- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Chamber Music
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Stately chords, then
waltzing triads
to rippling, bright cascades
of single notes, fanned out
across the moment -
time defined in thirds
and fourths like
a proud charger running or
slow waves breaking on
a coral beach; and insects
dancing on a hot
deserted afternoon
till gradually,
insidiously, the key
changes. A high strain’s
slowly descending:
there’s a cold wind
in the leafless trees
that dies to a whisper;
the rustling of sheep
cropping the frosty grass.
- COMMENTS
DawnJalmost 12 years agoIt occurs to me that you, sir, are blessed with an "ear" not only for music, but for the music of words!
greenmountaineeralmost 12 years agoAnother good one, Demure. Just a thought: Given the title, there's more music in my mind with "proud chargers" instead of "a proud charger" The key for me is the beat in the last word before the enjambment. If a line ends with an iamb, I'd start the next with an iamb. I don't know if it was intentional or intuitive on your part, but the variation in beat where "the key/changes" is wonderful, given that the emphasis changes. "the key" is iambic and "changes" is trochaic.
