If you and I could talk like this \u2013 your basso It turns on centre of gravity: how the steady or qualify these stately declarations. sweetly into yours as we pick our way We\u2019ll settle, then, for this ill-tempered truce: Katharine Towers<\/a>‘ poem<\/a> ‘Counterpoint’ published by NCLA for Saying the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n This poem appeared on the main NCLA website on 18th November 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n External Links<\/strong>
\nprofundo <\/em>to my tricksy lilt \u2013
\nwe might invent a nicer line in argument.<\/p>\n
\nleft hand keeps the right from losing touch,
\nhow the right must speedily elaborate<\/p>\n
\nA mote of consonance might make an ending
\nwe could set our sights on: my tune tangled<\/p>\n
\nto the final, staggered chord. But you\u2019re still descending
\nas I climb up the bars, scrambling over flats and sharps.<\/p>\n
\nyou still banging away at the deep end,
\nme somewhere up in the gods, trying the high notes.<\/p>\n
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