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I really enjoyed that, Max. Just the right tone and forword thinking ... Andrew <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On 9 June 2016 at 02:37, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Max are you still in the NZ army ?resident poet??cheers P > > -----Original Message----- From: Max Richards > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 3:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: 'In Full Flight with Kit' > > > 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 > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ Books available through Walleah Press http://walleahpress.com.au