A twilight walk to the Redgrave Theatre to see Lyr.. Land Yacht Regatta, a post rock, ambient band involving Simon Armitage.
Twilight was the direction of the Sunday evening; warm with soft rain and some loitering around Clifton College. Sat outside in the warm and overheard a puzzle maker.
How about the music? Very fine; we had to listen hard to hear the poet speaking in a music of echos and ricochets. Mid frequency words amplified and supported by falsetto singing and intriguing loops. The poetry often had to rescued as though we were searching for shells and pebbles in a glittering rock pool.
Through the hospital window she said to me
she’d forgotten the name of her special tree,
and forgotten the name
of her favourite bird.
Through the hospital window I mouthed the words:
the song thrush and the mountain ash.
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