Musical IQ
...Sometimes
they reason
sometimes
they don’t
The meaning
implicit
or lost
in the notes
Sonically
free
of all
cogency found
Truth
in the melody
harmonically
— sound
(Dreamsle...
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Categories:
sonically, music, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Trombonists Used To Be Cool
...Trombone man
throw me a horny bone.
Sit your brass down
push it out
mute a melodious belch
or gargle a groan.
O trombone man
slide it low, let it blow
take it back, make it moan
soni...
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Categories:
sonically, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Song of Spring
...Spring in her step, she’s stepped into spring;
Long silence lapsing, she’s longing to sing.
Keying the lock, she unlocks the keys,
Soothing sweet sonnets, soft melodies.
Tuning her pitch, she...
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Categories:
sonically, song, spring,
Form: Alliteration
Counting Hawks
...Counting perching hawks
trying to watch what they watch
while a speeding car
beneath tense feet
races to overtake whatever blocks
each sideways glance.
Fifty percent of all bird songs go unr...
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Categories:
sonically, poetry,
Form: Free verse