Short Recitals Poems

sorting through memories

of concerts and piano recitals

rheumatoid fingers tickle


broken forgotten keys

inlaid with the laughter of

ebony and ivory


(Collom Lune)


05/11/2020
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I awoken with a song on my heart
As my mind recites, Jesus 
In my pointing vision I'm receiving
Views dreams in part
I'm totally found not lost
Awakening in the arms of Our Father 
Listening to the bird's recitals
I join in we All praise God 

5/22/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2o23...

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Life skills for the modern woman:

POSTURE & BALANCE
HIGH TEA PROMINADE
SONG & DANCE RECITALS
ENGLISH GARDEN ETIQUETTE
FASHION & STYLE SYMPOSIUM
INTER-MURAL BADMINTON & CROQUET
GENDER INFLECTIONS: SAYING 'YES' WITH YOUR EYES
DEAN WORTHINGTON’S CATNIP SOCIAL (BY INVITATION ONLY)

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Mothers sit and wait a great deal of their lives
At dance recitals
At softball games
At skating rinks

Mothers sit and wait a great deal of their lives
Outside school buildings
Outside churches
Outside art studios

Mothers sit and wait a great deal of their lives
for some fathers to wise up
for some fathers to return
for some fathers to take their turns sitting and waiting...

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The movers wheeled the piano in the apartment 
my tutors revealed plateaus climbed as an artist 
hours flying pages turned black and white keys charted 
scoured trying ages I played packed plight I started 
recitals, concert halls, from practicing hardest 
reprisals, my art calls, the piano sits modest 
In my twilight years I teach children to harvest 
the wild bright light nears, to each the piano harnessed...

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Fresh blossoms of tall oaks
Cherry tree’s tender flowers 
Rose bush’s charming buds
Shimmering wraps of emerald

Butterfly skipping around creepers
Duck pair wooing in pool waters
Family of deer grazing upon pastures
Keen songbirds’ euphonious recitals

Blooming vines’ meditative fragrance
Coolness of breezes carrying it over  
Mother Earth’s flair of splendor 
Rays of hope and assurance 

Smita Kulkarni
04/07/2021...

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Listen to poem:

Tiny seed with embryo in toe
awaits the sower to decipher
all it's wants and needs,
to grow captive, in plots and pots.
Nature knows the needs of seeds off by heart.
Growers learn the code of what and when 
by rote declension recitals of scripts, 
and wasteful trial and error plantings.
Such failed trials and tribulations prove 
costly to seeds left to rot, freeze-dry and die
when sown in cold, parched and barren, 
foreign lands....

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Grandma's quilt
     Hand-stitched memory patches
     Not one piece another matches

Artful legacy
     Sews family ties together
     Crafted by hands now weathered

Captured moments
     Prom dresses that ever dance
     Within love the flowed from grandma's hands

Unique reminders
     Weddings, first dates, recitals
     Embrace in grandma's revival

Adorned crib
      Quilt that covers a newborn
      With memories of ancestors gone...

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Psalms are rendered 
Recitals are made
Confessions are voiced out
And the tempo rises
Sweat oozes from the body
Ecstasy is evident, yet unexplainable
With reeling and rolling
Stooping and shouting
The forces of darkness are choked up
O yes! They are left with no choice
Intermittent periods of soberness
The ambience thickened with a taste of spirituality
More periods of soberness
The ambience is sterile
Requiem is observed, and 
The grace is shared...

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We, are the performers of life's drama base
On the stage life-- of time 'n space 
We're put here in this world place
To play our parts with full embrace

Nobody can act your part, as you can
You are what you are, when you began
Nobody is like you, amen 
We are heaven bound by this drama on earth's plan 

Whereas for this short time on stage earth spell
And balancing your acting gig well
The daily recitals you giveth'
Will determine your afterlife ep·i·thet...

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