A Symphony of Nine

Our capacity appears to be
a maximum of nine symphonies
Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler; Dvorák too
bravely tried to go beyond the ninth
before early, they all passed away.
The list; longer than those mentioned here;
composers; who never wrote to ten.
Was nine the limit of their vision?
Or, can we not comprehend a tenth?



A Time for Nine Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner 
Date wrote: 12-05-2021
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Date: 5/14/2021 1:50:00 PM
Terry, hi! Nice to meet you, your thoughts, your poetry. I hadn’t realized this. Quite thought provoking. I shall have to mention it to Puccini — he is in my heavenly booster club. So glad painters, poets & choreographers don’t have the same block. I did quit writing for 35 yrs,but began again. Super writing!
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Terry Miller
Date: 5/15/2021 1:20:00 AM
Hi Sally, nice to meet you too and for your kind words. I have only been writing poetry for a few months, one New Years' resolution I actually kept! I enjoy entering the poetry competitions here, not to win, but it is satisfying when that happens, but it is allowing me to explore the various poetry types.
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