Gail Foster Poet Rhyme

Changing the Soundtrack

(the bells of St.John the Baptist, Devizes, go Pete Tong)
 
Sunday, summer, church bells chiming
Ringing patterns, sounding light
Ancient forms of echo, rhyming
Complex rhythms, bounded, tight
Resounding voices throng the breeze
As tower captains keep in time
Wise bells with personalities
In sacred music, old, sublime
 
Last month the bells went out of sync
And changed the soundtrack of the town
No one heard but me, I think, but
‘Twas the Stranglers, “Golden Brown”
 
(dum, dum, di dumdumdum...)
 
by Gail

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Jan Allison August 27, 2015 at 4:40 PM Gosh they did go Pete Tong lol then again I love the Stranglers music ..... mmmm jean Jacques Burnell :-) hugs Jan xx Gail Foster August 27, 2015 at 4:45 PM It was very melodious and tickled me pink. Glad you liked it, thanks for your interest x