Best In Harmony Poems
Every one of my five brothers
and I strive to create harmony.
Our lives are lived in parallel
yet at times we work alone.
Other times we play well together -
unity and coexistence is our goal.
A chord can bring us together
into a rich and soulful harmony.
We often seek concord in parallel
so no one is left alone;
expressive music is our end goal,
a desire shared by six brothers.
Django Reinhardt, who often played alone,
had mastery over all us brothers,
as do Los Romeros playing together,
creating a family of classical harmony.
Andrés Segovia with his ambitious goal,
worked with composer Rodrigo in parallel.
Great rock guitarists with their goal
of playing fantastic music in parallel:
Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison playing together;
the Eagles soaring in amazing harmony;
Clapton; Jimmy Page; the Allman Brothers;
or Hendrix playing incendiary solos alone.
Bring your friends, sisters and brothers
to a concert - don't come alone!
You'll meet people who have parallel
interests to your own. Dance together
as music plays. Our common goal
should be brotherhood and world harmony!
Each string of a guitar, alone
can make a melody. But harmony
exists only by functioning in parallel,
cooperatively. Let this be our goal:
for human beings to work together,
recognizing that we are all brothers.
My brothers and I aren't alone.
In parallel lives, our main goal
is to work together, making harmony.
[Sestina]
// A sestina is a non-rhyming poem consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The last word of each line in stanza 1 is repeated in all of the following stanzas. The envoy contains all six repeating words. To emphasize the theme of "Six Relatives", I have also made each line exactly 6 words. Additionally, I began stanzas 1-6 with the letters of the six guitar strings: E, A, D, G, B, E. One final note: the "ambitious goal" of Andrés Segovia and Joaquín Rodrigo was to make the guitar a respected instrument in the classical repertoire. They succeeded!//
Written 16 Nov 2020
Categories:
in harmony, brother, music, together,
Form:
Sestina
You moved ever so gently over me
a tempestuous wind stirring my senses.
And I, always the nonchalant sea,
lost the ability to flow in normalcy
We were two impetuous forms of nature.
Could we ever learn to live in harmony?
You blew across my tranquil waters
spilling my treasures upon the shore.
Then your breath was stilled...
I felt the force of your presence no more.
No moon had ever governed my tides
the way your winds brushed my soul.
I'd never been so swept away,
never had I given up full control.
My waters ebbed in the wrong direction
and there was no peace upon my waves.
Is this what happens to ill-fated lovers
when their hearts bleed in watery graves?
Categories:
in harmony, sea, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Why is there so much hate in the world today?
Why does prejudice keep coming our way?
Why can't we learn to live with each other?
Why can't we become like sister and brother?
Everyone's not going to be just like you and me,
Learn to accept their ways and let it be.
God didn't make us all the same way,
He didn't want life to become boring from day to day.
Live and let live should be our mode and creed,
Love one another then our hearts won't ache or bleed.
Oh what pain we cause each other from time to time,
If only we could live in harmony, then our lives would rhyme.
By Charles E. Fitzgerald 06/01/00 Lakeland, Florida
Categories:
in harmony, christian, prejudice,
Form:
Rhyme
It is not enough for Man to
Become conscious of himself:
Of his powers
Of his obligations
Of his divinity
Of his communion with the
Totality of things
And
Of the universal truth
But
It is also imperative for him to act,
According to the laws of this truth- physical or
Mental- so as Man
To live in harmony with the cosmos
Thus
The functioning of it, would never be
Disturbed by his presence, and
The harmony will be maintained
As
The Great Designer has intended to, from
The first moment of creation!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
24 January 2016
Categories:
in harmony, men, truth, world,
Form:
Free verse
Where to begin
When a bound is for life
And flies through time and space?
Meanwhile a wing hits the ground
No way to stop the clock
Nor to travel back
To that time when we knew
What we were, and how it worked
Well I know where you are father
I can see your back
Could you please see through my eyes
All this darkness inside
And shake it away
With one big warm hug
Alongside an “I’m proud of you pal”
It’s all I need today
It’d all be ok…
It’s all I want from you now
Hidden in my skin
All this words to come out
Behind a curtain of doubts
Should I do it?
Should I say it?
I miss your presence
How can I make this work?
Again… like a new chance
To reborn, come home
To that place in our hearts
That is bounded for life
An unbreakable spell
A spell cast when you first saw me
With my eyes closed
I can’t remember
But I can tell you this
I remember my heart being
Full of love and hope
It should’ve never stopped
Being that way
Like two hearts together
In one big warm hug
So smooth...
Beating in harmony.
Categories:
in harmony, dad, father,
Form:
Lyric
There's a place of sanctuary,
That shows me a face of statuary.
I would travel to the roof,
Where the moon would keep it aloof.
Lie on my back,
Set my heart to the steady track.
Falling down to my eyes,
Are the shinning stars from the skies.
Laying unto me a blanket of dust,
That the night found to me a must.
Speaking to the shadowed clouds,
While it formatted my long lost drowds.
You could peer into my eyes,
There you would see the reflection of the skies.
You'd see harmony in the lights,
Or maybe the wings of people on flights.
You could see your loved ones,
Hiding behind the face of the suns.
Look into my pupil,
See the passion asserted in dupils.
The bright night sky,
Provided me a place to fly.
Running my finger tips through it's star dust,
Flashing a smile from far to dusk.
Can you feel the magic in the air?
You can find it in the heart you wear.
