Category Music
War and Music
The held breath Anticipated moment Awaiting Fall of the baton Order to attack The battle begun Enemy engaged Black notes Nebulous faces Hours of practice, drill Engraving response Into your body Your mind, being Carving moments Movements Into your soul Send up a prayer To a higher power Universal spirit Favored deity To watch over […]
None So Blind
Spinning stories so I may begin to understand Walking within a sheltered wood, artist’s view Pine needles slip beneath my steps and recall Soft, changing winds, tires on newly-fallen rain Ideas from distant time, till this one, right now Our own insights or through eyes, ears, hands As composers, artists, writers interpret our life They […]
Anywhere and Everywhere
Could it be that I have found my perfect place? You could join me; it’s not a contest or a race. Because you all are ever, always welcome there. Plenty of good food, sweet water and clean air
Perception
In that place where all is intertwined to all deep within Behind a wall my brain and body built around my soul Who I am, was, have been, might be, might have been Waiting for me to build a solid path to my chosen goal Perhaps, like me, you recognize everything’s connected Yet fall short, […]
Twixt Art and Eternity
What waits within us; what secrets might it seek Are we merely meat puppets, if bold or if meek We think we’re the best, after our upward climb Before we see artwork that is more than sublime We are staggered, stunned, stopped in our tracks In transcendent beauty, ugly, fair, nothing it lacks Inner truth […]
Despite Expectations
Could it be that I have found and lost my way Will it all change tomorrow, or stay like today Mostly I have questions, while answers I offer None will make you powerful nor fill a coffer Does anyone know right questions or answers The sinking Titanic; don’t disturb the dancers Take me to your […]
Sight From Sound
A piercing flute; yellow bird darts above the falls Falling water, low notes drop, drip, splash, plop Cool blue pool reflects a cloudless sky, empties Flute glissandos dance along piano-chord rocks Faster now, volume, power grow as birds chirp As this river of music blusters, pushes, cascades Slides into green darkness of overhanging trees Into […]
Can Harmony Be known?
Rich harmonies spring forth, combine Close your eyes in wonder, so sublime Storyteller’s voice weaves magic above Within and without, a tale about love Chiaroscuro words shift, hide, reveal Bits of forever, our imagination steals Dreams, smoke, dim, bright, the same Win and lose, while playing life’s game Yet losers are winners, never doubt it […]
My Hymn
There are so many things to do, to start All the online petitions that I should sign Lots I should take from my shopping cart As I twiddle my thumbs in the grocery line Too much meat, too much sugar, I know Too many causes clamor for my attention Barely energy to wipe myself, when […]
Morning Lark
How will people of the future see The people who are alive this day Will they ken we act no differently We’re what we do, not what we say I believe it is not the words I write But that I share my hopes and fears Exploring this, our common plight Hope my words may […]
