Word-music

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 14 Jul 2023
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11 comments
 

Patterns of sounds
music of words
pleasing the chime
of rhythm and rhyme.

Concisely composed
a message that’s structured,
subtle its echoes
carefully sculptured

Highlights for memory,
stays in the brain
lilting and lifting
song and refrain.

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Comments

Submitted by marandina on

"...lilting and lifting

song and refrain."

 

Definitely music through words. A catchy vignette, nicely done Rhiannon. Enjoyed. Paul 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Good. Thank you for letting me know! Some Welsh poetry is very highly structured with complex repeated sequences of consanants etc, which has made me interested in the reason for, and usefulness of, structure in verse to help conveying a simple message memorably! If it is not forced. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

this has a lovely little rhythm Rhiannon - thank you!;

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. It was fun trying to express it concisely! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

A pleasing poem Rhiannon. How I wish I'd studied more in music. If music be the food of love, play on: as Shakespeare once quoted.

I loved those lines:-

Patterns of sound

music of words

pleasing the chime

of rhythm and rhyme

 

So uplifting to read.

Jenny.

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. But what I wanted to express is that our words can be musical, and that is what choosing for the brevity of poems is about. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Excellent!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Turlough on

A poem about poetry. What an excellent idea. 

Turlough

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks! Rhiannon