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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

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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.

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

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!

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?

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!

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!

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

Date: 7/22/2021 9:26:00 PM

You need a thumb piano! ;), xomo!

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

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

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