Painting by the author’s god-daughter, Nisa Winter (Istanbul)
Reflective Prose Poetry Duet
Canada On My Mind: A Hybrid Prose Poem
The big band sounds
take me back on a sentimental journey into the past; they bring back memories
that were made to last. When I was a child, Guy Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians were an institution; a symbol of Canada and the Second World War;
when a tyrant found his demise, along with the Final Solution. Lombardo and his
music belonged to my parent’s generation, but being an old soul, I fell under
the spell of big band music and the era it evoked. It made me long for that
place and time, as I listened to the big band’s beat, tempo, and pace. The
strands of music rising and falling, all that jazz too, complex harmonies and
syncopated rhythms: yesterday, calling! Even now as an adult, Red Sails In
The Sunset by Lombardo and his band,
conjures up images and sound I cannot forget. This is a tribute to a man and
his band, to another time: Moreover, to this land, the great country we call
our home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0sOMOtosI
Opus in Istanbul: A Prose Poem
Music is a constant in my living room, from my favourite radio station, TRT3; mostly classical or opera, sometimes jazz, and occasionally easy-listening or even pop. But it’s the classical music that inspires me, capturing and overtaking my imagination. I write and listen in syncopation, as I am taken on a journey back to Canada, across these many memories and miles to yet another creative landscape. It is a pathway but not an escape: From the cradle and lastly to the tomb.
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