A strong theme of loyalty to the archbishops and counter theme of resistance to a new proposal that is meant to be inclusive but might turn out to exclude and divide.
Wilner's stylistic touchstones appear to be Weather Report, a touch of Zappa (although he eschews the bombast of both), and the kind of atmospheric melodicism beloved of such British jazz composers as Don Rendell and Ian Carr, whose influence was prominent on Women, an enticing stew of melancholy counter-themes and structured solos.
His subtle and unfussy reading of these intractable poems as the rhythmic development of theme and counter-theme effectively refutes the idea that they are just a ragbag.
This counter-theme is introduced in the second poem, an ascension in which a dead swan rises "hurrying away from the plane-crash-mess of her wings".
When the poet Howard Moss put together an anthology of New York City poems in 1980, he discovered a pastoral counter-theme: in addition to all the poems about urbanity and the cityscape, there were a surprising number that yearned for a closer connection to nature.
Taxibeat is one example of a counter-theme in the world on-demand transportation.
There is a counter-theme too: Love--of food, exquisite food, food, füd, phood, food, the panacea to whatever free-floating stresses there were in my life as an intellectually mature but emotionally not-so-mature 8-year-old 8-year-old 8-year-old
As if to counter the theme of lightness offered by carbon, Maybach, the ultraluxury brand of Mercedes-Benz, will offer "natural granite trim" as a dashboard option, in case you don't like amboyna, an exotic wood.
"While Romney gained significantly in the wake of the first presidential debate in early October," he wrote, "the lack of a continuing trend over the past two weeks helps counter a theme in some campaign coverage that Romney's support continues to 'surge' nationwide".
Meanwhile, counter-terrorism-themed TV series such as 24, Homeland, Sleeper Cell and NCIS reiterate the "all Muslims are potential terrorists" notion, with the added point that they're on American soil now.
Paul Smee, director general of the CML, said: "While the [stamp duty] concession may not have stimulated additional demand, it was a significant help to home-owners entering the market and its removal runs counter to the themes of the new housing strategy.
