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The Writers' Song
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The Writers' Song |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
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 |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
 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  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Loved every line of it... bravo! *S* |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks Dr Moose for gifting us this writer's song! Into the library it goes. |
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TheAnonDavid Member
since 2008-08-28
Posts 237UK |
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. |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
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 |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
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 |
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Fizzle Junior Member
since 2009-03-21
Posts 38 |
I know diddly-squat about metres and pentameters and iambic thingamajigs, but I loved it!  |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
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 |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Doc....when you play the music of words, it is awesome! Bravo! |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
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 |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Dr.Moose1 - enjoyed your song, well done... BC |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Excellent and I'll be saving this one, Dr, Moose. Ida |
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Marc-Andre Senior Member
since 2008-12-07
Posts 501 |
Dr. Moose, I've enjoyed the analogy. Much truth in there too. Mark |
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Raindance Member
since 2009-02-07
Posts 120West Coast |
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! |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
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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