Obsessed
...Obsessed
Hours and hours practising
“Practice makes perfect!”
Others have described Antonio’s playing as perfect.
He has played in spectacular locations. Even before Kings and Queens. One day ...
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Categories:
upright piano, appreciation, art, creation, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Quads and Whatnots
...What is a square, a shape, container quadraphonics, a traditional rollerskate
What is an atrium, a fireplace, a closet
What is a boxing ring, a gymnasium, blackboard
What are a checkerboard, deck...
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Categories:
upright piano, analogy, muse,
Form: List
Peeling Back the Bubble Wrap
...Peeling Back the Bubble Wrap
Peeling back the bubble wrap on the ancient of days,
Back to when Nixon was still presiding,
He, leading with paranoid deliberations,
Sold his yeses to the Goldbr...
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Categories:
upright piano, remember,
Form: Free verse
The Beautiful House
...The beautiful house through the seasons,
Where we all lived with our parents.
Spring the snowdrops and crocuses would appear,
You would see them peaking through the snow.
The sidewalk would b...
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Categories:
upright piano, appreciation, beautiful, friendship, god,
Form: Free verse
Mimi and Mary T
...Mimi and Mary T.
By
M P Walsh
It was 25 December,
And a snug-warm Christmas day.
The temp was over 50,
The weather: bright, not gray.
But a sadness on this Sunday fair
Perplexed me......
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Categories:
upright piano, celebration, death,
Form: Ode
Practice
...practice in patience
old upright piano
silently yearning
posted on September 5, 2018...
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Categories:
upright piano, age, old, time,
Form: Senryu
Praise of Celebrities
...I have been blessed to be with the presence of celebrities,
My favorite performers through the years.
To listen to them in concert was profound,
They are your companions through the lonely hours...
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Categories:
upright piano, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, god,
Form: Free verse
This Ol' House
...This ol' house where I was born and raised,
Had no insulation and weren't double glazed.
Had a slanted slate roof, it leaked now and then,
Lots of places where you could build a den.
Had a cellar...
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Categories:
upright piano, feelings, growing up, house,
Form: Rhyme
The Gift of Sound
...The Gift of Sound.
In our little house stands an upright piano,
tuned by a blind man blessed by the gift of sound.
My son sat one day playing a masterpiece,
Written long ago by a man who co...
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Categories:
upright piano, fantasy, happy, inspirational, life,
Form: Verse
The Blue Danube
...The old upright piano sits flush against the wall,
has been hushed into silence, out on the sun porch
Ignored, neglected, but standing erect
I can imagine it was treasured in its prime,..polishe...
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Categories:
upright piano, blue, childhood, mother, old,
Form: Narrative