{"id":5308,"date":"2016-06-11T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2016-06-11T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T17:35:22","slug":"rising-poem-by-david-chorlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/rising-poem-by-david-chorlton\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising. Poem by David Chorlton."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dear Robin,<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\nI hope you&#8217;re well and enjoying springtime. We have old friends here in Arizona, one of whom is a well known sculptor whose work is in several public locations. He is John Henry Waddell, now in his nineties. He has recently finished a large scale work, Rising, which we got see on a recent visit. I wrote this poem about Rising, and think it works best with the picture of the sculpture, so I thought of your format. The figures are in relief and in an ideal setting would be set on the side of a tall building.<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/rising-poem-by-david-chorlton\/rising\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rising\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-100x178.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-150x267.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-200x356.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising-300x535.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rising.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<em>for John Henry Waddell<\/em><\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So many windy spirits here<br \/>\nleaving their routines behind<br \/>\nat the kitchen stove, the desk,<br \/>\nthe production line at which<br \/>\nthey work a living from monotony<br \/>\nand after years with gravity in charge<br \/>\nthey suddenly believe in birds<br \/>\nmore than in following instructions.<br \/>\nThe first ones up<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\nreach for those who follow,<br \/>\nwhile some look around<br \/>\nfrom above the traffic and the building sites<br \/>\nand wonder why it took so long<br \/>\nfor this to happen. As it tilts away<br \/>\nthe ground now seems<br \/>\nunlikely as a base<br \/>\nof operations, marked as it is<br \/>\nwith boundaries and borders<br \/>\nand pocked with the craters<br \/>\nfrom conflicts that continue<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\nwithout ever having begun.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s like forgetting what happened<br \/>\ntoday, this release, and remembering<br \/>\nall the days before it<br \/>\nback through time. It\u2019s like<br \/>\nswimming out of water,<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nlike turning into music.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/interstate-moments-a-poem-by-david-chorlton\/100_3161\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"100_3161\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-100x122.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-150x183.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-200x244.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-300x365.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-450x548.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-600x731.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-900x1096.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>David Chorlton<\/strong> is a transplanted European, who has lived in Phoenix since 1978. His poems have appeared in many publications on- and off-line, and reflect his affection for the natural world, as well as occasional bewilderment at aspects of human behavior. His most recent book, A Field Guide to Fire, was his contribution to the Fires of Change exhibition shown in Flagstaff and Tucson in Arizona.<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14752100.Robin_Ouzman_Hislop\"> goodreads.com\/author\/show\/Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com. All the Babble of the Souk. Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robin-ouzman-hislop\/all-the-babble-of-the-souk\/paperback\/product-22419943.html\">www.lulu.com. All the Babble of the Souk. 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We have old friends here in Arizona, one of whom is a well known sculptor whose work is in several public locations. He is John Henry Waddell, now in his nineties. He has recently finished a large scale work, Rising, which we got see on &#8230; <a title=\"Rising. Poem by David Chorlton.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/rising-poem-by-david-chorlton\/\" aria-label=\"More on Rising. 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