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JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

0 posted 2012-01-21 10:44 PM

Maestro
┬┬┬ ┬┬┬ ┬┬┬

Life’s foray sanctions
my every thought of you.
Should I be as a clavichord
absorbed into metrical play,
reverberating against a host of brass strings,
in a fanfare of melodic tune?

Or should I be that breath of tympani,
understood silently, to gently stay?

What genius thought
should pass through my mind
a concerto “Una vita di canzone”
or, reflective passages from
Leopold's best-selling treatise?
Which keyed fret or
tensioned reed will sustain
those hearty notes I should play?

Or,
Should I exit stage right,
or stage left,
or render inoperative
in stage fright?
Or shall I be center stage,
become a prop, a perforated stand
and be happily content stay?

Choices appear to be old wine –
turned to vinegar-varnish
over all this time;

So,
With my bow in hand
Stradivarius tucked beneath my chin
I fake in “Meditation from Thaïs” by Albert Stern,

and meticulously continue
to pretend…

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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

[This message has been edited by JL (01-21-2012 11:23 PM).]

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

1 posted 2012-01-21 10:47 PM

JL...this is awesome! LOL ...& I don't think ur faking it!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2012-01-21 10:55 PM

Thanks BG, I am glad you saw the humor.
Very kind of you to take the time to reply.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

3 posted 2012-01-22 03:02 AM

This is great, JL. I think you are the Maestro for creating it.

A

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-01-22 05:30 AM

Bravo! Take a bow. Standing Ovation. Clap-Clap Take another bow.

~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2012-01-22 06:41 AM

awsome JL. Encore!

Lori

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

6 posted 2012-01-22 11:15 AM

Truly emotionally filled poetry cannot be faked. It is as sweetly moving as Pachelbel's Canon in D.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2012-01-22 02:08 PM

Thanks A, too kind…

JP, thank you sir.

Thank you, Lori

Thanks Nicole, Pachelbel's Canon in D very nice, but
if you get a moment, go listen to this: http://youtu.be/PGd4Rs-O3ws

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2012-01-23 12:30 PM

Or should I be that breath of tympani,
understood silently, to gently stay?

I remember when I fell in love with the sound of the tympani... and still fall silent every time I hear it, just to enjoy. *S*

A beautiful word symphony you've written!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2012-01-23 10:17 PM

Thank you suthern,
your replies always make me smile.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

10 posted 2012-01-24 03:13 PM

well done, enjoy your writes and glad to see your writing again...whooo hoooo!!!

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

11 posted 2012-01-24 03:30 PM

I can certainly relate to the "pretending" part... Stems from years of never figuring out who I really was or what I wanted... So I ended up playing many tunes, trying to please others. Good write... Glad you reposted it.

Michael

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

12 posted 2012-01-24 03:45 PM

LJ:
Hi Hoboken girl!
Thank you for being so kind.

Big gigantic hug!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

13 posted 2012-01-24 03:47 PM

Thank you Michael for your very kind review.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

14 posted 2012-01-24 03:58 PM

My dear friend,

there is no way to hide greatness,
for talent shines, one way or the other.

I will be gone for a few days beginning Thursday...

write me some poems to come home to,
will you?

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

15 posted 2012-01-24 04:05 PM

If I write a few you may want to leave again...

Thank you Ms. Sunshine!
Got me smiling like a Cheshire cat...

Have a nice trip, be safe.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

16 posted 2012-02-07 05:49 PM

Alison!
Thank you, dear sweet lady...

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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