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elegy of drums
“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”
charlie beat the hell out of skin
spilling not a drop of precious blood
membrane to his feet tamed the din
of his passions raging like a flood
paradiddle dreams crowned his head
bossa nova clavé poly rhyme
syncopation sycophant-bred
of the gallantry of space and time
charlie rode his hi hat to hell
landing on his polyrhythm couch
mozambique and french grip and bell
proved the soul in him was no man’s grouch
till the day he climbed from his stool
when his morning sun refused to rise
elegy of drums, soft and cool,
phantoms of his music, fill the skies
© Copyright 2021 September 07
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
charlie beat the hell out of skin
spilling not a drop of precious blood
membrane to his feet tamed the din
of his passions raging like a flood
paradiddle dreams crowned his head
bossa nova clavé poly rhyme
syncopation sycophant-bred
of the gallantry of space and time
charlie rode his hi hat to hell
landing on his polyrhythm couch
mozambique and french grip and bell
proved the soul in him was no man’s grouch
till the day he climbed from his stool
when his morning sun refused to rise
elegy of drums, soft and cool,
phantoms of his music, fill the skies
© Copyright 2021 September 07
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 8th Sep 2021
| Edited 9th Sep 2021
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8th Sep 2021 9:26pm
Right up my street (music!) and so clever. I LOVE the way you've blended musical terms into your poem, and with some play on words at that. I can't wait to vote!
9th Sep 2021 3:29am
Wow, that's a hi-hat honour, Ellie! So you, too, are a musician? Thanks for your kind words about my words. You must have voted multiple times, because I won the competition. And would you believe I entered just before the comp. closed last night? I think I wrote the piece in less than 2 hours.
Yours sincerely
cab
Yours sincerely
cab
9th Sep 2021 8:51am
Hooray! Congratulations.
Yes I am! Google nine music exams on one day, and you'll find me.
Yes I am! Google nine music exams on one day, and you'll find me.
10th Sep 2021 2:28am
Wow!
Guitar, trombone, cello, xylophone, singing, bassoon, piano, and soprano saxophone in just four hours!
Phenomenal, Ellie! Now I understand why you could see music value in the poem I wrote. I have spent most of my entire career as a music educator.
But nowhere close to the ensemble (I could almost say orchestra) that you are in one person. What a shame about the stance of Guinness WW. They can register how many bottles of beer a person can drink, but not such musical versatility as yours?
Keep on doing what you're doing.
Sincerely
cab
Guitar, trombone, cello, xylophone, singing, bassoon, piano, and soprano saxophone in just four hours!
Phenomenal, Ellie! Now I understand why you could see music value in the poem I wrote. I have spent most of my entire career as a music educator.
But nowhere close to the ensemble (I could almost say orchestra) that you are in one person. What a shame about the stance of Guinness WW. They can register how many bottles of beer a person can drink, but not such musical versatility as yours?
Keep on doing what you're doing.
Sincerely
cab
