Still I Reach - Yearning for Stardom - Mini Orchestral Stage Production
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Still I Reach – Memories of my Father.
My Dad — a virtuoso, once hailed among India’s finest — was one of three English gentlemen credited with bringing Western classical mus...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, dream, fate, inspirational, music,
Form: Ballad
The Heart's Song
...Imagine...
A symphony orchestra,
all the greats,
the legends,
the masters of the universe,
playing...
...a perfect piece.
BORING!
Perfectly executed,
flawless, pristine...
but dead...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, beauty, music,
Form: Free verse
Maestro - POTD
...Maestro – 4-23-24
Dedicated to Dr. Stanley Chapple. Co-founder of Tanglewood. Conductor of the London Philharmonic. Head of the Music School University of Washington. Conductor of the University...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Symphony Orchestra of Love
...You're a beauty
A sexy something and quite a cutie
Baby you know you're my sunshine
Even in the shade
You make my good times
I'm squared away
My elation this election
My selection
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, baptism, beauty, day, faith,
Form: Quatrain
Soft Spoken Words
...Soft spoken words invite the inner ear,
Like gently flowing whispers to the heart
Longing touch of whisper'd breath on one’s neck,
Or, the sighing of a soft sibilate
Speaks emotions even more lou...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, spoken word, words,
Form: Blank verse
Be Careful
...BE CAREFUL
Be careful what you ask for
One day life is simple, you ask
a female colleague at a partnering
organization not to call you “doctor”,
“professor” and such, then she says
you...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, business,
Form: Free verse
A Most Talented Fellow
...He played the cello with such finesse
Clutching his instrument tight to his chest
As if he was channelling his very own heartbeat
In every stroke ~ in every note
Investing so much with e...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, inspirational, music, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Big Marty Milano
...Big Marty Milano
Blue-veined sausage nose
slightly off center
toward the right side of
a florid cop face
white-gloved hands
directing traffic
to the piercing rhythm
of staccato blasts from
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, heartbreak, hurt, murder,
Form: Free verse
Chicago
...Chicago.
Wish you were here.
Walk with me in my heart, My Love...
I was expecting more noise on a Saturday night,
But the wind wasn't even up.
(I was expecting more wind, too! First time here...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, chicago, funny, music, night,
Form: Prose Poetry
Visitor - Part 2 - a Collaboration With July Morning
...The Story so far continued from 'Visitor'…
An attractive extra-terrestrial female researcher sent to a remote island to observe earth and beam back her findings is struggling with unfamiliar,...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
The Race
...It’s not about the winning or losing
But how the race is run
To be in the Winners Circle
To bask in limelight’s fun
It’s not about the winning or losing
But how the race is run
The p...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, encouraging, inspirational, race,
Form: Rhyme
Now Really a Coat In a Coat But No Socks
...Vibrations of a visionary vivarium is a notion best perceived by a motionless cuckoo clock. Now carefully wind the handle and watch as the bird emerges to shout. Wow. Fantastic isn't it? It is a mono...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, america, baby, bangla,
Form: I do not know?
Music
...Lively refrains of a sweet melody
Frenetic picking of a banjo plus three
Piano player with tips in a jar
Head shaking boys playing screaming guitars
Symphony orchestra, soft brass and strings
M...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, music,
Form: Rhyme
A Steady Drum Rhythm
...The city in the summer nights,
Beats a steady drum rhythm. Slow
Living does RHYME with time.
Strange be a drastic decision
Proceeding without permission.
Bad luck? Nothing but superstition.
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Categories:
symphony orchestra, city, dream, night, summer,
Form: Free verse
The True Immortal
...White grains for brains
His thoughts are anointed seed
Spirits germinate where gladiators once fell
And mere mortals can taste a drop of eternity
Occasionally, like rice
They give rise to empire...
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Categories:
symphony orchestra,
Form: Epic
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