music and fireworks
before being bathe'd in flames
just so much hot air
~
n.b. How patiently the crowds wait, how quick to disperse.
CLP 20/03/2023
on time
Tag Archives: Movement
on hope
everything ran true
nothing to worry about
learning every day
~
CLP 13/09/2022
on time
on Railway Terrace
sign out of oblivion
one way ticket, please
~
CLP 06/03/2022
on the wind
fast-paced script demands
multiple set changes
invisible stage hands
~
n.b. Five / six / six syllables.
CLP 07/02/2022
on light
unfurled, stretched to full
width of sky, net curtain drawn
mirrors thinning wake
~
n.b. Our movement is not without a footprint, not without being marked by a wake.
CLP 30/01/2022
on time
if you get up early
during these short days
get out, walk towards the east
stand still, watch the bright light grow
from deep blue, so blue its almost black
to steel grey
watch the horizon burn
turn, look up at the highest point
study the golden light edging down
the church steeple
the conifer
the pylon
city hall's clock tower
you'll feel the Earth spinning
taking you into a new day
~
CLP 14/01/2022
Star Dancer And Her School Of Dance (Francis Picabia) 1913
One, two, three, four!
And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
We step, then stretch, then jump, then turn
Split-sole jazz shoes in unison
First pat, then slide, then glide, then twist
And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
We lunge, then lean, then leap, then shift
Our heads held high, our movement brisk
Our thoughts, actions, bodies are hers
And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
Our faces set to concentrate
Sinuous limbs, feel lithe, alive
So long solo, now we this troupe
And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
In public park, ‘ neath cherry trees
Pink blossoms sprinkle tarmac court
Doors and windows of school still closed
And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
Birds watch, then call, alarmed by us
At practice at dawn in cool spring air
We are again set free to learn
To step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
To step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
To step! And stretch! And jump! And turn!
And rest! Three, four. And take a breath.
~
n.b. Prompted by Na/GloPoWriMo 2021 to find inspiration in a painting held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of in New York City, I chose:
Star Dancer And Her School of Dance (1913) by Francis Picabia
–
Christopher Perry
31st March, 2021
On the Street v
Here nobody knows
Who I might be, nor my work.
Freedom of movement
~
CLP 05/10/2020
Voyage des Mots 