That you could move into a dream so desired, & then catch its maneuvers, makes for a delightful little poem, Max. To be wished.
Doug
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In Full Flight with Kit
> [NZ-Swiss composer]*
>
> We’re in a small plane over
> the White Cliffs of Dover,
> Kit and I. Can we land
> in Hyde Park and
> walk to the Albert Hall
>
> where a huge choir all
> in white robes will
> sing his new anthem
> for his eightieth?
> (Yet that’s next year,
>
> like mine, choir or no choir.)
> I sent him clever words
> which he has now set,
> but no way will we get
> permission to land.
>
> Hyde Park - unplanned!
> Ah well, it was grand
> to have our reunion
> after all these years,
> even if only mid-air.
>
> I seem to be fading away.
> Kit’s already said goodbye
> and made safe exit
> by silken parachute
> back amongst the Swiss.
>
> I do quietly note
> how I've abandoned
> without shame on my part
> to whatever surreal fate
> all the choral grandness
>
> and the grand organist
> Kit was to conduct, all
> suspended from their
> intended full spate
> at the Albert Hall…
>
> If I just close my eyes
> I should soon be back in bed.
> The cliffs evaporate
> that looked so white
> and small, safe and neat.
>
> *Kit and I met in the NZ army, lost touch with
> each other till recently…
>
> http://kitpowell.ch/Welcome.html
>
> http://kitpowell.ch/Works_with_Michael_Harlow.html
Douglas Barbour
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