György Ligeti, Lontano, by Jonathan Taylor

György Ligeti, Lontano

There is micropolyphony
within micropolyphony
a fractalic geometry
of canons in canons

faraway echoes of Bach
on the horizon
massive clouds of Mahler
(all the right notes
but not necessarily
in the right order)
glacial Beethoven
Pastoral thunder
e      lon      gat     ed 

and I wonder 
what it all adds up to
mathematically
until I look up
and see my daughter
in the eye of the storm  

dancing

Jonathan Taylor

Jonathan Taylor is an author, lecturer and critic from the UK. His books include the novel Melissa (Salt, 2015), and the poetry collection Musicolepsy (Shoestring, 2013). He is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester in the UK. He lives in Leicestershire with his wife, the poet Maria Taylor, and their twin daughters, Miranda and Rosalind. His website is www.jonathanptaylor.co.uk.