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Voices And Instruments
1976
Jan Steele/John Cage
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| EXPERIENCES N°2 |
E.E. Cummings / John Cage |
it is at moments after i have dreamed
of the rare entertainment of your eyes,
when (being fool to fancy) i have deemed
with your peculiar mouth my heart made wise;
at moments when the glassy darkness holds
the genuine apparition of your smile
(it was through tears always) and silences moulds
such strangeness as was mine a little while;
moments when my once more illustrious arms
are filled with fascination, when my breast
wears the intolerant brightness of your charms:
one pierced moment whiter than the rest
-turning from the tremendous lie of sleep
i watch the roses of the day grow deep
| THE WONDERFUL WIDOW OF EIGHTEEN SPRINGS |
James Joyce / John Cage |
night by silent sailing night,
Isobel,
wildwoods eyes and primarose hair,
quietly,
all the woods so wild
in mauves of moss and daphnedews
how all so still she lay
‘neath of the whitethorn,
child of tree
like some lost happy leaf,
like blowing flower stilled,
as fain would she anon
for soon again ‘twill be,
win me, woo me, wed me,
ah! weary me!
deeply,
now evencalm lay sleeping;
night;
Isobel,
Sister Isobel,
Saintette Isobel,
Madame Isa Veuve La Belle
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