My first quadrille thanks to the good folks at dVerse. If you want to join in, click on the link and read the instructions.
Music Lives
A chord cascades
in quiet
the sound of song
pulses
molding emotions
Wailing guitar,
voice,
evoke memories
linked on lifelines
–Beauty Heartache Love
Mourning Worship Sex–
all welcome
Tangled in harmony
reverie, discordance, blues
magnitude
The guitar hero may die
his music transcends mortality.
5/22/2017
Sascha Darlington
The musician dies but his legacy lives on. We had one die here yesterday, a Jimmy La Fave by name. He was famous locally, and somewhat on a larger scale. His music will still rock on
Yes! I loved Don McClean’s song, but the music (hopefully) never dies. Thank you. What kind of music did Jimmy La Fave make?
I think he was a little folk
I found his version of Just Walk Away, Renee on youtube. He did his own thing with it. Thanks for mentioning his name.
Another music here gone
but sounds still play on
Black hole sun
Far too many lately, gone too soon.
I like this word choice:
“reverie, discordance, blues
magnitude”
Yes. Neil Young said (sang), “Rock and roll can never die.”
May Neil Young rock on! 🙂
Thanks for reading.
Sasha, one of my favorite topics for poetry is music and you’ve acquitted yourself so well in choosing it for this prompt. Thank you.
Thank you, Victoria. Music is one of my favorite topics for anything. 🙂
A beautiful quadrille Sascha, music is such an anchor for memories and will live on long after the artist has gone to join the stars in the night sky xxx
Thank you, Xenia. I much appreciate your reading. 🙂
You are very welcome Sascha 😉🙋
This is absolutely awe-inspiring!❤️
Thank you so much! 🙂
Welcome to dVerse’s Quadrille posts! So glad to see you join us. I’m a bit late in the reading…so glad I found your post. I especially like
“Tangled in harmony
reverie, discordance, blues”
You’re so right that music lives well beyond the composer, the guitar hero. I still love John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High for example. Rhinestone Cowboy brings to life Glenn Campbell before the horror of Alzheimers. I often wonder how the family of those deceased famous voices feel when they hear the music of their loved ones long gone from this earth. Melancholy? Or too distressed to listen? Does it bring them comfort that so many still value their loved one every time they hear that magical voice (Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc). Things to ponder brought up by your words.
Come to dVerse again! 🙂
Thank you for reading, Lillian.
As long as the song itself is not tangled up in bad memories for the relative, hopefully they listen with joy or love. Like with all losses, I’m sure it’s relative to the immediacy of the event.
Music, indeed, is a powerful memory trigger. 🙂
Yes! So many memories tied to music. 🙂
Nice job I did my first this week as well 🙂
yay! I am so behind in my reading…I will visit you soon.
Thanks, btw. 🙂
No worries just happy to read your stories. I’m just catching up now lol.
You describe the power that music has on us so well in your few words, and how many feelings and emotions it can evoke. Got me thinking of the music of my teenage years…sigh.
there is a lot of power in music, and the musicians that create the amazing sounds for us.