Hi Mike,
I understand the intention here. I'm not sure it's entirely successful. My
feeling is that the two entities would be better as separate poems. Of the
two I'd prefer the Mozart piece which has a slight sonnet feel to it and
would stand very well as an individual poem.
bw
James
>From: Mike Horwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: New sub: Counterpoint
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:42:13 +0200
>
>Counterpoint
>
>They say a statue of the Virgin Mary
>wept blood the other day.
>This event has unleashed
>an unusual degree of unrest.
>
>They say there is a room in Vienna
>where Mozart worked,
>untouched by daily concerns,
>surrounded by domestic muddle;
>his chair, a table, a candlestick
>that had belonged to his mother
>in which a candle flickers,
>and his wife, as enigmatic as
>himself, while he arranges
>piano fugues by Bach
>for a string quartet,
>his mind absorbed by the task
>of making himself the perfect vessel
>to echo through the ages.
>
>The clamour over the Virginīs image
>clatters through the day
>amid speculation of jiggery-pokery.
>But the papers carry a full account
>a point that inspires no wonder, no hope, no comment.
>Please make way for the Pope,
>accompanied by the President.
>
>
>
>Mike
>
>
>
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