by Kristyn Y. Reid
copyright © 2001
Ludlow Press Poetry
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CONCERTO IN SEE
SHARP MINOR
by Kristyn Y. Reid
copyright © 2001
Ludlow Press Poetry
Concerto in See Sharp Minor
Prelude:
Icy mirror glints with piercing blue
reflects a pure sky in moraine-steeped lake.
The music of color bounces off frigid eye,
composing a fugue of confusion inside.
Fugue:
Brittle dreams fall as virgin dust on soil,
wind-driven in symphonic vulgar-slang,
tongue-stuck sharp on bone-cold brass
answers in a low euphonic gasp.
Courante:
Red-tail hawk in syncopated pursuit
decrescendos toward unaware quarry below-
enters on cue in looking-glass reply,
and fearing reprisal retreats to clear sky.
Finale:
Illusion successfully alters reality
fear sees a dissonance in every chord,
at once you encounter your own mortality
and the melody acts as a double-edged sword.
Kristyn Reid is a native Oklahoman and currently resides with
her husband and three children, three cats, two pups and a parakeet on a couple
of wooded acres in Choctaw, Oklahoma. She currently has poems listed in Tamafyhr
Mountain Poetry at tmpoetry.com and Pedestal magazine at the pedestal magazine.com
E-Mail: mkchoctaw@worldnet.att.net