Tall Bog Onions at Holly Brook (Allium validum),
highly edible & most prized by the members of
the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery,
Eagle Cap Wilderness . . .
Tall Bog Onions at Holly Brook (Allium validum),
highly edible & most prized by the members of
the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery,
Eagle Cap Wilderness . . .
THIS DIFFERENCE OF BUT A HALF A STEP
Bright Father Sun on light granite,
a major key ascending
beyond the highest peaks,
beyond the most distant stars.
A cloud passes by with misty rain . . .
And instantly, all changes to shades of
gray, of wet, dark, volcanic rock,
a minor key descending
with roots to the middle
of the Earth.
The happy, and the melancholy,
two sides of but one movement . . .
How could I ever choose?
O gods of this audible landscape,
forgive us that we no longer sing,
that we no longer ponder,
this difference of but a half a step.
O Mystery of Creation!
My Lyre of Peace! Be forever tuned
and tempered to both.
Muir Lake,
Eagle Cap Wilderness,
Oregon, IX.12.2008| download mp3 THIS DIFFERENCE OF BUT HALF A STEP |
| download pdf of score of my harp music featured, THE LITTLE TRIANGLE |
The avian soloist featured above is the Old World Blackbird (Turdus merula),
related to the NA Swainson, Hermit & Spirit Thrushes, and
the European musican of musicans.
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and the best of classical music together. The sonosphere—the
sea of sounds which surrounds—deserves as much attention and
care as our water and air!
