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Effortlessly

So effortlessly do musicians play
  Concerts at night, rehearsals by day

Woodwinds, strings, brass or drums
  Why, when I try, do I come up all thumbs

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/26/2021 3:29:00 PM You and me both. I do not even clap on rhythm. I clap on the half beat like Willie Nelson. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/26/2021 5:03:00 PM What works for Willie should work for Millie.

Terry Flood Date: 7/25/2021 3:37:00 PM When I was about ten, my dad started teaching me piano. I learned ‘Three blind mice, three blind mice’ and then he moved to the other end of the country. I don’t know if the two things were connected. Have you considered air-guitar Gershon? ;-) Terry Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/25/2021 5:56:00 PM I have taken up the washboard. O, give me some some soap, and a box of powdered hope,... Wuddya say?! ~ Ole, gw

Rico Leffanta Date: 7/23/2021 11:58:00 AM Odds are you were an Asian in previous lives where clanging cymbals, pounding drums and exploding fireworks suffice? Yet there is hope for you if you practice! Consider how Asians have mastered western classical music! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/25/2021 5:56:00 PM There's always hope, even for this dope. lol. ~ gw

L Milton Hankins Date: 7/23/2021 8:46:00 AM Well, gw, it takes them years to develop a natural talent. Perhaps you didn't get started early enough...or, perhaps, you have no musical talent. Since you come up with "all thumbs" I would say that your talents may lie in those thumbs. Hmmm...what can a thumb do? Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/25/2021 5:55:00 PM Ask Tom -- Thumb! lol. :) gw

Mike Gentile Date: 7/23/2021 4:25:00 AM You' re not alone!!. It's the thought that counts right!! Happy Friday! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/23/2021 11:21:00 AM I think that I can play great music -- in my mind. ~ Opera Shower Singer

Marilene Evans Date: 7/22/2021 9:57:00 PM Just let them play the instruments and you can do the tambourine. Much easier! Good one! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/23/2021 11:21:00 AM What a great suggestion, Marilene. Perfect for a guy like me whose hands are a little shaky. lol. Happy weekend, gw

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 7/22/2021 9:26:00 PM You need a thumb piano! ;), xomo! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/23/2021 7:28:00 AM Not only have you given me a chuckle, but your suggestion is actually a solution... Know where I can pick up one of those thumb pianos? lol. Thanks, Maureen. Happy Friday! Smiles, Gershon

Eve Roper Date: 7/22/2021 8:56:00 PM I wish we were all perfect for all types of art. I do not have a green thumb and I wish I did. Good couplet. Soup mail. Hugs Eve Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/23/2021 11:22:00 AM My thumbs turn green in the garden, but it's from jealousy at the neighbor's garden. lol. Happy weekend, Eve.

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 7/22/2021 8:36:00 PM I can commiserate with you, Gershon. I, too, have often wished I could play an instrument. Best wishes, Evelyn :D Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/23/2021 11:23:00 AM I think that you make up for any deficits in your super-imaginative narrative poems. ~ Ludwig Von Wolfgang von Kazoo