Raul Moreno Poet Ekphrasis

Musical-Moonlight Sonata

A quiet...soft resolute theme plays
The low tunes of the piano ascends.
A sequence of sound radiates, 
The tones hum...words of passion,
Reverberating...serenading a quiet night.

Echoing...deep in his prodigious soul,
In dedication to a fellow muse,
A pupil...Countess Giulietta Guicciardi.
Thoughts of her...radiates his mind,
Like the moon’s soft glow upon the night.

Against a filigree...silvery accompaniment 
His fingers voice...a covert...love from within.
A bitter...sweet acceptance of fate...resounds,
In the sonata his...heart...sadly plays.
The movement ends in the reflective mood it began

Softly...fading into the solace of night
Echoing into time and age of man...
A sad...story that only fingers could tell
Of a miserable...lonely night in Vienna 
From the isolated...soul of a dejected composer.  




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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27/2
"Sonata quasi una Fantasia" ("Moonlight Sonata")

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Tyler Martin April 27, 2009 at 10:33 PM Another great Beethoven piece, you dwell in brilliance.

Abe Lopez April 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM You are amazing with your tributes, great work.

Tyler Davis April 17, 2009 at 11:49 PM I'm thinking Beethoven is your favorite composer.

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen April 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM This is wonderful. Before reaching the end to see who wrote it, I knew it was a beautiful, soul reaching smoothe sounding and classical sounding music. Your poem gave that feeling. You did enter it into Brian's contest didn't you? Good Luck.

Barbara Gorelick April 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM Wonderful Raul..it is a lovely piece and this is such a beautiful, informative poem. Happy Easter. BG

Keith Bickerstaffe April 11, 2009 at 3:34 AM Ah! ...the combination of music and poetry! ...marvelous phrasing and characterization. Well done Raul!! Best wishes, Keith

Tevin Wilson16yahoo.Com April 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM i also love that song by beethoven it is my favorite song to play on piano

Laurie Ginn April 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM I love this score it moves me everytime I hear it. Your words Raul,,a sad story that only fingers could tell,,such a deep thought filled write.

Carrie Richards April 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM "Moonlight Sonata" made such an impression on me as a young girl.At Knott's Berry Farm (So.Calif),there was a small chapel,where they played this somber piece while revealing a beautiful picture of Christ.I remember standing there, at 9 years old,mesmerized by the beauty of that moment.When we returned home, I asked my piano teacher to teach me to play, and it was one of the first classical pieces I mastered.It still has that effect on me..a rather sad, somber, so moving piece of genius. Carrie

Carolyn Devonshire April 10, 2009 at 2:25 PM Your poem complements the "Moonlight Sonata" with its exquisite meter and imagery. Beethoven is one of my favorites, just as you are. Love, Carolyn

John Weber April 10, 2009 at 1:21 PM That heartbreak can motivate such genius moves me to wonderment, Raul. Those fingers telling his forlorn story in composition fills the reader with undenyable longing as well: a writer's goal! Warm regards, John.