Composed by love (Serpentine Verse)

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Softly the keys find a resonance pure, softly

adrift o’er a metronome stream, adrift

past the harmonies, three quarter time, past

dreamers and slumbering chords shimmered gleam, where dreamers

all long to caress what is heard, all

feeling vibrato on breezes a’ mist, feeling

the music ‘pon moonbeams of time to capture the

tune a pianist hath kissed, a tune

from the heart beating tempos of joy, from

deep down inside to the edge of the scale, deep

in a place that shall find no return, lost in

a breath of crescendo’s exhale, a

beautiful euphony born of desire, a beautiful

opus descends from above, an opus

of sensual echoes to feast, of

love songs, melodic, now composed by love  

 

 

 

Reviews

[Soren]

Will so glad that you introduced me to this form. The poem is beautiful and I'm sure took a good deal of work. I played the piano for some time as an adolescent and know the dedication it takes to master. (I never did) Some play for fun and some are masters, the same with poetry. I loved the feel of this poem as if I could hear the piano play.

[willweb]

Thanks so much Soren. I am glad you liked this and you are right, it is a difficult format but so much fun once it gets going. I do play the piano and have for many years and I do not think I would be who I am without it. I was challenged to write this by Linda Marie Van Tassell. Please check out her poem as well. Her's is fantastic. She is who introduced me to this format.

[John the Baptist]

Interesting combination of music and romance here, "a beautiful euphony born of desire." Unspoken are the erotic impulses that underlie the imagery. It is "an opus of sensual echoes to feast." There is no denying the connection between eros and music. The poet displays it tastefully here.

[willweb]

Thank you so much John. I appreciate you stopping by

[MomzillaNC]

the music ‘pon moonbeams of time to capture the
tune a pianist hath kissed, a tune
beautiful euphony born of desire, a beautiful
opus descends from above, an opus
of sensual echoes to feast, of
love songs, melodic, now composed by love

Terrific lines!

[willweb]

Thank you so much. This was a challenge from another poet on the site. Try to read Her's as well if you get a chance, her poem is amazing.

[MomzillaNC]

I'll look into it.

[AYVID N]

"the music ‘pon moonbeams of time to capture the
tune a pianist hath kissed, a tune"

~ Here you show us again how the beautiful music that lives within you helps you create all that poetry that we are blessed to read from you. In fact, music and poetry are one to you. I'm so lucky to have you as a friend for such inspiration.

[willweb]

Thank you so much Divya. This was a fun challenge to write to. Please, if you haven't already, read Linda Marie's poem as well.

[Ken Simm.]

I've just discovered the pianist Alexis Fford and this made me think of him. A lovely flowing piece here with an obvious melody of its own.

[willweb]

Thanks Ken. I am not familiar with him but I will go and check him out. Please, when you get a chance, check out Linda Marie's poem that is part of this challenge. Thanks again my friend

[Ken Simm.]

Done just that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUoCXYHKoR8

[willweb]

Wasn't that poem fantastic? And this, that sounds nice, very soothing. Here is one for you to check out...maybe a little dark but I have always felt hypnotized by this girl's piano. https://youtu.be/nJpujzJ7aiw

[Dave Brown]

I/we have come to expect the best of poetic efforts from you and it is not surprising to see yet another
another well penned contribution

[willweb]

Thanks Dave. This was fun but kind of difficult to do. Each line feeds into the next by using the same word to begin and end the line. You really need to check out Linda Marie's poem...talk about epic. Wow, Her's will blow you away.

[Dave Brown]

✔️ .

[Rania M]

This is so beautiful. I held my breath when I read it.

[willweb]

Thank you Rania for your visit and comment/ I am thrilled you enjoyed this. It was a fun challenge for me.

[Lorry]

This has an almost dreamlike quality to it, that half remembered would make me feel I was a musical genius if I weren't so musically dysleclxic and could read all those 🎶 squiggles.
But then again, when I'm in the self service checkoiylt and read out the barcode that refuses to scan, they don't know what I mean by "thin one thin one thick one thin one thick one thick!" and just call me the unexpected item in the bagging area. 😊

[willweb]

And I always thought a bar code was when someone yelled "Last call!" So you can see where my mind is at. But, I am glad you stopped by to hear me play a little.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Interesting to choose a piano man as music and poetry have such an interesting and old link. I salute your musicality with this poem.

Winston

[willweb]

Thank you so much Winston. I am happy you enjoyed this

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

This is a wonderful composition Will. One of our greater gifts as humans has to be music. It is universal to every heart. It moves within us in such mysterious ways and differently as well. It pulls within the chords of our very being as if we were the instruments that it was created from. It is just not an art form but a virtue that gives life to the emotions that dwell within us. That resonate culturally as well as humanly possible. Music is as unique as we are individually. Your poem reflects the power it has and the nature to move us in many ways.

[willweb]

Thanks so much Carlos,. You are exactly correct about music and its power. I personally do not think I could have existed without it. Music is every fiber of me, always has been, always will be.
Make sure you check out Linda Marie's poem as well. Her's will blow you away.