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Translating Gaias Heartbeat

Grow me some gourds and I will carve my drum and bead my shakers; mimicking Gaia’s heartbeat, I will envision a new world. A cedar and maple and I’ll build my guitar to sing, sweet-scented harmonies. Bamboo and I will carve my didgeridoo with healing, light-song. Teak and pear wood and I’ll carve my flutes to echo across the heavens. Mahogany and my dulcimer will ring and drone among the mountains and trees. Wood is the echo chamber of Mother Earth’s heart songs. In gourd and bamboo, her joyous laughter is sleeping within, until fingers dance her awake. The blood of Gaia, living and flowing in her children, gifts us all with the concert of life. It is why music, is the universal language, that all life speaks.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/25/2018 11:55:00 PM
Methodically beautiful, from the mind of a poetess who understands the value of a digeridoo and a dulcimer. Wow!
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M. L. Kiser
Date: 10/26/2018 7:16:00 AM
I did have the thrill of building my own lap dulcimer a few years ago, from a kit. Love the sound it makes, too. Thanks again.

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