D.K. Mckenzie, Warwick poet, musician, and creator of The Poe Underground, explores the possibilities of combining the voice of the guitar with the haunting words and expressions of poetry.
In this episode, hear the poems Encounter by Polly Chase and Luscious Beach by D.K. Mckenzie accompanied by improvised classical guitar.
Encounter
You move alone the avenue like one
Alone, exultant, among mountain snows;
And through your hair the wind of morning blows;
And in your eyes is quenched the flaming sun.
I did not run the race that you have run;
I do not care what pride your triumph knows.
You would not understand the dreams of those
From whom the thirst for victory is gone.
The surging crowds efface you, as the tide
Obliterates a footprint on a shore.
So sands are sucked by time! You are no more
Than the blurred trace of emptiness defied.
When you have passed, cool spaces cover me
Like the unchallenged waters of the sea.
Luscious Beach
Luscious beach with the naked moon
breaking through the blue
Seagulls walk and run
remind me of myself (somehow)
Maybe it's (all) the wandering and exploring they do
Everyone's looking for something
Some often, some seldom, some all the time
That's me
I think I'll drive off into the sunset now
like a free bird?
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