Do we, then, find ourselves unable to know how to act ethically in our society — a society that glorifies money and global trade to make the rich richer, that deposits the poor at the outermost edges of community, that stands aside as our heritage disintegrates, that funds wars that dislocate peoples and destroy countries, that supports beliefs steeped […]
Caravaggio’s Dagger
Caravaggio’s Dagger VI:VII:2
Cantata Text Booklet for the Holy Days 2 Hidden by Sight In paradise the late winter snows fallAs silences behind sacred chorales, theologyBreaking away, wanting self-containment,Wanting more than incomplete enclosure.It is the sound unheard that compels most constantly:Can be divined but not quite understood: can be sung but notQuite said. It dwells in the human […]
Caravaggio’s Dagger VI:VII:1
Cantata Text Booklet for the Holy Days 1 Parallel Chaconne sei jetzt doch, o Gott, mein Hort be now yet, O God, my sure retreat — Johann Rist, in J.S. Bach, Cantata 78 The hard bargain, its shrewd handshake In the marketplace; the passacaglia mysticism, Layers above and amongst: simultaneous Dichotomy and […]
Wanderings – Caravaggio’s Dagger IV:4
This poem, which deals with my parents’ emigration from the Netherlands and the benefits that has bestowed on me, is the fourth of the fourth Taxonomy, “The Waterways of Avalon,” of my book Caravaggio’s Dagger. The poem can be listened to here. It was written between 28 April 2004 and 16 November 2008 in Vancouver (British Columbia), St. Stephen (New […]
Coriolanus – Leader of the Enemies of the State, in Caravaggio’s Dagger
Coriolanus is the second to last of Shakespeare’s Roman plays, and dates from 1607-1609. The Roman general Coriolanus becomes leader of an army of his former enemies, and takes them to the gates of Rome to invade the city. In the final act is a stage direction “Holds her by the hand, silent,” exceedingly difficult to […]
Caravaggio’s Dagger – Too Often Not A Dream : War
My book, Caravaggio’s Dagger, is structured as six Taxonomies, of which the first, “The Pyre of the Accidental Butterfly,” deals with instances of war and social disruption. “Too Often Not A Dream” is the 11th and culminating poem of that Taxonomy. The poem can be listened to here. The book can be found here. It was written between 4 June 2004 […]
Caravaggio's Dagger – Video
An introduction. The work in video presented in 70 seconds. Part One of Solitary Ethics. Available at: Amazon Chapters Indigo Iguana Books and through many other international and local online distributors.
Caravaggio’s Dagger – Review by John Ferguson, Chief Administrative Officer, Municipal County of Annapolis, NS
John Ferguson is the chief administrative officer of the Municipal County of Annapolis, along the Fundy shore of Nova Scotia. Until recently he had been my successor as the chief administrative officer of the Town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, where he had chosen to take on professional municipal life as an appointed official, and […]
Caravaggio’s Dagger – Review by Kadrush Radogoshi, Distinguished Kosovar Poet, Novelist, and Essayist
I met Kadrush Radogoshi through my own literary activities in Edmonton, and we have spent time together in his acquainting me of his biography, oeuvre, stylistic dispositions and preferences, the awards for and reviews of his work, and the history of his selection of Edmonton as the Canadian city to reside in. Mr. Radogoshi’s work […]
Caravaggio’s Dagger – Review by Henk Guittart, Founder, Artistic Director, and Violist of the Schoenberg Quartet and the Schoenberg Ensemble
Henk Guittart is well known as the founder, artistic director, and violist of the Schoenberg Quartet and the Schoenberg Ensemble, which performed and recorded internationally from 1976 to 2009. He has also been associated with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Deutsche Bachsolisten, Consortium Classicum, the Stuttgart Piano Trio, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Royal Conservatory […]