James Reaney

James Reaney’s poem “I know an experience”

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I know an experience
That brings my 2 butterfly wings
Tight together
Then open
Now shut
Dull blur
Sudden bright.
Over the years our selves
Have been blended
By all this together,
Pleated & unpleating,
Opening & closing,
Tight together,
Loose apart—
Two sides of a breath

James Reaney (2005)

( ( ( 0 ) ) ) Listen to soprano Sonja Gustafson perform
“I know an experience” set to music by Stephen Holowitz and Oliver Whitehead at James Reaney: Words & Music, November 15, 2020
at Wordsfest.

Stephen Holowitz (piano), Sonja Gustafson (soprano), Oliver Whitehead (guitar), and Ingrid Crozman (flute), November 15, 2020 at Wordsfest in London, Ontario.

James Reaney’s “I know an experience” is the 24th brush stroke from the long poem “Brush Stokes Decorating a Fan” from his collection Souwesto Home, available from Brick Books.

Souwesto Home, Brick Books 2005

#Jamie2026 is a year-long celebration of James Crerar (Jamie) Reaney’s centenary, who would have been 100 years old on September 1st.

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