I am Boulez

By hilary west

Fri, 27 Jul 2012
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I am the Bird of Paradise
In a tropical galaxy,
A space angel on an arpeggio orbit.
Metallica stars burn like fire,
And there is a gleaming twinkle of glass moons.
Suddenly I am twitter punctuation,
And my ride of phrases
Ends with a soda pop bottle top.
I am a revolving mirror,
Pluralising my images
Until everywhere the harmony of the world
Sounds my name.
A timbre of violin,
A rush of percussion,
Meet in a brittleness of tone
On my rainbow spectrum.
I am a prism flashing light
Through the sun of creation,
I am the world,
The transfiguring tones of modernity.

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
A wonderful 'word picture' you created here, hilary. Very much enjoyed. Tina;-)

 

Submitted by hilary west on
Thanks for your comments, SSS. I heard Anthemes 2 by the composer last week on the proms and this is what the music suggested, particularly the 'soda pop bottle top' at the end of his phrases.