Out of tune!

Out of tune!

When one does not see one hears

but today I'm out of tune.

As notes entangle over dots

bumping into ties,

in disarray the tune for today is......

A into G falls apart

G is in minor C

Major D has gone walkabout

while all low registers

crashed on melody scale.

Half notes surrounded by eighth notes

soon became ties only to slide

into the higher register distorted.

All notes waving flags screaming 

as the Tempo died

in the Allegro, deafening;

Adagio slowly took a nap

as Presto pressed on

out of tune.

Meanwhile the next room

I hear the keys;

C D E F G A B on piano play

ever so gently on mind.

I'm definitely out of tune!

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

someone is playing beautiful music in the next room on a piano, while i play really distorted music as i hit the keys and attempt to compose classical poetry...but write bad flip-sides of top 40 hits.

this one is so clever, andrew.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Jacob I'm glad you enjoyed:)

[V]

Sometimes we can't force ourselves to do anything creative, f. ex. making music. I like the piano image. I've always wanted to learn how to play properly but didn't find time. ...at least I can refer to your problematic here, sometimes I seem to be out of words ;)

[andrew mitchell]

I find the music language difficult to read not that I've studied it carefully but to write music is certainly a gift, an art. I take my hat off to all those who write music! Thank you dear poet!:)