Or perhaps the the world above,
Where the most magic is part of.
On your way to this journey,
Grab ahold of the night sky firmly.
And never wonder why you have nothing,
As long as you have that harmony in grip,
You may have a long fullfilling trip.
Cali Mitchell
Categories:
in harmony, beautiful, beauty, courage, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Heaven Glowing In Harmony Non-Stop
Heaven glows in, softest blue harmonizing non-stop
as it rains, they gently fall in golden teardrops.
Bold colors decorating the palaces that so shine
serenity prevails and as its loving hearts entwine.
Heaven sings about, great joy in knowing the Lord
forever to explore all, nobody ever gets bored.
Angels sing and roam about the magnificent skies
all feeling happiness there and nobody ever lies.
Heaven invites, all in faith with Father and Son
to reside in happiness there, love must be done.
Nights are lit entirely by a giant moon's glow
sweet music and dance exist in each Heavenly show.
Heaven holds dearly, words of Trinity and Love
absolute bliss reigns, insured by our God above.
No deep malice or dark ill will dares to invade
all is a celestial picnic and resting in the shade.
Heaven fulfills dreams, each a joy that is profound
circle of contentment exists, forever deep and round
Each thought a miracle, blessings arrive every hour
all rests in safety no need for a tall castle tower.
Robert J. Lindley , 09-11-2015
Note-- First two verses remembered from a dream from
last night. The rest of the poem composed from that
starting image and feeling..
Categories:
in harmony, beautiful, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Strangers in harmony
Strangers you and I would be
were not a glance of affection be,
our eyes have crossed and smiles returned,
a fragment of silence, a moment cloud nine
Unwritten laws of chemistry spoke,
combustion conferred united a spark
our distance an ark a rainbow us struck,
the universe chose our auras be touched.
So blissful the day remember me
your heart search my pulse in synchrony
as footprints engrave thy carbon of spirit
devoted to thee my love has to be
Categories:
in harmony, adventure, beautiful, cinderella, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Shards of oblivion
Life in a dice
Annoying nudges
Approaching self reproach
Bent on levity
Head on a plate
Empurpling serenity
Instigating the triumph
Sigh for a sigh
A poke in the rib
Brows and gestures
Counting colours and calories
Back in harmony
Five thousand light years from the void
Ardent feelings of love
Happier than thou
Back in harmony
Particular measures pleasures and treasures
Hands in air
We own the sky
Back in harmony
Unchained melody and a crazy pose
Beautifully unconventional
Idly loafing
Categories:
in harmony, absence, appreciation, blessing, deep,
Form:
Lyric
Opening the Door to your precious heart
Your soul shining
Brilliantly
Feather
Light
For
Pure souls
Connecting
Moving as one
The Universe in Harmony gives Life.
08.09.2020
Photo No.1
Categories:
in harmony, birth, life,
Form:
Tetractys
Beautiful music pouring from the soul
The music in front and the keys are below
Trying out melodies and harmonies alike
Playing piano untill the morning light
Two peas in a pod; a bond like no other
Tied together with music and love for each other
Our fingers caress the keys with a flourish
Our hunger for music is that which we nourish
But even if music should come to an end
I'm glad the piano has brought me a friend
Categories:
in harmony, musicmusic, music,
Form:
Couplet
The prerequisite,
To live in harmony with one another,
Is
To learn to live in harmony with ourselves, first,
Which
Is impossible, if love for our God, is not burning
In our hearts!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
24 June 2021
Categories:
in harmony, god, humanity, love,
Form:
Free verse
Gently smile along when the flowers grin;
Freely fly along when butterflies glide
Divulge the veiled exuberance within;
Set your worldly tribulations aside.
Pace along with ever ebullient breeze;
Crazily dance along with the bumblebees;
Snatch the heavenly rhythm of singing trees;
Make your earthly edginess smoothly flee.
Grow along with those pretty little sprout
pierce the rigid barrier , make own route;
Walk along with a trail of busy ants,
overhear them reciting success chants.
Live in harmony with nature ever,
for she will teach life lessons forever;
Jan-11-2024
Categories:
in harmony, beautiful, butterfly, extended metaphor,
Form:
Sonnet
Of the countless mass of birds in the air,
There is more than enough space without warfare.
Birds have the option to walk, run, and fly as their mode of transportation.
There is harmony and teamwork as they fly in perfect formation.
If only we consider how the sky is free of tyranny.
How the Hawk, the owl, and the eagle all share the sky in tranquility.
A bird with a helmet and rifle has never been seen.
They all share the sky in peace over mountains high and valley green.
Categories:
in harmony, bird, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
He listens to fountains of desiccated tears in the desert of his mind
Tastes echoes of vacant sounds from the soul of dissonant void
Disintegrated unison reaches out to his blind visons' flashing blisters
He smells feelings of decay pumping in heart failure’s congestion
The hallowed devil dances in Valhalla and consecrates cacophony
Until the clock strikes midnight in the no man’s land of no return
Blinded by detection deafened in awareness he retreats into his shell
Returns to the safety of shibboleth’s indecisive loneliness
With what remains of distant passion he gathers cinder’s fragments
Strikes a match from heaven and listens to the wood worms crackling
The ‘bonne’ fire raises his spirits in a fluent synthesis of emulated immolation
Finally he throws caution to the flames and feels the heat again
02nd June 2019
Categories:
in harmony, depression,
Form:
Free verse