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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...

Categories: tarantellas, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Heart of Autumn

...heart of autumn

heart of autumn waits
 not pacing with anxious steps ~
  chrysanthemums nod

calls of soaring geese
 echo through dusk coral skies ~
  early darkness sighs

wind heralds lo...

Categories: tarantellas, autumn,
Form: Haiku

Dance of the Spheres

...Dance of the Spheres

As clear crystal fiery stars dance through the Milky Way
The music of Heaven’s spheres vibrates harmonies -
In dainty minuets comet’s trails and starry orbs waltz into the d...

Categories: tarantellas, community, dance, stars,
Form: Villanelle

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Flipped Hourglass

...Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret f...

Categories: tarantellas, dance, life, time,
Form: Free verse

Flipped Hourglass

...Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret f...

Categories: tarantellas, dance, life, time,
Form: Free verse

Winter Dances

...Winter Dances

Winter dances in stately gavottes -
With children of wintry gardens -
A kiss of frost on their cheeks –
Remnants of summer twirl
Among bright berries
Where cardinals
And Snowbi...

Categories: tarantellas, bird, dance, garden, winter,
Form: Nonet

A Blustery Autumn Day

...A Blustery Autumn Day

Mischievous bursts of autumn’s laughter
Pulls down the last of the season’s bright artistry
 Carried away on blustery gusts,
  Weaving a tapestry of autumn’s magic
    In...

Categories: tarantellas, autumn, seasons, wind,
Form: Free verse

Flying Potatoes

...Flying Potatoes
By The Potato of Terror 28/3/05; revised 1/2/14

Flying potatoes permeate my days,
Float gently through the attic of my brain;
Winging their way through smoochy summer haze
And ...

Categories: tarantellas, fun, gothic, humorous,
Form: Sonnet