L Milton Hankins Poet Rhyme

The Harpist

Delicate hands sweep over the strings
Stirring chords and melodies meet,
The harpist gently plunks and pings
Producing music soft and sweet.
She does not smile, concentrating
On the nuances of each crescendo,
Tenor of the performance elevating
Each measure a startling innuendo.
The climax brings a stirring rush
Exhilarating orchestral responses
As over the audience falls a hush
The music its hearers ensconces. 

Written July 16, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger July 17, 2022 at 10:16 PM I do not even understand music, and yet, this was written gorgeously, and I felt it. L Milton Hankins July 18, 2022 at 8:35 AM I'm so glad. I like for my readers to go along with me on the journey.

Michael Tor July 16, 2022 at 2:59 PM Milton if memory serves me, wasn't it David who played the Harp for King Saul? Well thought of piece Milton. It is nice to see you engage in writing on many, different topics and achieving intellectual depth in all of them. I read your Biography again and somehow I missed you had included the two books you wrote. The one on theology sounds like a future read for me. Enjoy your day my friend... L Milton Hankins July 16, 2022 at 3:13 PM Thanks, Michael. It's available on Amazon. Actually, David played something more like a lyre than the modern day harp. David did have a way with words, too.

Ann Foster July 16, 2022 at 2:16 PM I love music... the harp... so elegant... your words and imagery are wonderful. Ann L Milton Hankins July 16, 2022 at 3:12 PM Thank you, Ann. The harp is a very difficult instrument but one of my favorites.

Terry Flood July 16, 2022 at 12:11 PM Nicely illustrated, Milt. I used to know a harpist, apparently it takes a lot awful lot of practice to get remotely good. Terry L Milton Hankins July 16, 2022 at 12:23 PM The harp is known as one of the most difficult instruments anyone can take up. Uh, I hear the mouth harp isn't too bad. And I'd think anyone could learn the zither!