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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2000-12-11 03:51 PM

Songs of the Chirp

I still listen to
songs of the Chirp,
but the effect is peculiar,
perceived sound
overlaid in past-tense voices,
not over-dubbed,
but ghost tracks –
scratching
the flip side of second-hand vinyl,
an involuntary catch,
my frozen time -
when I took your lines
and pressed them into
musical memory.

Joni sings of walls hummin’
and bands that sound like typewriters,
as the echoes fade, I clear;
you never had a heart to lose,
and I was just
an insignificant other
to be rescued
by some old familiar tune.

© 2000 Corinne Bailey

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2000-12-11 03:56 PM

This one has a lot to say, Corinne, a lot to say and well worth the read. Thanks for posting it!

"Always be a first rate version of your self instead of a second rate version
of someone else." Marilyn Monroe

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

2 posted 2000-12-11 03:58 PM

Sounds like you and Joni make the perfect duet my friend. So how have you been and where the heck have you been. No, don't answer that!!!! It was just wonderful to see one of your pieces pop up here today and I will be thankful for that. You are most definitely NOT an "UNSIGNIFICANT" other and your tune will always be welcomed here as I for one truely enjoy your melody.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses.
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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

3 posted 2000-12-11 04:13 PM

Thank you, Irish Rose, I always enjoy reading your work as well, as though we're kin!

Mark, thank you so much for the warm welcome, brought a smile to my lips! I've been overtaken by life, working, raising kids, a new relationship, the holidays, not much time for writing, but I try to sneek one in now and then.

Corinne

Parker
Member Elite

since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
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4 posted 2000-12-12 12:19 PM

Corinne, wonderful writing from you as always... one questions what is the Chirp.

Parker

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

5 posted 2000-12-12 05:14 PM

Thank you, Park! "The Chirp" is Joni Mitchell's nickname.

Corinne

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