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Mona Lisa
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 100
Halifax, Nova Scotia

0 posted 2000-08-25 07:18 PM

So many songs,  sang in so many words,
and with each one, the heart resonates a story.
of a thousand lives lived,  a thousand walks walked.

First in the journey, soprano leads the way through verse.
As in ambience of sound, alto and tenor follow in step behind.
And sometimes baritone and bass come too.

While along with Ivory's keys,  the emotions candour away,
Respectfully, vibrato stands to its feet to meet harmony.
These two kiss,  then meander through the melodic chorus of life.

Lest forgotten, orchestra, the mainstay of this libretto, commands attention,
Gracfully, she lilts her very own tales in rhythmic silk and satin
Along for the journey, strings, percussions and woodwinds lend collective hands.

But the score is not always sweet, for discord is selfish, and desires infamy .
Spoiled pitch and colliding notes can easily destroy the halcyon of sound.
But the skilled maestro can restore order within the orchestral chaos.

So again the singer can take center stage, and once more breathe her vocal gems.
And in familiar key, with voice lifted high, life follows the staff and trodden path,
Now without haste,  its temporal strings, allegretto, are strummed once more.

Cresendo and decrescendo take turns distributing their fates,
and in highs, and lows, the acoustic crystal continues to shine its radience.
Now treasured, this gift of sound will live until the final curtain is drawn

[This message has been edited by Mona Lisa (edited 08-25-2000).]

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

1 posted 2000-08-25 08:25 PM

Very interesting comparisons, ML, I like this.
catalinamoon

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2000-08-25 08:31 PM

Brava!!! Roses, with a standing ovation...and I'll try to stay in key...smiles to you.

Mona Lisa
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 100
Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 posted 2000-08-26 01:06 AM

Thanks to you both. Glad you like it. Music is a huge part of my life, that is why this poem came to me the way it did.

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2000-08-26 08:02 PM

As a fellow musician. . . the title of this poem was what grabbed me first. . . then the poem itself, a composition showing the harmony of life. . .

The echoes still resound. . .

Excellent!!!

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2000-08-26 08:22 PM

Wonderful descriptions! There is a beautiful harmony in your words Mona Lisa ... this poem sings like a melody in itself. Well done!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Mona Lisa
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 100
Halifax, Nova Scotia

6 posted 2000-08-27 11:52 AM

Thank you Sven and Kit for you wonderful comments of this poem. I'm glad you could appreciated the message I attempted to convey with it.

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