The restless hornets

The restless hornets

30 November 2016

 

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The wavering tides

Gather on uneven shores

Of sand the dune stores

 

We count the seconds

Instilled in time-riddled grains

The waves a backdrop

 

No time a full stop

Washing over and over

The frothing horses

 

Fusion confusion

I walk within Time’s bubbles

In between the worlds

 

The summers spent hay

Burning memories now doused

In half-light of cloud

 

I remember day

When the night was clear in sun

When candles rewound

 

Ticking chronicles

Fallen happenings rebound

Broken jar upright

 

The splinters ride past

Whirlwinds summon the keepers

The day’s grim reapers

 

The restless hornets

They pick on the flesh exposed

Disclosure in Twelve

 

Reading of the poem: 

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Path 19 (yet frailest) – Max Richter & Ben Russell

Tout s’efface – Patrick Bruel

Dream 13 (minus even) – Max Richter

I fly within a dream a restless nest

I fly within a dream a restless nest

7 January 2016

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I fly within a dream, a restless nest

Wings fluttering keen, Heart spent in earnest

A wicker and flame, rancid pile of coal

Roaring fire to tame, will consume me whole

Smoothing the feathers that smother my breast

 

Carried from yonder of places the best

Enchanted wonder of poets the fest

Now light me ablaze catch fire to soul

I fly within a dream, a restless nest

Wings fluttering keen, Heart spent in earnest

A wicker and flame, rancid pile of coal

 

Windless the night’s peak, no branch here to rest

Of chatter the weak would keep me abreast

The silence within, a gift to console

The blood that ran thin, a tear that heart stole

A look at these doubts, a moment of test

 

I fly within a dream, a restless nest

Wings fluttering keen, Heart spent in earnest

A wicker and flame, rancid pile of coal

Roaring fire to tame, will consume me whole

Smoothing the feathers that smother my breast

 

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Above the older version of the rondeau with the restatements and full refrain. Below the modern version with just the first three words of the restatement.

 

 

I fly within

7 January 2016

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I fly within a dream, a restless nest

Wings fluttering keen, Heart spent in earnest

A wicker and flame, rancid pile of coal

Roaring fire to tame, will consume me whole

Smoothing the feathers that smother my breast

 

Carried from yonder of places the best

Enchanted wonder of poets the fest

Now light me ablaze catch fire to soul

I fly within

 

Windless the night’s peak, no branch here to rest

Of chatter the weak would keep me abreast

The silence within, a gift to console

The blood that ran thin, a tear that heart stole

A look at these doubts, a moment of test
I fly within

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One day I’ll fly away – Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)