Jeff Connelly Poet I do not know?

Never Playing Calliope

my hand
on a keyboard
span an octive and

a one
note over
but this poem

is
not
written

by or
for the
Muse Euterpe

in fact
one would
think mine are

inspired
by Erato but
MI Musa's name

is the
Greek honey
bee so named

Melissa
never
to be

for
got
ten

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart August 4, 2019 at 9:32 AM And I am richer for this. I just named my new fish Calliope, after Torres, but I looked it up urged by my curiosity. Sweetness! xomo Jeff Connelly August 4, 2019 at 10:42 AM And I had to look up the name of the actress. Cheers to knowledge all around.

Quoth Theraven August 3, 2019 at 11:36 PM Jeff, I like this poem. Evocative prose indeed. Greek honey bee so named Melissa never to be forgotten. Very nice sentiment from a place you go to alone if I would dare to guess. -Richard Jeff Connelly August 4, 2019 at 4:39 AM Thanks for the comment, but mi Musa is a real woman. Her inspiration is far from lonely.