This is a real delight cara! Like superglue it sticks straight-away. One of
those little poems that's also durable enough to lurk in the memory for
years and years, probably springing up to astonish me as much as now
whenever it feels the need.
I find the only couplet that doesn't flow for me is the
"hallucinogenics, mathematics
descant and aria"
one - because I can't make the link between the things you mention that I
can make between the things in the other couplets - there may be connectives
between all four but I can't see them.
I'm also intrigued by the words "lighthouse beam" and, when I next find
someone who remembers far more music than me, and who's heard far more music
than me, I'll ask them what the words bring to mind for them... (but not
knowing such detail isn't a problem - because I sense it must mean as much
as the other things in the stanza that refer to particular pieces of music!
I also wonder if it needs the CAPS for the words "and mix" because that's
the verb and it gets stressed anyway.
Bob
>From: cara may <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: TAKE...
>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:55:29 +0000
>
>-- TAKE...
>
>
>
> birdsong and falling water
> cockcrow and lapping wave
>
> folksong and working ditty
> nursery rhyme and skipping game
>
> bell-peal, ceremonial gunfire
> fireworks and lighthouse beam
>
> galliard, pavane, quadrille
> fox-trot, Charlston, rock and roll
>
> tin-whistle, stately harp
> synthesiser, rave guitar
>
> hallucinogenics, mathematics
> descant and aria
>
> AND MIX to taste
> these roots and fruits
>
> of music
>
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