Winter
Leaflets No. 1 (2021)
[Ciaccona]
Interest
beckons from the very first
an
emotion open to hope, ready to sight
free
to judge measuring each new burst.
Sad
it may be, hard to say in its flight
an
emotion close to loss, fair wishes blown
caught
between schemes and hopeless plight
or
happy surely so, as the song is known
an
emotion not everything, yet everything
flowing
overflowing awhile, truth shown.
At
times a question, doubt borne of fear
an
emotion about to stop up further faith
sudden
withdrawal and nothing left clear
or
jealousy likewise a querulous fate
an
emotion craving, not having, yearning
betraying
secret wants in futile feats.
Anger
erupts without forewarning
an
emotion borne of need for control
till
day’s not afternoon or night or morning
till
confusion trips the feet, senses roll
an
emotion displacing learning, unreal
seeming
disharmony its only goal.
Calm
then is all the need, the real deal
an
emotion an antonym of ‘all the rage’
brought
down to earth, a balanced feel.
Nostalgia
dreams, stays on the page
an
emotion when time takes time to reflect
memory
moonlighting and showing its age.
Excitement
then again picks up, projects
an
emotion where too soon the past is forgot
knowing
not what possibly next to expect
shock
horror, maybe not, disgust hope not
emotions
that image up firm taboos
the
line crossed, bad shot, the landscape’s blot
or
romance perchance summons who it may choose
an
emotion, if that, if not the entire urge
both
antidote and elixir of the blues.
Amusement
bides its time, trusts the surge
an
emotion that gets the line and sees the joke
finding
fears all but submerge, and tears, on the verge.
Compassion
knows how the world goes for broke
an
emotion born of suffering that amends
another’s
suffering, a true love word spoke.
Joy
of a sudden releases, ascends
an
emotion surpassing emotion versed
a
state beyond words, that might never end.
The chaconne is a dance form, music thought to have been imported into Spain from Mexico in the 16th century. Italy was suspicious of this Hispanic form, but soon adopted it, hence the ciaconna music of the period. This terza rima poem is inspired by the Ciaconna of Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), played here by the San Francisco ensemble Voices of Music, with the glorious Alana Youssefian on baroque violin. Their version has been on loop at our place for some days. The chaconne or ciaconna expresses passing emotions, which is the motive of the poem, emotions felt, identified, and let go of in turn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIQ6V38MkEw
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