The long slow sound of a cello
The slow long draw of the bow
softly and long in the morning
the melody long and slow
Awake in the early morning
instruments all 'round your bed
A base and an oboe and cello
the music is inside your head
The strings and the woodwind
Together. Now just the oboes alone
So soft and so long in the morning
the melody long and slow
Drifting along with the music
neither awake nor asleep
A base and an oboe and cello
Sheet music all over the sheet
Saxophones move to the centre
An alto sax presumes to lead
Clarinets enter from nowhere
Clarinets always succeed
Drifting away now on grace notes
Oboes masquerading as trees
Harmonies high on a hillside
music conducting the breeze
Moments and minutes are muffled
Whiteouts among the daydreams
A semibreve rest on a high note
blissfully followed by these..
The long slow sounds of a cello
the slow long draw on the bow
softly and long in the morning
the melody long and slow
I am trying to think of what piece of music this could be. It certainly sounds like a strange ensemble. This is good Sean but I think that the first stanza is a rather awkward read: 'Long, slow', ' slow, long' and 'softly and long'. it doesn't work for me. But The rest is good. The cello is the nearest musical instrument to the human voice, in range, thus it makes an interesting theme for a poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Dear Sean, this is yet another Gem my favourite line: 'A semibreve rest on a high note' Just caught me somehow.Great work from you AGAIN! Love Duncan Have you heard Karl Jenkins..A Mass For Peace..Stunning!