CANTUS: Blood Moon by Chris Foss

Описание

Composed by Cantus bass Chris Foss and recorded LIVE at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in winter 2020.

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Poetry by Patricia Kirkpatrick:

The moon held an aura
before turning red,
silence like a tremor
just before the baby emerges.

The other side of the moon stays hidden.

Call the baby they’d said
when the baby didn’t come.
Sometimes that helps.

In labor the current ran all the way
through her. To deliver the child,
its cup being poured.

Ancient. Witnessed. Said to bring gifts.

Is the baby all right? the mother is asking.
Yes a nurse answers. She’s perfect.

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From Blood Moon by Patricia Kirkpatrick (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2020). Copyright © 2020 by Patricia Kirkpatrick. Reprinted with permission from Milkweed Editions. Milkweed.org
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