Musical Mandalas Poem by Angela Dodge

Mandalas
Around and 'round we go
Dipping and weaving
Fast then slow
Spiraling along
Spinning with control
Listen to the song of circles
We play to the snow
Seems like the midnight sun sometimes
In the cold where we play
But when it's hot
And like the Amazon
We still circle along the way
Round notes teased from the air
Rings of riffs, the sound ruffling our hair
Steady bass lines
Spheres of rhythms
Overlapping and intertwined
Making musical mandalas for you
We weave the circles
Encase the spheres
Wrap the notes like smooth Celtic knots
Ferris wheels and merry-go-rounds
Gyroscopes spinning on the ground
Twisting, turning,
Smoothly churning
Making musical mandalas
Around and around and around….