Thanks everyone for your kind responses. Your are wonderful and supportive community. John
Poetry celebrating the beautiful music of the Mt. Dulcimer
Thanks for sharing that poem John.It is beautiful. I'm adding it to my collection of dulcimer related literature.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
Very nice poem. By looking at the lines carefully due to the spacing, I could read the poem which gives a sense of time and space that I think was intended with this particular poem and its form. They are often hard to duplicate in certain venues; especially, a place like Facebook is really difficult as I have put poems on there from poets who were having a birthday and the poems never duplicate very well in the form for which it was written and intended.
But alas, it is poetry and it should be written, read, and heard.
That's wonderful, John! Thanks so much for sharing that.
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Dusty T., Northern California
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As a musician, you have to keep one foot back in the past and one foot forward into the future.
-- Dizzy Gillespie
I dunno, John, I kinda like the first version with the oddly spaced lines... reminds me of some Nordic verse I've seen.
updated by @ken-hulme: 04/03/17 03:17:56PM
The poem should read as follows:
"Dulcimer Days"
There is no storm
When the dulcimer sings.
Hatred and hurricanes
Wait in the wings.
The gentle song
Of the dulcimer strings
Is the unspoiled paasion
Of everything
A friend of mine, Val Coleman, of Sandisfield, MA. wrote a beautiful poem after listening to our "Sweet Strings" dulcimer group. I wish to share this tribute to the sweet music of the Mt. Dulcimer with all of you.
"Dulcimer Days"
There is no storm When the dulcimer sings. Hatred and hurricanes Wait in the wings.
The gentle song Of the dulcimer strings Is the unspoiled passion Of everything.
updated by @john-w-mckinstry: 10/27/19 12:02:25PM
