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.

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.

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

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)

I really enjoyed seashore, a lovely snapshot :] Beeme xx

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

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!