Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future: A Traveller Arrives in Arezzo
...The sun on this September afternoon
is not quite what it might have been in June,
but hot enough. My barman’s chatting on,
while somewhere, some lopsided carillon
is clanging tunelessly. I’m in t...
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Categories:
carillon, future, remember,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Maestro - POTD
...Maestro – 4-23-24
Dedicated to Dr. Stanley Chapple. Co-founder of Tanglewood. Conductor of the London Philharmonic. Head of the Music School University of Washington. Conductor of the University...
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Categories:
carillon, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Bells
...Bells
Solitary heart, newborn in brooding silence,
Steps on a cluttered path
Through elms and boughs of broken limbs,
In a pungent, evergreen hush
Absent of astral cacophony
That falls like ...
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Categories:
carillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
BELLS
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From the smallest of handbells to bells that are heavy,
bells of all types make a large bevy.
Small bells are often the tinkling kind
like decorative ones in some stores we find.
There are ...
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Categories:
carillon, analogy,
Form: Couplet
BELLS RINGING
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Bells ringing off and on
or all on a sudden !
Bells to alert ! Whatever :
Call of classes or shows to st...
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Categories:
carillon, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
For All I Have Failed To Be
...You might not remember; it was so long ago.
Our memories devise tricks to flush away pain.
But I walk here in the alleys of remorse
During the darkening final days of the year.
I seek to atone ...
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Categories:
carillon, allegory, chanukah, christmas, december,
Form: Didactic
Massacre At William Henry, Part I
...Young Ned was only sixteen years old when
they called for the militia to come again,
having warred with the French for three years now,
and raids had terrified the frontier towns.
But Britain n...
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Categories:
carillon, america, conflict, courage, history,
Form: Epic
Dazzle
...Prismatic beams
flashing bright
red and orange
blue and green
Crystal wings
so quickly move
as butterflies
to flowers go
blossoms of
rubies carved
sapphires too
glow in the light
eme...
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Categories:
carillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
carillon, fire, hope, music,
Form: Free verse
Moonstruck
...The roundness of a drop of water
keeps me stuck on spin,
no flat earth could wash so cleanly.
The moon could be hollow,
it rings like a bell when struck.
I study bells and their carved-out emp...
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Categories:
carillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Boy At Ticonderoga, Part I
...Duncan was a young British soldier,
new recruit at fifteen years of age,
a good lad who followed his orders,
he was a fifer who liked to play,
his tunes directed men in the field,
the Blackwatch...
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Categories:
carillon, america, conflict, confusion, death,
Form: Epic
Outcast Orphan
...Orphan - Outcast
Orphan – outcast –
Cast out on a cold night
Looks through crystal windows
At a gala –
Shut out with a
Stamp of banish
Crimson mark
Pizzicatos of dishonor
D...
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Categories:
carillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Thank You For the Music - Coda
...Thank You for the Music - Coda
Companion on my journey
Abided with me
In the anthems of delicate dawn -
Mornings of mauve and lilac light,
Octaves of afternoons in amber reflection,
Serenade...
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Categories:
carillon, life, music,
Form: Free verse
Rain-Drenched Hair
...RAIN-DRENCHED HAIR
As the melting clouds descend on you,
and its luster flows on strands of ebony,
why rave rapture drenches, you’ve no clue.
As the melting cl...
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Categories:
carillon, analogy, beautiful, hair, rain,
Form: Triolet
March 10 2019 Daylight Saving Time Starts
...March 10, 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Starts
The homey nimble storied wisdom of
Benjamin Franklin still
admired during hour time,
especially noteworthy, for slime
molds, the second Sunday of M...
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Categories:
carillon, appreciation, change, confusion, earth,
Form: Free verse
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