Immaculate

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:43 pm

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Silence. Or the sort of random noise
I hear when I’m not playing music, and
time passing has no purpose. Then, a hand
guides needle onto vinyl – a guitar
comes washing at my chambered ears. The voice

of Eddie Kendricks joins in harmony
with strings and bandmates. Ooh, they sing as one.
Now, Eddie shares his thoughts. I watch her as
she passes by.
And here, across the horns
of yearning, he will build an edifice

for his love to inhabit, while the band
labors beside him. The drums tick, a range
of voices choirs his meaning. My heart aches,
the band are all immaculate, I can’t
imagine art more perfect. As the strings

come plunging, what was David Ruffin tells
how every night, he prays to God. The ball
of song trades back and forth, it’s expert work,
I hear it shimmer like a dream. The lady
doesn’t even know him in the end.


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Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:47 pm

A not too loud poem pitched to a not too loud song😃 Nice one John.
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:25 pm

Ooh, sing Fliss & W.-B. as one (*o*)

We like this one, John. Now, is it pent with substitutions? We do try to learn things, sometimes. The description 'washing at my chambered ears' seems particularly pleasant, likewise Eddie and his edifice. The ticking drums are good too, as is the ball of song. Enjoyed! :)

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:54 pm

Thank you, Phil and Fliss,

I’m glad you both enjoyed this one - what a wonderful song!

The poem is indeed pent in conception.

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Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:52 pm

Hooray! We got something right! Fliss and W.-B. Yeats do a little dance together. Yes, very enjoyable. and a wonderful song 'to boot', as people say :)

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Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:04 am

Splendid dance, if I may say so!

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Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:14 pm

Thou mayest! (^v^)

We're just chirping at John now, W.-B. "We are tired out of our minds!" (^o^)
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Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:06 pm

Did you ever hear Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep? A Sixties one hit wonder, I think.

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Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:40 pm

Noo, not that one. Is this it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNSTerj2Kc (^v^)
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Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:51 pm

That's gotta be the one. From slightly before I reached the Uk in 1974.

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