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Text by Rumi.
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circle of surface flames
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Inspired in part by my deep reading of the poetry and essays of modern Greek poet Odysseas Elytis.
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horse at breath
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This is my poem that inspired the making of this music:
horse at breath
The light comes from somewhere,
though the drizzle conceals. Perhaps
a farmhouse at the end of the road.
Pelt silvered with dew, the motionless horse
looms out of the mist,
a rock suddenly noticed, yet always there.
It’s strange that the eye sees first.
He doesn’t move, head bowed low,
but his breath steams in the dusk.
He is dreaming of winter apples,
of the phantom pocketed sugarcube,
the satisfaction of new hay.
There’s a barn somewhere, though he needs it
only from human habit.
His opened heart is a river; the whole field is his mare.
Her muzzle-caress almost visible,
they stand in the drizzle, breathing.
© AP Durkee. All Rights Reserved.
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when seafloor is ceiling
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Text from Rumi.
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Arthur Durkee Ann Arbor, Michigan
Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more
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