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Fermata Poems - Poems about Fermata


The Feast of Power
...Walls breathe insistent hunger, red as the inside of a split pomegranate, richer still where the tallow has melted, slick as the fat from a burnt offering. Scarpia does not eat. He savors—sou......

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Categories: fermata, anxiety, character, corruption, creation,
Form: Free verse
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... I have one pass to success — I have one pass per path I've had one flight, one success Going ahead—till one's last breath. You can hear Gabriel blowing his horn Yet, I took i......

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Categories: fermata, forgiveness, god,
Form: Lyric



Fermata
...You are a sustained landscape one that changes only when you smile or frown, a fermata, an endless note something akin to love strung-out, pulled thin until it vibrates at the same tone ......

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Categories: fermata, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Selection
...get it right and make it right again days say solo days say ah dew shi paco ah dew she say ah vay dew! Adagio Cadenza Andante C Dolce Fermata Fortissimo Larghetto Mofit Octave Piu Semore Sfo......

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Categories: fermata, baby, beautiful, business, little
Form: Etheree
Such Words Inspire, Without Tragedy
...Might he find it in him self to see error in his previous thought than might he recognize the way his lyrics and music might blend together to be heard in the finest hall's of this world. Thos......

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Categories: fermata, adventure, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Still Point 20
...avatar- double bar fermata.........

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Categories: fermata, imagery, music,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Sympathy
...Sympathy Sympathy of violins, Sensate sliding of heartstrings. Canorously caressing. Like cherry brandy - feels good. The warmth spreads, like a prayer shawl. Fermata holds on t......

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Categories: fermata, grief,
Form: Verse
The Music of Colors
...It originates with a blank canvas. White. Eerie silence like snow drifting A fermata. Silence is music too. Then a sonata of yellow breaks the spell. The arpeggio of a laugh The trill of th......

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Categories: fermata, art, color, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Minuet Number One
...Prelude The student sits, perpendicular to the piano Back erect, fingers curled, knees just barely under the keys Feet not touching the floor Eyes bright with wonder The finger strikes a note ......

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Categories: fermata, analogy, nostalgia, teacher,
Form: I do not know?
Music
...Music, music, it’s in the air, Here is a list of what I hear: A B C D E F G (1 e & a) (1 2 3) Rhythm, beat, timing, and tempo, Fermata, rest, and accelerando, Forte, piano, half, and whol......

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Categories: fermata, appreciation, art, music, song,
Form: Couplet
Loon Song
...Motor is nudged to life in an arcing motion, arm pulling cord. Vein-furrowed hands grasp the fishing pole, slinging bait and tackle beneath one arm. Another arcing motion, arm casting pole. Bob......

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Categories: fermata, childhood, children, emotions, eulogy,
Form: Free verse
Lyrical Crimes
...This ink switchblade scraped the page Imbibed by my musical sage This isn't just a love sick cantata A heartless melody, baby hold that fermata Oh look out! More lyrical crimes Hear me butcher t......

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Categories: fermata, rap, slam, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Life's Fermata
...Let the song sift through your soul Let the harmony heal your heart Let the melody mend your mind Make life a musical masterpiece Let the people hear the peace Let us understand in unison Let h......

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Categories: fermata, life, musiclife,
Form: Free verse
Solo
...pupa taps a pulse in humid mounds. chaste cicada quivers in the ground. sighed fermata thrills the earthen chambers. bare cicada fancies in the strain. lewd sonata lulls the velvet ......

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Categories: fermata, allegory, depression, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things