Parent 1
You are the fascination
of hillside and cave
whose features grow clearer
to the gazing child.
Your arms are wide
above your hips.
They open on a well
of perpetual nurturing.
Your head is your sanctuary,
hidden in towering cliffs
seen from the tide line
when I climbed from the waves.
And, as I walk to you,
through you, past you,
you dwindle to a little child
tottering towards the witch’s cottage.
© Margaret Morgan 2004
In the opening bars of Parent 1 two Slonimsky patterns are are shared between the choirs. Pattern 663 (c g g# d# e b transposed to A) in choir 1 is set again Pattern 662 (c f# g# d e Bb) in choir II.