We’ve been going there since the late 60s
Red plush seats
Ivory-colored walls
Ornate with sculpted shapes
Patterns
Faces and vases
Gold-leaf highlights
As the hour approaches
Far below
On the stage
Instrumentalists
Move into sections
Concert Master appears
An A is sounded
Tuning begins
Then silence
Audience awaits
Tuxedoed conductor emerges
Taking the podium
Cues the orchestra
Magic and wonder fill the room
I often feel
On those evenings
Nothing else exists
Hurtling through the universe
Alone in this space
Unique in its own timelessness
Creations of those long departed
Made present
©2019 Thomas W. Cummins
In a dim light... 
March 29, 2019 at 5:52 pm |
Very nice
All is as it should be.
Diane Kreuger
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March 30, 2019 at 2:22 am |
“Hurtling through the universe….Alone in this space………Unique in its own timelessness…….”
Very nice. You paint a picture of a beautiful time capsule
March 30, 2019 at 6:16 am |
Thank you Teri. And last evening Karen Gomyo’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto filled the hall with strains I hoped I was still hearing. But perhaps only remembering.
March 31, 2019 at 1:58 am
Encor……..the rapture remains
March 31, 2019 at 2:01 am |
Spelling correction – Encore, and again, encore.
April 1, 2019 at 9:49 am |
This is beautiful, Tom. I didn’t know you had this site. Looking forward to more of your poetry. Love what music (and God working through music) does to us. Good to see you on Saturday.
April 1, 2019 at 10:14 am |
Good to see you too, Steve.
One takeaway for me from Saturday was Fr. Horan’s question, “Who decides the meaning of “other”?”
That just blows me away and reveals the center of gravity of privilege.