The perfect fifth

love is music is love...

Do you recall 

the day we

  took it to the bridge;

perfected our harmonies all

dissonance ~ banished 

you straddled me - 

capo style

the air danced to 

arpeggios and crescendos  

before we shared the inevitable 

coda

What was 

will always remain

amidst the reverberations 

endless reflections 

of our 

sweet duet

Reviews

[Glen Weimann]

I'm musing about capo style straddling ... garters by the ankle, below the knee, above the knee, or even higher. Hard to play when it gets too high - fingers trip over themselves, just like ... (I have a song I play on capo 7; nightmare). Tony, I enjoy these analogies. Nice job! Nigel

[Tony Jordan]

I play a song by Travis on 7th - I think it's called Driftwood. Believe me with the high-action of my guitar ANY songs which require capos are a welcome relief for those callouses lol.
I like those capo straddling thoughts lol - reverse cowboy was in mind ...ooops...lol
Thanks Nigel

[ern]

Hiya Tony! Considering my love of music, this one made me really happy. I laughed a little on 'capo style'. This is a really cool metaphor. It does leave room for lots of interpretations.

I do agree with your statement...music is love. :)

[Tony Jordan]

Hey Nicki :))
Good to see you again !!
My first guitar i treated like it was made of glass - I called it 'my baby' lol.
Thank you for dropping by and for connecting.
:)

[ReedWrite]

What a beautiful piece this is...love the musical correlations...so perfect! Too bad life doesn't lead us to more sweet duets. Nicely done!

[Tony Jordan]

Sometimes we move apart in our musical tastes and preferences or a Yoko appears lol...
Thanks Pam
Hope you're well my friend
:)

[Norman 223]

How to pluck the strings of a heart. Loved the metaphors, particularly how the pitch of your love is set by the capo.
Norman

[Tony Jordan]

Clearly a musician or music lover Norman - I'm glad this struck a chord. Thank you for a class review.
:))

[Norman 223]

I used to play classical guitar until a stroke made it impossible to co-ordinate my fingers. Fortunately, I was able to continue with my other love of lieder singing, so not all was lost. Typing is still a "hit and miss" occupation, though:-D

[Beccy]

Memories I have found, (especially more recently,) are mostly best left as memories. Your poem oozes love from every pore and love of course is what will always linger.

Quite lovely and made more so by your exquisite word choice.

Beccy.

[Tony Jordan]

Hi Beccy - hope you and Charlie are well.
Yes love will linger in so many ways.
Thank you very much for reading and sharing your thoughts here my friend.
:))

[Lydia Shutter]

Elegantly sensual, melodiously erotic, and totally wonderful! So romantic. I loved it. Lydi**

[Tony Jordan]

Lydia - sorry for my tardiness in replying to your lovely review here.
I think I hit my zenith with this one lol.
I'm so, so glad you enjoyed it. That is so encouraging. Thank you
:))

[Poetic License]

THIS! THIS! THIS! This is profound in everything it does not say. This sends my imagination tearing through every cell of my body creating so much more. I can hear your lover's symphony and it is sweet, beautiful - to beautiful to be lost in words.

Tony - this is absolute perfection.

"What was
will always remain
amidst the reverberations

endless reflections
of our
sweet duet"

So much in so very little. A crack in the door, begging the reader to open it wider and invest their own duet in its place, to remember, to rejoice, to pine, to regret, to long, to celebrate - all of the duets.

I absolutely love this piece.

[Tony Jordan]

Wow P.L.
I'm blown away by your poetic response to this review. Simply awesome !
Thank you for reviewing it for me. I appreciate it very much.

[Poetic License]

Always, my friend! It is my pleasure!

[Casey Lou]

This sounded like a song in my head while I was reading it. It's written beautifully.
Such an enchanting poem, well done!

[Tony Jordan]

Hello Casey Lou. Pleased to meet you.
Thank you for such an encouraging review.
I appreciate your commenting on this one.
:))

[Valentine]

HMMMMMMMM. I haven' been listening to that kind of music lately. Valentine :) ;)

[Tony Jordan]

What music have you been listening to Kathie?
Oh, thanks for the review by the way.
:)

[AYVID N]

What was
will always remain
amidst the reverberations

Made me kind of sad. Why can't things stay that way forever?

Beautifully written Tony.

[Tony Jordan]

There is sadness but also happy memories (which I think we honey-coat with every visitation making them seem sooo awesome that nothing else will ever compare).
I have a strong aversion to change myself DIVYA.
Thank you very much for gracing my writing once more. I appreciate it dear friend.
:)

[AYVID N]

;) Its a pleasure always Tony. I agree a lot about the sugar coated memories.

[Jimmy Yetts]

You obviously like that long-hair stuff (original not hippie.) Though, you probably enjoy many music genres.
"The Perfect Fifth" puts enchanting lyrics to a universally classic arrangement.
Great movement!

[Tony Jordan]

I do have a wide range of musical tastes Jimmy. I started to play the didgeridoo which raises eyebrows in the local park, lol.
Thank you very much - your reviews are always cherished my friend. What is your own poison musically speaking?

[Jimmy Yetts]

My musical tastes are embarrassingly common: Fifties through mid-seventies rock an' roll.
Some earlier country.
Really beginning to appreciate forties stuff--pop and swing.
Also dig a lot o' jazz; love the sax!