Welcome,
Michael.
Thanks for that combo,
John; very much enjoyed. I like 'the wheeling seasons' and 'burn my heart to cinders' as imaginative and emotional responses to the musical performance; the final stanza has a strong ending.
I've thought of another combo I could do, to a trance track, but I haven't found the exact mix yet. Well, Brother Adrian of the Rave Shed might be able to help me
In the meantime, here's my poem 'Upton Sticks', just tweaked a little earlier today. This is one of Happenstance's more aggressive dances, and the poem was inspired by their performance during a Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway war commemoration event back in 2014. What a long time ago that seems today. I couldn't find a recording of it, but I'll look again tomorrow 👍
Upton Sticks
Full uniformed, they stand and scowl,
contesting threats with grimaced growl,
their weaponry awaiting shout
to thrust both sides to raucous rout;
the signal sounds and all advance
on fearless feet in potent prance,
encircling enemies awhile,
with fiery eyes and scornful smile;
and then –
thwack-thwack! – the stalwart six
wage Cotswold war of striking sticks,
with weaving windmill all around
the entertaining battle ground;
ragged reports in echoes tell
of flooded fields where fighters fell,
accompanied by rising wails
as steam trains pass their ghostly trails;
yet this is not a dance to death,
to end exhaling broken breath,
instead all finish gleefully
in time of camaraderie.
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I wouldn't post this on Met; it's more of an F&F (friends and family)
