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Tribute to Bill Viola`s `Five Angels for the Millennium`

by The Walrus 

Posted: 16 September 2003
Word Count: 85
Summary: Currently showing at Tate Modern. Blew me away.


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The water’s oiled surface
Glinting slick its inky red
Bubbles pricking
Heralding the coming
Reverberating recesses
Of the underworld
Its waiting with
Respectful bated breath.

The viscous vibrations
Moving deep and low
Climbing powerful and slow

He is coming
He is rising.

The surging swell
Now foaming
Until finally emerging
With slow crashing
The humble head
Splitting the surface.
Body revealing
Rippling
Dripping slow drops
Arms majestically outstretched
Bended head of homage
The mesmerizing rising
The divine mirage
The awesome ascension

The angel has risen.








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Fearless at 14:11 on 16 September 2003  Report this post
It took me back to the descent of wonder in the world around us. I liked the second stanza very much.

Keep on truckin',

Fearless


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