Gypsy Violin ♪

Thanks Emma Joy, your words inspired this one; "be a violin or whatever.. sweep yourself across the strings"..........

Gypsy at night in my soul

I play the violin

strumming to my heart's content

of my stories untold

Moon winks ornery with dismay

as the furious tunes beguile,

the skies all a fluster

they've turned a dismal grey

Ravens take flight in their delusions

swaying frenzied to the memories

upon my disenchanted head

dancing darkly to my allusions

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so poe-ish...but reminds me of sherlock holmes in Murder by Decree, playing the violin after he went to see annie crook at the mental institution and how he cried for her...even as he was playing..

the violin is a beautiful instrument but can play such sad, haunting notes.

this poem is sad and haunting.

[Frieda P]

So glad it took you there jacob, the feel I was going for, thanks so much.

[Vikrantsingh]

I love Violen. Whereas, this poem is better than its sound :)
Nice one
Frieda :)

Cheers!
Singh :)

[Frieda P]

So do I Singh, thanks so much.

[Vikrantsingh]

You're welcome dear :)

[TL Boehm]

Such a lovely poem:Moon winks ornery with dismay
as the furious tunes beguile,
the skies all a fluster
they've turned a dismal grey
I like that part especially. If I were an instrument - I'd be a bagpipe. I'm already shaped like one. And I'm quite obnoxious....I just need someone to squeeze me a little.

[Frieda P]

Lol TL, you crack me up!! I had a very Irish friend that tortured me his bagpipe music, thanks for that lovely thought by the way. ;-)

[Sami Khalil]

A gypsy soul with untamed violin music...Two great combinations...Well done...:)

[Frieda P]

Grazie milli :-)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Jack...]

Frieda my sweet friend. whatever subject you chose you give all of us a gift...a very special gift. Very well done and the rhyming is great. Very good my friend

[Frieda P]

Coming from the master rhymer that really means a lot, I'm really uncomfortable with rhyming in my own poetry, but thought I'd give it a go anyway, glad you liked it Jack, thanks my friend.

[Jack...]

It seems you are good at whatever you do my friend.

[Coyote Poetry]

Would be good to be a Gypsy. I always had a Gypsy soul. Good to love the night and hear a skilled violin player to take you to good places. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Frieda P]

My mother always called me Gypsy Rose Lee, said she should have named me after my aunt, that was her name. Thanks so much John.

[eglantine]

First off, and this may be a stupid question, but how'd you get the music note in the title? I didn't realize one could do that lol

Second off, I love the usage of gypsies in poetry--even the word and its connotation is poetic.

While I am all for descriptions, there are too many descriptive words in the last stanza "frenziedly, darkly) well ok, I guess just those but seems like too much. I'm also a bit confused as to who is under who's spell (the speaker or the gypsy... or neither). Or perhaps the gypsy and the speaker are one.

Thanks for sharing.

[Frieda P]

Go to your character map elgantine, thanks for your thoughts here, much appreciated.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

What is a character map oh wise one?

[Frieda P]

It's available in Windows, you can copy & paste different letters, symbols and characters....

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[Stella Armour]

oh wow, another enchanting write,beautifully haunting Frieda..

[Frieda P]

Thanks Stella, so happy you enjoyed it.

[Stella Armour]

you are welcome Frieda..

[redflutterby]

Well music and gypsy's under a moon are some of my favorite things. ;-). This swept into my mind and stirred my thoughts. A touch of sadness combined with haunting sound. xo

[Frieda P]

Mine too, among some other funky stuff, ha...thanks so much Red! ;-) x

[SyberRose]

I loved the dark feel of this without being too dark...Loved the first stanza and the violin...my grandson plays the violin...I cant wait until he gets better though haa...:) oh and loved the painting too.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Rose, glad you did, I almost left it at the first stanza alone, but I tend to get wordy, and suck at rhyming, so wasn't sure if it would fly...oh, love the violin, ha, I guess if played off key is can be quite an odd sound, but for your grandson I'm sure you enjoy it nonetheless! ;-)

[SyberRose]

Yes its still entertaining ha...hes ten