"My
New York music is
Vocalise, Op 34 by Sergei Rachmaninoff"
My
New York music is
Vocalise, Op 34 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
it
has
played
through sax
vari_a(c)tions
& composers
the most refined
to be
found
by Hank Lazer's
Coltrane
9/11
contained
entwined with memories
of Verdi's Requiem
tinges listen_ed
over again day
the choir screaming from above
Cezanne's
distant
Central Park reaches out to v
Nyman's
The Piano:
Big My Secret v
with
Turn of the Road in the Park
or
a wired Kirchner
gloomy Munch
about 20 years later
in Sympathy For The Devil
haunted by the Stones
Lou Reed's Vicious: two for Miró one
for Francis Bacon Bill Lavender's Rimbaud
on an early
spring
Sunday morning
in Iacopo Bellini's dream
unfolding Haydn's Corelli's whirling violins
or Bach's Flute Concerto
in G, WQ169 strolling behind my papy's spleen
Marilyn's Warhol in pitch no's
to slamming orders triggering imperious
undertones
Beats' drum & Beethoven's profound or
Mozart's
Horn Quintet
for tragic Bűrger's
Der Mond scheint hell!
Hurrah! die Toten reiten schnell!1
while Caravaggio's sharp chiaroscuro
light of turgid angels' wings the Ocean waves
in Rhapsody
on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 by Rachmaninoff
when, tired the last drops falling quietly on H. J. Long's Echo
tired to a bed tired in a bed torn out of bed while tired in a bed
my Mother Goose Rhymes /slit/ and Leopardi /slit/ child in Vivaldi's
Concerto in G, RV312 whirling sublime transparent shrill trill twirl
wit tic tic li'lle li'lle slee _tt liu liu liu tloo tloo TrrrTTTTLICCC tweeetle
tweetle lit
low owl swirl swirl swirl
Piano Sonata #16 in C, K 545
Mozart
1Lenore by Bűrger, melodrama by Franz Liszt
Ekleksographia:
Wave Two
May, 2010
Poetry
Anny Ballardini
Anny Ballardini lives in Bolzano, Italy. She grew up in New York, lived in New Orleans, Buenos Aires, Florence. A poet, translator and interpreter (simultaneous interpreter for English, French, Italian), she received her MFA in Creative Writing from UNO, University of New Orleans, Chair and Director Bill Lavender. She teaches high school; edits Poets' Corner – Fieralingue, an online poetry site; and writes a blog: Narcissus Works. Besides various full length publications of translations, to be mentioned are her two collections of poems, Opening and Closing Numbers, published by Moria Editions, Editor Bill Allegrezza, 2005; and Ghost Dance in 33 Movements published by Otoliths Press, Editor Mark Young, 2009. For a detailed CV see BallardiniAnny.blogspot.com.