Thursday 17 October 2013

the music in my head

my fingers pluck 

taut guitar strings, i shake 

off the labels people have of me: 

hardness, coarseness, shallow words

         &  let the beat inside me move 

         to roaring sea, wind, ever restless

         crescendo, then the lilt, slower drum

         beat, shoulders and hips sway & slump 

i should be writing about broken

emptiness, solemn grey clouds

messy fallen leaves, dirty city air  

but my hands strike a nerve of a mountain   

          & grips a rope to bring me 

          down on my knees, searching for fire:   

          that core that leans to the sun

          those tides that full moon smoulders 

                      the tilt of my gravity moves  

                      towards you, softer cadence, 

                      garden you spring  - from me, of me, with me

                      everything pours out in my music: 

                      another love song 





Posted for D'verse Poets Pub,
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46 comments:

  1. Claudia15 October 2013 at 11:27

    love the gentle sensuality in this.. and also the shaking off the labels others have... and just playing the music that is you...

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  2. brudberg15 October 2013 at 11:50

    So nice... when trying to write about the serious points... and all that comes is a love song... Very tender and nice.

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  3. Mary15 October 2013 at 12:13

    I think perhaps if one loves each song one writes IS "another love song." Just beautiful, Grace.

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  4. Gabriella15 October 2013 at 13:17

    This is a beautiful poem Grace! I like how you eventually end up writing a love song. "the tilt of my gravity moves / towards you" - lovely line!

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  5. ayala15 October 2013 at 13:40

    Tender and gentle poem.

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  6. Brian Miller15 October 2013 at 14:40

    always a love song...and that says much of your heart does it not...that you do let the circumstances dictate the music you sing....do you play guitar?

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    1. Scarlet15 October 2013 at 15:03

      I wish but no I don't ~ My inspiration was listening to an interview by a musician who plays the guitar very well ~ He said becase he is in love, all he is writing and playing lately are love songs ~

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    2. Brian Miller17 October 2013 at 20:41

      hey you are back....smiles....hey when you got the love, you gotta sing it...smiles...

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    3. Scarlet17 October 2013 at 22:43

      Yes, keeping the old URL, what a mess to change with a new one ~

      Thanks Brian ~

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  7. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 15:19

    smiles- you "should be writing", true - what comes to mind and fingers moves you

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  8. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 15:26

    Lovely verses... I liked the changing vision as you indented some verses.
    The romantic nature of the poem worked really well. :-)
    -HA

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  9. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 16:01

    Grace a very good reading. I especially liked, ' down on my knees, searching for fire:

    that core that leans to the sun

    those tides that full moon smoulders
    The imagery was very tight. >KB

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  10. Linda Rogers15 October 2013 at 16:54

    Love the meanings behind the images. A very sensual poem.

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  11. ruth15 October 2013 at 16:58

    oh those labels, they can really do a person in - still trying to shake off something that happened two days ago, & am so glad to find your beautifully expressed poem here this afternoon...

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  12. Susan15 October 2013 at 17:05

    O Gosh. I want to be there watching her play in public, eyes closed in this marvelous opening!

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  13. Unknown15 October 2013 at 17:16

    A poem full of inspiration - beautiful.

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  14. Unknown15 October 2013 at 17:29

    I love that you have the narrator stay true to their inner voice. You mentioned an interview and I think that famous people have so much more pressure to conform to labels. Even those of us without the burden of fame are encouraged to brand ourselves, stay on message, and be on display.

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  15. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 17:32

    Oh yes, this is so sensual, but not in your face. Understated - a great tone and delivery.

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  16. Kathryn Dyche15 October 2013 at 17:38

    Soft, tender, heart warming and so beautiful.

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  17. Beachanny15 October 2013 at 17:58

    This is the "beat" of soft guitars, of love songs, (not silly) of silky nights and fragrant day - as if we all lived on the tip of the equinox forever. Very sweet.

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  18. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 18:29

    A mixture of colored words, along with amazingly abstract imagination you have.

    The words on your poem beat a musical orchestra that the world will forever remember the beautiful sound, and images. :)

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  19. Truedessa15 October 2013 at 19:17

    Sometimes we can only walk to the beat of our own drum..creating our own music

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  20. Pat Hatt15 October 2013 at 19:24

    Finding our own way with a song in play to our own tune, works for this loon

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  21. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 19:39

    Steamy! Very Nice :)

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  22. mrs mediocrity15 October 2013 at 20:03

    There can never be too many love songs... sometimes I feel that in the end, that's what everything we write about comes down to, one form of love or another. Beautifully penned!

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  23. Kate Solo15 October 2013 at 22:37

    Absolutely Loved this! Sometimes it's best to let our music take us where it's wants to go. :-)

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  24. Anonymous16 October 2013 at 03:09

    One word only Grace - GORGEOUS.

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  25. Anonymous16 October 2013 at 08:36

    So maybe we watch out for the sang version!!!! I bet it would get all off the feet.... Good ability....

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  26. Myrna R.16 October 2013 at 10:45

    This is lovely Grace. A poem of self-love so beautifully expressed. I like the idea of being the music. It's nice to be a love song.

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  27. Maggie Grace16 October 2013 at 14:31

    This writing is so sumptuous (?)...maybe not the right word. Your descriptions as you are "getting down" are brilliant and took me with you. Beautiful.

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  28. Sherry Blue Sky16 October 2013 at 14:49

    Wonderful, especially the core that leans to the sun and the lunar tides...........a beautiful read!

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  29. Mystic_Mom16 October 2013 at 16:02

    You are amazing! This starts in one way and ends in a totally different place. Wow!

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  30. Laura16 October 2013 at 16:31

    So beautiful Grace, I feel the sway, hear the music... a gravitational pull through each line.

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  31. Mary17 October 2013 at 21:32

    This is very lovely, Grace. You have the beat indeed. Indeed 'another love song.'

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  32. Outcast18 October 2013 at 05:41

    So so so beautiful Heaven, I think that you've managed to outdo yourself again, this stuff is incredible.

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  33. DEZMOND18 October 2013 at 08:44

    let us dance to this music

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  34. Anonymous18 October 2013 at 10:40

    I should learn to create my own music in my head!

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  35. humbird19 October 2013 at 12:21

    Beautiful rhythm in this poem! Very vital, full of life and happiness!

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