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Paul Winter's Winter Solstice, 2005
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 12-20-2005


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
An aged man heralds the winter solstice
Through an alto sax, his bright yellow smock
An emblem of what he wills to come.
The oboe and cello held by his fellows
Pull the stars down with sonorous strings,
Vibrating lightly at first, like rain watering
Great avatars slumbered under the earth.
Then the Forces of Nature dance ensemble
Thunders on the stage with gesticulating limbs
As if they were turning the great wheel--
The great Earth Mother-- right on its axis.
The Russian peasants chant and sing,
Whirling with connected hands and colored dress
As if they've been at it since Time began,
Or at least since humans had hearts and smiles.
It's enough to get the few hundred of us
Soaring off our chairs and floating freely
Somewhere in the great cathedral's air.
A Brazilian, named Renato, ends his debut,
Pressing his Latin voice and wood guitar
Down on our heads. Walking out on solid ground,
The Harlem streets ring louder and crisper,
Harmonic and rhythmic under clapping feet.
And looking back, you turn to see
The great cathedral shimmer in the night,
Gleaming like a multi-colored orb.




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12-21-2005 David Pekrul    

I love theatre and concerts. They can take you to another world, if only for a time. This poem is full of imagery which takes the reader into that world. My wife says the next time we are in New York, we have to see a show, maybe two.
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