Name: At The Evening Sky by Glenn Bagshaw
Duration: 2 min 2 s
Channel: Glenn Bagshaw/Andrew Foyston
Description: "At The Evening Sky by Glenn Bagshaw" is a song by Born Poets. Poem by Glenn Bagshaw, recited by Dawn Sinclair Music...A Walk in The Sand....kindly provided by the composer Andrew Foyston

At The Evening Sky by Glenn Bagshaw

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Poem by Glenn Bagshaw, recited by Dawn Sinclair Music...A Walk in The Sand....kindly provided by the composer Andrew Foyston

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Born Poets

Born Poets is a poetry forum with emphasis on respectful but thorough critique. Until now, we were limited to the written word but it was decided that it would be both helpful and entertaining if we could also hear each other's poems as well as reading them, so we have set up this page for our members who wish to have their poems heard as well as read. It's not impossible that some of the poems will be accompanied by music too, as many of aour mmembers are also musicians. If you like what you hear on this site and want to find out more, please feel free to visit our forum at http://bornpoets.proboards23.com/ If you're a poet yourself and would like to share your works with us and maybe have your poem featured on this page, please feel free to joins us, we always welcome new members. But please bear in mind, this is a critique based forum and whilst our critiques are always friendly, respectful and thoughtful, it's not the place for you if you don't want critique on your poems. But we're a friendly, if slightly mad, bunch and there's always room for one more!

Song Info

Genre

Podcasts • Poetry

Charts

Peak #32

Peak in subgenre #10

Author

Glenn Bagshaw/Andrew Foyston

Rights

Glenn Bagshaw/Andrew Foyston

Uploaded

January 05, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 1.9 MB • 128 kbps • 2:02

Story behind the song

This highly praised poem is perhaps perceived by most as the best of Glenn Bagshaw's and it was my great pleasure to be asked to recite it for him. The name Tommy was a substitute for the original "Sara" for the purposes of this recital, at Glenn's request.

Lyrics

At the evening sky--cosmic mind in thought
seems starlight written upon deep darkness--
We stopped, and gazing upward, were dream-taught
of Orion, light-quivered in starkness
of space; drank from both Dippers of the night
that poured on nothingness. Swirled-ballroom Earth
stood still. The Bear moved forever with bright
tread as Pleiades sang their ageless birth.
Dizzy on tip-toes, we were far, too far
infinitesimal to the heavens--dust,
flecks washed in forever, leaving no scar.
So Sara, that's how I thought of us, both thrust
in cinder of life's seconds; loving-- pity
for each-- with spite for uptown firmaments
that founded and formed the neon city:
bare-bulbed vacancy, lifeless tenements.
We were so very starry-eyed ourselves
in embrace, that we soon forgot to heed
how loud is the silence that never delves 
self; for huge death sparks spurs to night's dark steed.

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