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Harpist

The gilt wing rests upon his shoulder.
The strings that are each feather-shaft,
Stripped down to their core
To reveal the sinew
Of each musical note,
Divide the world of his left
From his right.
And in the silence of that split
He brings his two spiders to meet
At the fingertips.
They glance at one another,
They reach out to touch,
But don't, and flirt.
Coquettish, their knees glitter as they dance,
Each against the other's underside.
Each movement and stride
Strikes a consonant or vowel
In the syllables of their dialogue.
Their dance is mutual persuasion,
The sublimation of their conversation,
And they are so in love.

By Frieda Hughes - for David Watkins
Published in her collection of poems; "The Stonepicker and The Book of Mirrors"
Published Harper Perennial ISBN 978-0-06-056452-0

Painter

It's his dance.
He writes the music. He takes
His belly-crawl and adolescent stumble,
His last laugh and his marriages,
His son and his years alive,
And grinds them to powder
For his reds, blues and grays.
With his brush he makes each stroke
Sound on canvas taut as pregnant skin;
A perfect note. He gives
Each begging mute he paints
Its voice, he plucks their harp,
Each shape a rhythmic quote;
His thought-provoking symphonies
In every work of art.

By Frieda Hughes
Published in her collection of poems; "The Stonepicker and The Book of Mirrors"
Published Harper Perennial ISBN 978-0-06-056452-0

Music Written for David Watkins
Fantasie en Duo for Flute and Harp		Salvador Bacarisse
Nocturne (Quintet)		Michael Barclay
Passacaglia		Eve Barsham
Dance Movements for Two Harps		Antony Bremner
Piece		Antony Bremner
Three Pieces for Harp		Harry Brown
Beginnings		Geoffrey Burgon
Three Nocturnes		Geoffrey Burgon
Summoned by Mother for Voice and Harp		Peter Dickenson
Suite for Solo Harp		Robert Garratt
Three Songs		Phyllis Harding
Wainamoinen Makes Music for Harp and Choir		Zoltán Kodály
Three Improvisations		William Mathias
Concerto for Harp and Strings		Peter Mieg
Sinfonia Comcertante for Flute, Harp and Strings		Andrzej Panufnik
Nocturne for Harp and Strings		Joseph Phibbs
An English Daybook for Choir and Harp		Elizabeth Poston
Concerto for Harp and Strings		Vladimir Rodzianko
Five Aphorisms		Vladimir Rodzianko
Sonatine		Vladimir Rodzianko
Cançion y Danza N° 1		Antonio Ruiz-Pipó
Endecha para Arpa		Antonio Ruiz-Pipó
Three Flemish Folk Songs		Daniel Sternefeld