GARVY PLAYS FOREVER

blues note from garvy

GARVY PLAYS FOREVER

when all that remained of civilization
were endless concrete paths,
and
even those had fallen prey to
the force of nature’s reclamation
where they touched the earth face flat,
then...
the girl with rainbow liquid amber eyes
and opposable toes
played the flute with her feet
creating music
that removed the exit signs from the eyes
of the universe,
and the remnants of civilization
called her songs
“the walking after armageddon blues”
and
 even now
her songs echo
through the soul of the cosmos
where mankind and his freeways never existed...

Reviews

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ah, "the walking after armageddon blues", such a sad melody to whisper through the universe when it's all said and done... love this sombre and quiet piece, Jeannemarie... the description of fallen cement structures is perfect... it's good the rest of the universe is untouched by civilization, just think of the mess it would have left behind? One planet is enough... :)

[jeannemarie coulter]

i have always loved the"walking blues", garvy is just another walking player in a universe without end...glad you liked this...

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i loved it, and I love any kind of blues, walking or otherwise :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I love this story in the poetry. Description strong and beautiful. You create place of beauty and force of destruction. Men are heading to dead-end. Thank you dear Poet for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[John Reese]

COOL! HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE A LYRICIST?

WE THINK ALIKE AND I NEVER MEET PERSONS OF YOUR PARTICULAR PASSION FOR POETRY ;}

I LOVE TO COUNT THE SYLLABLES TOO!

HUMANS COULD NOT DO DAMAGE TO THIS PLANET LET ALONE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE FT.

NOTHING THAT WILL LAST THAT IS ... WE ARE BUT A BLINK OF THE COSMIC EYE ;

[Emily]

I love to read about these kind of things!
Well done!
Keep it up!

[Bare trees]

This is a very imaginative poem that is well put together. It actually reminds me of something I heard once. On old radio dials when you turned them and got static with a tiny bit of signal from an unknown source, it's possible that signal was from an old time radio show that was bouncing around in space for decades.

So when you say "her songs echo through the soul of the universe, you're right.

[dan]

jeannemarie, I'll tell you flat out that this is going into my library favorites. Your writing is always so well done but lately you seem to have added a few mph to your fastball. This piece is breathtaking. The piece quoted here ("..creating music that removed the exit signs from the eyes of the universe...") just seems so inspired, called up from a deeper feeling than can be explained. I could go gushing all day but I have about 17 more rr's to review. An exceptional piece! take care...dan

[Perkele.7885]

Sometimes, I understand the machinations of Garvy and at other times, I am a soul lost in text that I am not grasping!

[Cherry Pepperweb]

I am in love with this charming creature named Garvy. Such wisdom and passion her heart.

"creating music
that removed the exit signs from the eyes
of the universe,"

Stunning phrase you've penned there...