Best Tympanic Poems

The musical band
--O' ladies and gentlemen--
   Eardrum *tinnitus!

 *Tintinnabulation--ringing or tinkling of bells
 *Tinnitus--a ringing in the ears...

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Music 

Mystical labyrinth of twisting harmonic warnings
Gazing into infinity’s composing handiwork –
 Moonbeams in silver sung sonatas –
  Ivory hued cantatas resolved from heart...

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FIRST MOVEMENT (Minor Key)

Times such as these test body soul and mind
So should our thoughts be pain and dark confined
Or loosed to concentrate on brighter...

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Golden Disks and Whale Clicks

mind song riffs
joining the back beat
nature clicks
timpani 
drums of black thunder
percuss 
then the sky opens

a luminous landing 
off gasses 	from the...

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SLOW MOVEMENT

Move out from tall trees - to wider scene now
Tympanic rhythm - andante theme
As footsteps beat on - path of the Ash beam
In diverse...

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BELLS

I.

Bells has a tingling ring to it,
a jingledy-jangle silver tone.
The tympanic waltz, close knit —
angelic chorus of Christ’s throne.

And Winter parades its magic —
the pure...

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My open-ended lines can convey more than one idea. Verse 3, middle line, ends in “I am.” I am both okay (today) & puddles on...

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mind song riffs
joining the back beat
nature clicks
timpani 
drums of black thunder
percuss 
then the sky opens

a luminous landing 
off gasses 	from the heat shield 
rainbow across...

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A true friend is a priceless gift.
Never dominates you
But an important part in you.
Unlike others who can falsely define you
A true friend will try to...

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Almost always, as additional allurements arrive, ask as a Being...
 By better borne behests become best Causes ?
  Can causes create concise concepts Diligently...

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It was a shock 
Even though I didn’t check the clock
That colorful approach blew my mind
Cause it was seldom to find

Prior to this time, panted...

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The thing that went...

The first thing that went wrong - 
was the buzzing in my left ear,
the one not buried in the pillow,
the one that...

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tentatively we touch
gentleness a brushed lingering
rising waves of repetition unfold
achingly intense
crisp as belled glass

full of heartache, plump with longing
life races toward … to ward …
in...

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privileged clouds catch breath...
meadowlark’s song bridges gulf...
rain's tympanic leaves

Brian Johnston
November 11, 2015...

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Poesy and song are all about
     rhythm and flow, and tunes and tones; 
how every rise and fall throughout
  ...

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