The flautist

Hello seashore,

I thought this was such a tender moment, you have
said so much in such a short poem. I think it's
moments like these that make life worth while.

Thankyou for a beautiful read.

Jenny.

Thank you for appreciating this one and letting me know, Jenny.

This is lovely, Coral;-) I tried the flute once but was about as good as I was on the violin, which isn't saying much.

You paint the picture so well with your words, who needs a paintbrush?;-)

Tina

Its lovely when one can see a child involving themselves in music. I like purple PJs.

Tina - thanks so much! I couldn't play anything so I'm in awe of those who can. Apparently she (granddaughter) was note perfect at school concert yesterday too - though unfortunately I didn't get to see it. Coral

Thank you very much Camilla - purple is her favourite colour!

Reminds me of my daughter with her recorder - this is lovely, seashore, thank you for such a beautiful and tender read :)

Rachel xx

Thank you for reading, Rachel. I'm sure your daughter plays the recorder much better than I ever did! Coral x

It was pretty hard going when she first started and her notes were all over the place, especially during her first-thing-in-the-morning rehearsals when I'd be splashing coffee over my face to wake me up, but now she plays beautifully, cornet too, and has just started the flute. They've got guitars and keyboards and allsorts, my two - I must be bloody mad :0D

It's a truly lovely experience to see your children enjoying expressing themselves through music, however loud and chaotic their tunes may be. Might not be saying that if either of them decides they want to take up the drums, though - I might have to tell them drums are haunted or something ;0)

Not mad at all Rachel - wish I'd been encouraged to play something. If kids are interested then I agree they should have all the chances one can give them. x

I really enjoyed seashore, a lovely snapshot :]

Beeme xx

Thank you Beeme - glad you enjoyed. xx

Really well captured seashore, different style to normal which suits the subject of the poem really well. :-)

Thanks fatboy - yes, I was experimenting but hadn't a clue whether it worked or not so thank you so much for letting me know it did.

Really appreciate the cherries Eds for same reason.

I wanted to play the piano when I was a kid. I had lessons for some years but got submerged in scales and exercises. I wanted to play boogie woogie and even bought a primer for that, with real music at the back. I eventually took it to my teacher and asked her to play it. She was puzzled for several minutes then saw what it was about and went through it.
Forty years or so later I played it perfectly "with my feet". I'd bought a player piano!

Why don't you write a poem about that Geoff? Or maybe you just have!

Lovely!

Thanks very much, Sundays.