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    Milan, 1497

    Chiaroscuro of light and shadow compromised by time's attrition, disciples' faces, pathos of the master foreseeing betrayal of his mission.

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    The Sea

    I do not love the sea, humankind lives by breathing air. The oceans are deep, we do not belong there, engulfed in its depths we die.

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    From The Earth

    A great dark ocean lies beneath us, a sea we draw upon from primal living things, life's essence we extort from rock formations deep down.

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    Night

    The earth is turning and now we face the deep of darkness, but for moon and enigmatic stars beyond, strange stars that pose eternal questions.

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  • Music

    Neurons

    Instruments tuned, all are ready with ears and eyes, hands and hearts, each member a talent, an outcome of tutelage, devotion, diligence,

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  • Music

    Elgar at Birchwood

    Horse-drawn over country they arrived, man with the nation's music in his head,

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    Pipe and String

    Push the heavy door, enter into warmth, pass amongst the waiting folk seated in their pews,

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  • The World

    Birds at Dusk

    There is quiet, the sun has gone down. We are at dusk, and now they come.

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  • The World

    The Night Wind

    Like a soft drum roll or a bass recorder, the rising moan of a night time wind

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  • The World

    What is Heard

    For now, words drive us. In this tower of Babel, voices heave in torrents,

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  • Spirit

    Pieta

    My favourite in this statued building, though not viewed without emotion, the mother's bowed head,

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  • Spirit

    Spire

    On a hill, a bell. Candles quietly lit. Vestments donned in reverence, altar servers ready, incense prepared.

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  • Spirit

    Moments

    A moment of sight, of sound, of thought, a fleeting glance reveals the world.

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  • The Years

    Time’s Hand

    The foundations of our lives were cast in infancy, from birth and childhood, nurturing and knowing,

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  • The Years

    The View

    In the view from where I sit, light pours in from one side; Shapes and shadows, living plants, with books and table, patterned wall,

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  • The Years

    Seen No More

    An oldish lady, grey and, bent, walks her bent and grey old dog,

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