Words From Music.

Goldfinch60



It’s happened once more,

Once more I was stopped,

Stopped what I was doing,

Music stopped me,

I had to listen.

 

I was taken into another world,

The world of the composer,

The world of Percy,

Percy Grainger’s music.

 

This voice sailed into the ether

And into my soul,

I was transfixed,

Transfixed by the sound,

That wondrous, beautiful sound.

 

Music has so much power

It can stop me in an instant,

As it did this time,

And I was transported,

Transported into its glory.

 

It stopped playing,

But that sound was within me,

And from that sound

Came these words.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 26th, 2018 01:53
  • Comment from author about the poem: It happens to me so often. I am sitting writing or reading poetry, the radio is on and a piece of music comes on and I just stop, the music pulls me into it. It happened again just now, hence these words.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 23
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Comments8

  • Goldfinch60

    Music byPercy Grainger, sung by John Shirley-Quirk with The Ambrosian Singers. English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten

  • orchidee

    And fine words they are too Gold.
    Two questions:
    * Were you at the Agincourt 1415 reunion yesterday?
    * Does my singing make you stop - in horror?! heehee.

    • Goldfinch60

      Thank you Orchi.

      Yes I was at the reunion, I saw you but I hid as I valued my whisky too much.

    • Andrew Charles Forrest

      Great write G music does that to me so often, just something about it
      to think people have this in their heads aand they can create it on an instrumnet or instrument s in composers cases... where does that ome from?
      Great write

      • Goldfinch60

        So very true Andrew, music is beyond belief sometimes where it is so wonderful.

      • Michael Edwards

        It happens to me especially when I'm painting - music is the WD40 of life.

        • Goldfinch60

          Probably like you I can remember when WD40 first came out - the fix it all solution for many things in life.

          • Michael Edwards

            Have you seen the YOUTUBE vids - so many uses for the commodity - it's quite an amazing product.

          • Poetic Dan

            Brilliantly captured of what music can do, I have theses moments so often. To be honest after every song I'm lost in poetry, if I wrote all my thoughts down in have time for nothing else.
            Thanks for sharing

            • Goldfinch60

              Thank you Dan, yes,music has the ability to stop our lives and lead us into anotherndomension.

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              Thanks UNCLE ANDY : Lovely Music and a Beautiful Poem. If Im not listening to a CD in the car (in the UK) I have Classical FM on very soothing but also captivating and sometimes I want to pull into a layby to enjoy. In NZ we use CDs in the Car but there is Classical & Country & Maori etc on the Radio. Its 9:30 am Saturday here so a free day ! Ruth and I are going into Town for lunch ! Thanks for sharing : Love to Yourself & Joyce 🧡🧡🧡🧡

              • Goldfinch60

                Thank you Angela, music is so important in our lives.

              • fuche_bu

                well done

                • Goldfinch60

                  Thank you fuche_bu.

                • Laura🌻

                  Andy,

                  Great music! No wonder you stopped in your tracks! So glad you wrote about it! Thank you for sharing!
                  My love to Joyce and to you!

                  ~Laura~

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Thank you Laura, most kind.

                    Andy



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