Letting Go of the "Ain't -Gots"

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Open Poetry #46

Letting Go of the "Ain't -Gots"

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

0 posted 2010-05-31 04:04 PM

My piano awaits its exercise, a thing it rarely does,
as all is well in the land of mood,
Until it takes a fall.
Then, out the fingers with pencil come
to change the score and tune,
Rewriting accidentals
In the darkened daylit room.

The score has been completed
at least a dozen times
Until another seeding
Of something I can’t define.

One step backward and two ahead I go
Now more confused with the sounds I’ve written,
The rests and pauses my fingers forget to show.

They say it's finished, but too much perfection
    has been sought
Unearthing the base that had succeeded
and the pleasure from which it was wraught.

            ~misce~

[This message has been edited by miscellanea (05-31-2010 06:15 PM).]

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2010-05-31 06:57 PM

Dear Miscè,
a piano that stands unused is really such a sad thing, I know, for mine has the same reasons to complain!

I love your reflections, they are wise and show your awareness. Sometimes the search of perfection delays the birth and sharing of an inspired creative work that conveys the beauty of emotions which are already perfect.

Very beautifully rendered.

Love,
Margherita

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

2 posted 2010-06-01 08:18 AM

Margherita,

I am touched by your understanding and your response. You get me.

~misce'

Earl Brinkman
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since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

3 posted 2010-06-01 07:22 PM

You have demonstrated to me how difficult and joyous it is to write a score on a piano which is something that I have never experienced. I do have a similiar feeling when writing poetry.

easy1
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since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

4 posted 2010-06-02 05:02 AM

It is somewhat of a blessing to even have a piano, whether much used or not. Nicely composed poem... and I have found that ONE light-to-moderate rewrite is usually enough.

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