Polyphony In A Cathedral

Portrait of A.S.J. Tessimond
A.S.J. Tessimond 1902–1962

Music curls In the stone shells Of the arches, and rings Their stone bells.

Music lips Each cold groove Of parabolas' laced Warp and woof, And lingers round nodes Of the ribbed roof

Chords open Their flowers among The stone flowers; blossom; Stalkless hang.

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