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Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

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Bewilderment , USA

0 posted 2009-03-16 09:04 AM

The writer plays in silence to an audience of one
His fingers seeking guidance from the muses, finding none
The chords he strikes sound hollow as he searches for the key
This is no minor matter but a major one you see

His instrument's beguiling and requires a certain touch
A complex understanding of its inner workings, such
As one might spend a lifetime making it their one pursuit
And not finesse one sound from that which chooses to stay mute

A frustrating dilemma given a musicians' ear
Does one just keep on playing even what he cannot hear
The notes take on a meaning that the words strive to express
The echoes of creation we've no power to suppress

The writer plays on pages for it's where his heart belongs
His silent music flowing that his words might weave a song

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2009-03-16 09:23 AM

Saved faster than you can say "writer"!!! ~ and a fine one, ye be!

Loved everything about "The Writers' Song" that you have just 'sung'!

Keep on singing, Poet Man!

Love & Poet Light,
EA

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2009-03-16 11:22 AM

Loved every line of it... bravo! *S*

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

3 posted 2009-03-16 03:02 PM

Thanks Dr Moose for gifting us this writer's song!
Into the library it goes.

TheAnonDavid
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since 2008-08-28

Posts 237
UK

4 posted 2009-03-16 03:56 PM

This is a very readable piece - the meter and rhyme are excellently done. Seven iambic beats to a line usually seems unwieldy and wordy but this has not fallen into that trap.

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

5 posted 2009-03-17 07:02 AM

EA,
Thanks, and I'll be sure to "Beware the Woods".
Doc
suthern,
Thanks, glad you liked.
Doc
Midnitesun,
Thank you, I'm honored.
Doc
TheAnonDavid,
Thank you, I've written Ballad form both ways, this one, and with the line break @
four and three and I tend to agree with you. Thanks again.
Doc

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2009-03-22 09:22 PM

Dr.

I came back to hear your song again and realized that I had no responded the first time I listened.

I enjoy your writing so much and this is among my favorites of yours. May I save it?

A

Fizzle
Junior Member

since 2009-03-21

Posts 38

7 posted 2009-03-22 10:21 PM

I know diddly-squat about metres and pentameters and iambic thingamajigs, but I loved it!

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

8 posted 2009-03-23 05:22 AM

Alison,
But of course, I'd be honored. Btw congratulations on becoming a moderator I just noticed and am sure you'll do an excellent job.
Doc

Fizzle,
Welcome to Passions. Thank you. I think you know more about those things than you think
if you recognized that this piece contained them.
Doc

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2009-03-23 07:11 PM

Doc....when you play the music of words, it is awesome! Bravo!

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

10 posted 2009-03-23 10:12 PM

This came across in a melody all it's own Doc. Beautiful cadence and flow to this ... it was truly lovely. Very much enjoyed!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

11 posted 2009-03-23 11:11 PM

Dr.Moose1 - enjoyed your song, well done...

BC

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

12 posted 2009-03-24 12:19 PM

Excellent and I'll be saving this one, Dr, Moose.
Ida

Marc-Andre
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since 2008-12-07

Posts 501

13 posted 2009-03-24 01:45 AM

Dr. Moose, I've enjoyed the analogy. Much truth in there too.

Mark

Raindance
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since 2009-02-07

Posts 120
West Coast

14 posted 2009-03-24 09:30 AM

fill the wastebasket,but don't empty it,just in case...
This write is very well expressed and a keeper for my library. I so appreciate the efforts of all conveyors of art!

Dr.Moose1
Member Elite

since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

15 posted 2009-03-24 03:50 PM

Martie,
Thanks so much for your kind words.
Doc
Kit,
Thank you, I'm not quite accustomed to such positive feedback. No pun intended but, I may have struck a chord here. Lol.
Doc

Bill Charles,
Thank you very much.
Doc

Ida,
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.
Doc

Mark,
Thanks for the R&R.
Doc

Raindance,
Lol, I've filled more than a few over the years. Thanks for the reply.
Doc

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