On Music

I firmly believe in the notion

that melody and lyric share a special bond.

Ambiguity finds its root in the place where

the nature of this bond is thus examined:

Is it symbiosis, with each benefiting from 

the other? 

I do not believe so.

I shall offer up the idea that

it is more like the relationship shared by 

a mother and her child. This is to say that

it is more of a pregnancy at its core;

that verse arises from within the belly of

its creator:

ripening, bursting…

Or perhaps this relationship

most closely resembles the act of excavation:

delving into realms unknown based on a 

hunch; a clue -- a melody -- to unearth

something most extraordinary -- Lost Kin

of the Earth --

something once known?

This would explain the means

by which different forms of music are born:

imagine the groups of men arriving with their

tractors and industrial equipment to unearth

an artifact most unremarkable, like fool’s gold,

or broken glass--

discarded poems--

I believe that I should 

be more content to return after-hours

and paw at the earth with my bare hands.

Reviews

[Mitch Allison]

The simple prose applied to such a profound and high-reaching thought makes this an efficient and altogether fantastic piece. Shedding the decorative ideas of origin so that the core thesis might take flight. Well done.

[Colin Kingsden]

Thanks for the kind words! Sometimes simple is the way to go, I suppose.

Thanks kindly for reviewing!
-C. Kingsden

[SammMG]

The idea that you presented here, that both share a concept that manage to both draw from and benefit from each other, The whole comparison you made towards an excavation was beautiful and thought provoking.. When we excavate, we want to unearth and further increase the set limits of what our knowledge is. TO learn from what we find.

[Colin Kingsden]

Thanks for the feedback, Samm!

-C. Kingsden

[Anthony J]

Really nice read! I love how the word choice is almost "essayish." phrases like "is thus examined" or "I shall offer up the idea" makes me think I'm reading an academic essay. Interesting to see diction like that in a poem. Thanks for sharing!

[Colin Kingsden]

Sometimes sticking to simple diction and doing away with the frills is the way to go. Thanks for reading & reviewing!

-C. Kingsden

[613]

My favorite lines:
"Or perhaps this relationship
most closely resembles the act of excavation:

delving into realms unknown based on a
hunch; a clue -- a melody -- to unearth

something most extraordinary -- Lost Kin
of the Earth --"

Nicely done! (:

- Brittney

[Colin Kingsden]

Thanks for reading, Brittney!

Cheers,
-C. Kingsden

[613]

You're welcome! (: