Duet

Voice of eagle,Voice of larklace-likerising through a skyagainst storm clouds darkand brilliant-edgedthe silver dashing rainabout to fall… Harmonics risingbuilding vastrelentless out of the mighty stones:deep thundernot of clouded skiesbut from earth’s very heartresounds… Bright song piercescrying angel-high;God-profundoout of abyssal silencesuddenlywas always there… Duet sublimeas Life and Deathare One. May 2011 CL Reddingrevisions 2024

Music of Childhood

I’ve just inherited my father’s record collection, and the slightly archaic device on which to play them–Hurrah! In fact, I was thinking sadly only a couple of weeks back about how much of the music I grew up with–ethnic and folk–simply isn’t played anymore, and that I could only hear, distantly, the echoes remaining in …