“You play words like an instrument”
someone once said
Each vowel as a whole note
to consonants wed
High praise from a seeker
deftly looking for more
New songs in the making
—words singing du jour
(The New Room: March, 2023)
Categories:
whole note, music, words,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To Music
Can you hear
the silent sound
Of quarter-notes
upon the ground
Felled in music's
last retreat
Of rythmic genres lost?
Sequenced up
and down the scale
They went unnoticed
when they fell
With one last
crescendo sweet!
A whole note claimed the cost.
©deborah burch
2005
Categories:
whole note, allegory, music,
Form: Quatrain
… Violinist Play…
A Melody Today
Be My Accompaniment
And Ambient Confidant
… Violinist Play
A Tune For Me Today
You Have Skill To Squeeze …
Arrows - On Long-Bow Breeze
… Squeeze And Score Thru Symphony Halls
… Squeeze And Scale Up Bedroom Walls
… Squeeze And Scope Like Encore Calls
… Squeeze And Scald Like Tear Drops Fall
Bow – Back And Forth – Flash
Console A Soul’s Scar, Of Life’s Lash
The Whole Note – Rub Raw… Hold!...
Then Virtuoso, Soothe, Sympathize… Oh…
Violinist… Play Your Violin
Let Your Noble Bow Begin
Place Your Pose, So Elegant
A Classical Chin Attendant
Beneath Your Nose, A Fragrant
Solo Flows Transcendent
Your Wrists, Are Wine At Banquet
And Your Fingers Are The Quartet…
… Squeeze – Like A Lung’s Last Breath
… Squeeze – Like A Last Hope From Death
… Squeeze – Like Love’s Heartbeat Won’t Rest
… Squeeze – Like Lifting From An Ocean’s Depth
… Violinist Play
Be My Duet Today
For Like The Last Sweet Crumb Of A Croissant
I Want To Savor A Violin – So Vibrant
Categories:
whole note, life, music
Form: Narrative