*****the Trombonist Poem by Coach Roth

*****the Trombonist

Rating: 3.1


When I was young..
I loved the trombone...
it's beautifully crafted horn
fed by long elegant tubing...
I loved the feel of it...
the caress of warm steel
against my cheek...
my lips placed gently
on the mouthpiece...
feeling the vibrations
down deep in the pit of my
....soul.
And working the slide in and out...
bass notes and treble all in one...
my hands gripping loosely
the shaft, as if guiding it
to places it hadn't seen...
and didn't need to see...
it was all in the feeling...
the auditory explosion of passion...
bringing it deep into my mouth,
then letting it slip between my teeth...
a glorious moan of ecstasy...
I loved the trombone...
and no one plays the bone...
like I play the bone.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kesav Easwaran 08 July 2008

the audible explosion of passion...a glorious moan...clever write coach...congrats

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Onelia Avelar 08 July 2008

It starts so piano piano 'When I was young../I loved the trombone...'(the reader is on the way to imagine a 90 years old man) , becoming gradually alegro, passionate by the end, an improvised cadence by a soloist to display performance skills of a performer. Wonderful piece of poetry and music.

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Ivan Donn Carswell 25 July 2008

A sensual experience - thrills to the bone... Rgds, Ivan

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Bill Thomas 21 July 2008

Man, that is so sensual, like liquid gold dripping into the soul........

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Music to our ears... t x

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Original Unknown Girl 08 July 2008

Sounds like you're a master at it Coachie. Nice descriptives. HG; -) xx

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Kee Thampi 08 July 2008

real piece of a musical tones you made in it's beautifully crafted horn fed by long elegant tubing... I loved

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Coach Roth

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East Dubuque, IL
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