When I am old, and even greyer than now –
finally, ‘thrown off this mortal coil’,
I wonder if they will stumble on these crazy,
ramblings of mine. Know
I was obsessed – one hundred percent,
incurably so, with this ‘poetry thing’.
Call it a ‘bug’, if you will. ‘Once bitten,
ever smitten’, puts it in a nutshell...since
the age of ten, or thereabouts. And,
how very much akin to playing piano,
writing was for me; creating harmonies,
chords, phrases, arpeggios – oft times discords,
for the effect; that short, sharp, shock. No
not what they’d call ‘proper’ composing;
writing music down in notes and staves.
Manuscripts, too tedious by far. ‘Playing by ear’ –
the cheats way out, but, nonetheless rewarding;
for me, if for no one else.
I’d like to think too, that people knew
how very much I loved you, and that these
demented scribblings were equivalent to Mahler’s,
or Beethoven’s Fifth, to your ear; celebrating
more, much more, than a passing fancy.
Comments
seashore | March 23, 2011 - 13:09
Wow, Tina - I can only imagine the body of work you must have accrued since the age of 10! Lovely to leave behind though - means so much more than `things'.
I have come to it really late - too busy with art I guess - though I managed an occasional jotting in the past.
You are well practised and it really shows. You carry on girl, as long as you can! We are all benefiting from your `ramblings' as you call them (I'm ignoring the other word). Coral
Silver Spun Sand | March 23, 2011 - 13:10
;-) Thanks, Coral.
The first poem I ever wrote was when I was about five or six...all about my teddy-bear, would you believe?!!
Tina
skinner_jennifer | March 23, 2011 - 14:03
Hi Tina,
I'm sitting here with the sun streaming in through
the window, I've got some music playing other wise it's quiet and I'm really enjoying reading your work,
I think that your obsession with poetry really shows
and it seems to come so naturally, though I really
think you put a lot of hard work into it. But that
is the key to a good poet to make it seem so
effortless.
Another good read from you Tina.
Jenny.
Silver Spun Sand | March 23, 2011 - 14:10
Thanks, Jenny;-)
It is glorious here too, and I have just popped in from the garden to make a cup of tea.
Glad you enjoyed this, and I appreciate your lovely comment.
Tina;-)
Cavalcaderl | March 23, 2011 - 16:27
new Silver-Spun-Sand
Lovely poem but you are gifted.
To do all the things you do, but
I would say to anyone never to old
to try, my hair is grey now not my doing.
Yes, just got up made tea and honey sandwich.
I know how hard you work to get your poems so
poetic and can. Like all of this.
Sun is brilliant, daughter and mine gone to Ideal
exhibition London.
have a good day in your natures garden, and painting.
julie xx
Silver Spun Sand | March 23, 2011 - 16:54
Hi there, Julie;-)
Glad you enjoyed this one. I did have a lovely afternoon in the sunshine, thank you - the daffodils and narcissus quite a picture in themselves.
Tina xx
sue dinum | March 23, 2011 - 23:16
Once again, Tina, you have wound your silver thread around me and made me shiver. I love music, especially yours... will you play me?
sd
Silver Spun Sand | March 24, 2011 - 08:01
Hi Sue;-) Neil Diamond's song, wasn't it? 'Play Me'.
I do happen to think that one is in my repertoire too;-)
Many thanks for reading.
Tina;-)
SteveM | March 24, 2011 - 10:14
Hi Tina, I agree with Coral, just keep at it. You should have rows of books on the shelves of WH Smith by now. Talent and a friendly agent/publisher rarely go hand-in-hand. Grey hair? Just a trick of the light.
Steve
Silver Spun Sand | March 24, 2011 - 11:53
You are too kind, Steve. 'I wish...' like all of us on here wish, I guess. But at the end of the day, the writing's the thing, and I know I couldn't get by with out it. As for the 'grey hair' maybe it is just a trick of the light. A lovely thought;-)
Tina
fatboy74 | March 24, 2011 - 21:36
I'd buy them Tina, but probably from Amazon as I have that one day delivery thing which I paid for so might as well make the most of. I think we should start our own magazine and fill it with just our stuff and a few select others. We could get Dom to do the marketing for us.
Please keep going - love your poems. :-)
Silver Spun Sand | March 25, 2011 - 11:32
Fb - thanks for what you said. I really appreciate it...and I don't think I could ever stop writing, even if I wanted to. Even though, as we all know, it does drive us literally mad at times;-)
Tina
celticman | March 25, 2011 - 16:22
great stuff. Alas I couldn't write at ten. But I could sound some biggish words out in Janet and John!
Silver Spun Sand | March 25, 2011 - 19:12
Thanks for reading, celticman. Janet and John, eh? Way out of my league, I'm afraid;-)
Have a great weekend.
Tina