique handmade miniature cello Martin Cullier, Paris – 1907 A cosmic string Drawn out and vibrating A deepening tone Filling my left ear I listen to your words A murmurous hush Held against The ebony fingerboard Your voice draping softly A sonorous arco Touching my face With mellow resonance The euphonious cadence Of a rhythmic dilation Brings the cello song To prominence LiNdA
Read MoreSonata
With grave intent, you enter within A solemn introduction To the art of love And then to given to Contentment of peaceful passages Until once more, Tragic and discordant, The crescendo plays out LiNdA On a trip up to Northern California this past month, I visited friends who have on their property this old burnt out house that was built earlier in the century. Whilst exploring and peeking through the broken glass and the brambles that have taken over, I came upon this piano from 1857, still exquisitely beautiful.
Read MoreF minor
My fingers drawn to a pattern of flats, four to be exact, a melancholy progression with a few dramatic suggestions thrown in for good measure . . .
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