From Strad to Strat

Dedicated to a dear musician friend, whom I regard as one of the most sincerest people I know.

A Million knots cross great oceans
I hear your echo cry
Amplified into thunderous rain
Bolts of electric hues pry
Frets nimbly chase notes upon your neck
Dexterity sings from bloody tips
Your maple heart captured within your grip

Harmonies call from far off shores
Accompanying you in your Latin core
Bowed cadence of elegance and grace
Lay octaves upon your stave
Tightly grained in resonance tone
Silver strings throw keynotes home
As her heart of spruce sustains

Melodies shimmy the pirouette
Ameliorating malaise of broken dreams
Shaking the stage of granite
A tempest brews fast abound
Together they rock this planet
Crescendo of Stratocaster screams
Bow to Stradivarius strings

Reviews

[Laughing-Bear]

My Dear Friend From Across The Pond,
Well you did it again, made my muse a rather interesting one as four key words I was clueless to their meanings. And just think I r a callage graduit!!!!!!!! The definitions are posted below.
This poem actually struck a cord with me, no pun intended. As I love music and though no expert in all its vocabulary meanings, could see a clear vision in this most colorful word tapestry.
The lines that stood out the most within my minds eye were these vibrant lines. “Amplified into thunderous rain”, “Ameliorating malaise of broken dreams”, and “Shaking the stage of granite”. All three hit my pneuma like a freight train.
Once more my beautiful friend you have blown we away by your ability to make the unseen seen, or should I say the unheard heard. Very well done.

Blessings, Your BillBear

staff 1 |staf|
noun
4 ( pl. staves |stāvz|) (also stave) Music a set of five parallel lines and the spaces between them, on which notes are written to indicate their pitch.

pirouette |ˌpiroŏˈet|
noun chiefly Ballet
an act of spinning on one foot, typically with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg.

ameliorate |əˈmēlyəˌrāt; əˈmēlēə-|
verb [ trans. ]
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
DERIVATIVES
amelioration |əˌmēlyəˈrā sh ən| |əˈmiliəˈreɪʃən| |əˈmiljəˈreɪʃən| |əˈmiːlɪəˈreɪʃ(ə)n| noun
ameliorative |-rətiv; -ˌrātiv| |əˈmiliərədɪv| |əˈmiljərədɪv| |əˈmiliəˈreɪdɪv| |əˈmiljəˈreɪdɪv| adjective
ameliorator |-ˌrātər| |əˈmiliəˈreɪdər| |əˈmiljəˈreɪdər| noun
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: alteration of meliorate , influenced by French améliorer, from meilleur ‘better.’

malaise |məˈlāz; -ˈlez|
noun
a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French, from Old French mal ‘bad’ (from Latin malus) + aise ‘ease.’

[TrimarcoRansome]

I love to use musical terminology in poems but I should be more attentive to the fact that not everyone would know the meaning, I was classically trained so have a wealth of beautiful sounding Latin terms in my vocabulary...Not everyone will take the time to look them up, which of course unlocks much of the meaning behind the poems as you did here and many of my other writes too. Thank you Billbear for your wonderful words,
yours
Helen

[fireblossom]

This is a lovely poem. Heartfelt and colorful with depth. I wish I had a friend to write me so lovely. I always give the highest rating for writer who say 'Ameliorating malaise of broken dreams' ;-) Very nicely done.

You are interesting to me.

[TrimarcoRansome]

Thank you for your kind words.

[ANTO]

I love the use of musical metaphors in this and it sings to me. Encore Helen, encore!
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[TrimarcoRansome]

Without a doubt I will write more on music! It fills a whole lot of my time, thanks for the review ;-)

[ANTO]

I studied a really interesting Open University course on the technology/science behind music - the best course I ever took. I look forward to your music poems Helen - Yayyy

[Dr. Wood ?]

a wonderful tribute written with a mutual love......I don't know if it should be RESONANT instead of RESONANCE when describing the tone....Us English are so bad at English, well I am anyway....Music will always be a star player in MY life and your love of music...AND your musician friend comes across in STAVES

[TrimarcoRansome]

I play the violin, he plays the guitar, we have been great friends for many years and share many things in life. A wonderful human as well as a friend and we share a passion for music. Thank you for your review
...as for the resonant v resonance for the violin I'd say resonance but like you say, we are English!!!!

[Dr. Wood ?]

Well yes...But MY English is basic......Thanks

[Tate Morgan]

The language of music and poetry are so similar That is why I use music in mine.Note how we remember the words to along forgotten song when its played. Yet we cannot remember a speech.A different part of the brain remembers music and song. In that section rhyme and meter play a big part in things. It is why I too love rhyme and meter.Because like a song they are able to reside in that part of the brain where a fond memory brings them back each time.

[TrimarcoRansome]

yes I agree, some of yours and Davids really roll off the tongue, I see what you mean, it is also the mathematical part of the brain!

[Tate Morgan]

i agree it is as all my poems are set to a mathematical formula as well.And just as homer recited the Iliad 500 years after it was created in song.So too do we remember in the same way.

[Tomahawk Joe]

A very pleasant read, smooth flow

[TrimarcoRansome]

thank you, there are a couple of little bits i am thinking of tinkering with for better flow

[quinfinn]

being am avid fan of guitars and having once owned a strat (a very special one) and having played in rock bands as a younger man...i was ready to embrace this poetry like a second skin. i am no stranger to country music and classical music either, so a violin is like second nature, but a Stradivarius is very rare and expensive , so this is also special....i like your word and instrument choices in this and had to read this several times. very, very nice!

[TrimarcoRansome]

Thank you Quin! I play the violin and am a strad fan, my friend plays the guitar and has a collection of strats so that's where the inspiration comes from. we have spent many years jamming together!

[quinfinn]

that is awesome...i once had a friend who played violin very well i had a strat that was formerly the property of tommy bolin (special) and we played together often...our favorite tune to do together was "the emperor of wyoming" by neil young....we won an open mic night for it one night....very cool!

[TrimarcoRansome]

Excellent! there are few things quite like making music with friend.

[quinfinn]

you are so right. it is indeed special!

[Sami Khalil]

What a lovely poem and a great tribute to this musician. It shows you love and admiration...You possess a great talent...:)

[TrimarcoRansome]

Thank you for your kind review!

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure...:)