Headphone-bound, children sing as I round the corner. The nonchalance of late morning traffic greets a flutter of flight – black and white feathers – painting the street in uncontrolled strokes: a rise, a swoop, a leap, a fall. Ballet-graced, yet deadly in its implications: too wild, too close to the turmoil of wheels.Continue reading “Music for children’s choir”
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Prayers of Intercession (Cornucopia of Heaven)
Prayers of Intercession After Felix Mendelssohn, “Veni Domine, Op.39” Veni Domine, et noli tardare. Come, Lord, and do not delay. (Traditional prayer) With empty horn and plaintive voice: Veni domine, we cry. Sunk in mire, sunk in self: Et noli tardare. Our earth is cracked, our reservoirs dry: Veni domine,Continue reading “Prayers of Intercession (Cornucopia of Heaven)”
Psalm: Come… (The Cornucopia of Heaven)
Psalm: Come… After Felix Mendelssohn, “Der 95. Psalm: Komm, laßt uns anbeten”
The Consolations of Writing 