Spare Sound Poem by Sandra Fowler
Spare Sound
Rain plays piano notes against the skin.
Light lets only a little solace in.
Is it enough that eloquence has been?
Dissonance is a moment's rusty tears.
The air is leaf thick with dusk's atmosphere.
Spare sound by defination is severe.
Like gray birds, shadows have life flighted day,
Leaving nothing but emptiness to play
That song by which we both are blown away.
Previously published, 'The World Poets Quarterly', China
Emotion comes across intact, such a strong piece Sandra, Love duncan X
How beautifully penned (as ever) . Agreed, the first line in particular is truly memorable. t x
The contrast between the physical 'notes' and transcendent music is very fine, Sandra. The Life-Flights of the birds is an enduring, and haunting image. These few tercets blend images of mortality and immortality - all mortal things are evanescent, but the music continues.
a song in a minor key can fill the silence but not for long....
i like to walk in rain...you know why none can differentiate my tears: charlie chaplin told. this poem reminded me the above line......
I've often thought that your poems are best read by the emotions and the visions that rise up and are experienced by the mind's eye. The third stanza especially lingers in the mind.
A scene of beauty capture these most eloquent words. Thankyou for such a lovely write Sandra.--Melvina--
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Like Frank, I love the oepning line, and oh how much I agree with spare sound being severe. My heart breaks at the end of every song. Thank you for this, and for all of your songs, Uriah Hamilton