dawn, a fine rain
1 october 2012
dawn a fine
rain across
the valley
in streetlights
fixed as if
on seams of
coal in a
miner’s dream
everything
brought
to the surface
in rain
the valley
crackling with
birdsong
jasmine flowers
shining in the
ample wet
on scoria.
Copyright ©2012 Peter Le Baige. All Rights Reserved
The music is from the second (Allegretto in A major) of Scriabin’s 2 nocturnes (Opus 5), and interpreted here by pianist Gordon Fergus-Thompson.
for Keikei
miracle
for Keikei & inspired by e.e. cumming’s
‘I carry your heart with me’
i do not
wish to know
you were the
miracle after
the event
years later
where time
dries out
and we are
only the shadow
marks of its
passing,
mute as
stars
know you
were it
the promise
unkept
such a bitter
vine would
split this
heart in two.
no, let me
know you are
the miracle
my dear
dearest one
by the simplest
of smiles
your hand
at hand in
mine, that
this is the
very truth
the very
miracle
that almost
dangerous
burst of
heart in
knowing
you are it
my love
the miracle
of now
of ever
briefly
now the
breadth of
breath and
monarch
wing
the
dangerous
saying of
love
26 july 2016
Copyright © 2016 Peter Le Baige. All Rights Reserved
The music is from the Andante movement of Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K.421, recorded here in a live studio setting by the Abeo Quartet.
