Stradivarius Our Language Above the Loch
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem
Imagine creatures flying up above
Our loch, our loch that never did exist
Except in minds and hearts, except in love,
The love which men have heard in Chopin, Liszt
And Massenet, his “Meditation” played
On violins, “Adagio for Strings”
By Barber, love that hearts have always prayed
Since men have ever known high love with wings.
The loch is made of mist and singing dreams

And so it waits forever real, more real
Than lochs of mist, more real than Scotland seems
In Spain or France, more real than loveless steel.
Above a little island south of Aix
Our hearts defy all loveless tongues as hex.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Feb 20, 2025 | BO, GA, LO, RO |