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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
My Piano My piano is a crafty beast I love it well, it loves me least I toil there in servitude It clinks along with sounds quite rude When e’er I find approaching skill It smacks me down with fervent will And should I spurn and days ignore It beckons me; I beg for more Like one who loves a woman rare I try to show how much I care With trembling hands I softly touch The keys I crave to play so much It teases me to just come near And I’ll play tunes I want to hear. As women love all other guys It stares at me with smirking eyes. I can’t resist; I must return to feel all this scorn and spurn. What is this curse that pulls at me Try Chopin, Brahms and Liszt, you see? Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Beautifully written Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Connel
since 2002-11-04
Posts 736Florida, USA |
You know, I was once interested in playing the piano, and I could play a few songs.. But not no more. =( Anyone can write, But only poets can capture the heart. |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Kayjay, My bass does the same exact thing to me, and I have been playing for 17 years. it is amazing how the things that give us such delight can cause us the most agony, isn't it??? A very good write. [This message has been edited by Ringo (03-08-2003 10:03 PM).] |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
kayjay - feel almost the same about my guitar, but all it wants to play is the blues... BC |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Ringo and Bill, perhaps I can unlimber my fiddle and we could be a group called ...um "Poet's Lament". Thanks for your comments. Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
"loner" and Connel too, I thank you for your thoughtful comments. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
My well tuned keys have turned to rust as I traverse times in search of dust for my mother was the soul of tune and all I do is seek the ruins... My piano sits in spite of me it sits in spite of poetry... it waits for fingers to touch its keys... my piano sits, in spite of me... ~*~ I know! I know! |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Lovely response, Karilea, you brought me a smile too! KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
A blues guitar, a heavy metal bass, and a fiddle... man, what a combination that would be!!!! But, who would play the piano??? [This message has been edited by Ringo (03-08-2003 10:11 PM).] |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh Ringo...I would definitely play the piano, if I could be 1/10th as good as my mother was! She could sit, and play, and play...it was a challenge to us kids to GET her to sit there...because if we could do that, we could ask for anything, and she would just nod her head, for she was in her heaven then....! The challenge was, getting her there... music is polished with a piano....  |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
hmmmm piano, bass, blues guitar and fiddle. Bill Monroe came to fame with disparate instruments. Gotta be a gig for us someplace. Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I understand this too, Kayjay...my piano has been my friend for years..it played my poetry before I could find the words. |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Thank you, Martie, for your note. All who quest to play an instrument have a similar struggle. That is the fun of playing. Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
I have an antique upright...does that help? I'm not very good myself, but I play a wicked tambourine.  ~Hugs, Nancy~ ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Any set of 88 keys will do to tap out a tuen or two. Thanks, Nancy. Hugs. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
lol @ Bill - feel the same about mine kayjay - I think we have the same piano very nice - made me smile a bit here xxoo |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
big smile...remembering |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
To Littlewing and 'Angel I thank you very much And "passing" always gives me pause to be thankful, just because. Ken J |
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