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A Vision of Beauty

Michael Costanzo

Michael Costanzo was born and educated in Sicily (Italy), where he taught from 1962-1970. At the end of 1970 he came to the USA to join his parents and family, already living in Rochester since 1962. After receiving a PhD in 1979 and a Doctorate in Biblical Theology in 1987 from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, he returned to Rochester and began teaching at St. John Fisher College, Nazareth College, MCC, and BOCES. He has been a full time teacher in the Department of Religious Studies at St. John Fisher since the Fall semester of 2001.

Table of Contents

The Matins of Saint Clare

(It was Spring)

(The Wind blows over)

In search of Thee

(The seagulls fly in the shady light)

(Que toma, usted?)

“Pour toi que J'aime”

Threnody

To Life

(Terse the sky dresses, with the azure)

(Suddenly, o Sylvia, evening falls)

Epigram for Sharilyn

Good Friday 1977

for Colleen

(These are the colors of youth)

(My eyes shed no tears)

To Mademoiselle La Vie

(The sun was scorching hot)

for Sue

(Your happy memories dance)

A moment of madness

Graduation

Life dreamt by colors in trinities of candles

A psalm

for K.B.

for Kathie

(A rainy day)

To an adolescent dancer

When Love returns to sing…

Spring Day

Stillness

(When your cup of joy is empty)

Adriana

Fragment of Memory

(The lulling melody of Torelli's Christmas)

(A desert street)

Juliet

Blessed are the poor

Kiss

Glendalough

Spring

From the book:

The Matins of Saint Clare

Saint Clare, the bells are singing

that sweetest herald the morning,

A-singing are the bells

that usher Dawn,

The bells that gently

break in the Day

freshly spun by the pure hands of God.

Matins!

You rise from your bed of straws

and on your cheeks, Saint Clare

splendid is the color of your joy,

in your love-shining eyes

you hide the secrets of your soul,

and God mysterious

walks your way

and leads your steps.

Matins!

You take your place with gracefulness

and chant sweetest melodies,

and your mellow voice weaves

with the somber harmony of the Choir

the pungent notes of your love.

He that gives you Dawn

heeds your praise and sighs for joy.

In the brisk air of early morn

sweet is the sound of your song;

the purest dreams of your love

ascend to the throne of God

with the springing waters

of the fountains in the garden.

And your vision, Saint Clare,

is of eternal glory.

{After Respighi's impression, The Matins of St. Clare,

from the musical frescoes “Church Windows”}

ISBN: 0-941053-85-7

A Vision of Beauty

is a 52 page hand-sewn book with spine - $12.00

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