the piano tuner
The piano tuner
there used to be a greengrocer on the ground floor
except for potatoes, there was not much call for
another vegetable, the shop closed a piano tuner rented
the space and partly white-washed the windows
he didn't like to be seen by passers-by
I sat on the gate into our yard pretending to be a cowboy
when he asked
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Categories:
tuner, absence, abuse, age,
Form: ABC
Piano Tuner Cat
On piano keys
my cat scratches THe keyboard
whet claws, sans music
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Categories:
tuner, allusion, analogy, cat, funny,
Form: Senryu
The Piano Tuner
The Piano tuner
The blind piano tuner knocked on the door
Where I was a caretaker -like I can afford to buy a piano-
I showed him into the music room and left
to read a newspaper.
I heard some clunking as he tunes; then there was a long
silence, he had fallen asleep with his head on the
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Categories:
tuner, best friend, betrayal, birth,
Form: Blank verse
Your Best Tuner
Your Best Tuner
Seems to and does depend on whose side
All of your answers you have tried to hide
Less change wanted and more conservative
Change wanted and liberal start to swerve.
When periods of understanding will plummet
People come together in form of a summit
Rather then trying to sell selves short
They should start seeking others support.
They did decide they
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Categories:
tuner, humorous, inspirational, prejudice,
Form: Couplet
The Piano Tuner
The rain clouds gather outside and
I see his umbrella bouncing over the hedge.
I hear him enter the gate with case in hand;
He slowly closes the gate and heads for the door.
A light knock reverberates into the library,
I hear the door close and his soft voice say,
“Good evening ma’am, I’m here for a tuning”.
She takes his
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Categories:
tuner, on work and working
Form: Free verse