Vaughn williams on a hot day

Thoughts about hearing VW's Fantassy on a theme of ThomasTallis in the middle of a heat wave. Was unsure if I ever concluded this piece there are so many ways it can go.

                   

 

                             Drifting through the unfair heat     

                             Of my rooms shaded failure

                             Moved by an old familiar

                             Back to a then time before

 

                             Which haunted the tweed stuff fabric

                             Worn by childhood innocence

                             Patriarch obedient

                             About some old rectory

 

                            Across the mirage ripple

                            The unsure meadow listens

                  The millrun rushes apace

                  Repeating some spoken world

 

                  And the silent bough silent

                  The broken bridge awaits

                  On the mutual dialogue

                  With the passage of water

 

                  Here in the now of bowed strings

                  Walking this re-tinted land

                  The silver nitrate pose

                  In forever Elysium

 

                  Fixed into the past fabric

                  By the starch of privilege

                  Idling in a piece of peace

                 The ache of their oblivion

Reviews

[emmajoy]

' Across the mirage ripple - The unsure meadow listens - The millrun rushes apace - Repeating some spoken world .. '

Your words and their kin echo the truly glorious Thomas Tallis theme. Each word and each note is beautiful - magical everything in which to soak. Please leave your poem as it is - in peace and yet more peace.

https://youtu.be/ihx5LCF1yJY

[Michael Oliver]

Thank you for your review - I heatened that you got something form it - as I implied the ending is a bit reaggedy I would like a bit more Edwardain polish may be one day

[emmajoy]

I got far more than 'something' from it, your words and that beautiful music truly compliment one another. After ten years in here I'm still trying to add meter to my posts!

[Michael Oliver]

Be yourself - it is the only way - reveal your inner truth in your own way

[emmajoy]

I do, always have! Tis said that if you wear someone else's coat, you inevitable lose the buttons!

[Michael Oliver]

Very true but sometimes it is helpful to put on their clothes to see how they suit you

[emmajoy]

I don't wear top hats or gaiters!