Wednesday, July 30, 2008

when ecstasy showered its petals with the full peal of the bells

bellsonhands

when the bells scatter
the small salty notes of the parish bells dropped on his head
the evening bells rang
the sound of the bells
the unanimous peal of the parish bells seemed to harmonize with her walk
and bells were ringing so faint, so distant
a sound of parish bells
he heard the bells more and more
the wind full of the peal of bells
through the open windows came the swelling concert of the parish bells
listened to the ringing
and also the small bells
ecstasy showered its petals with the full peal of the bells
the bell rang
in the silence, came a sound of bells
all the bells at once
to the cadence of the last bells

incredible cabinet photo of two bell lovers, gently ringing each other... the list of bells, every bell mentioned in georges rodenbach's bruges-la-morte, a dark love story shrouded in bell sounds...

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2 Comments:

Blogger Matterhorn1959 said...

Fantastic cabinet card. I wonder what kind of racous noise was produced when they fought each other?

6:06 AM  
Blogger sroden said...

yes, a man and a woman fighting with words is bad enough, but with bells... eek!!!!!

12:50 PM  

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