For this fifth Monday of September, I’m offering a musical prompt. Have a listen to this twelve minute video, turn the notes into words and post your poem in the comment below.
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September Musical Poetry Prompt
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This is a beautiful symphony- I’m going to listen to it a few times before writing ❤️
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Posted by poetisatinta | September 29, 2025, 9:08 AMYeah, I love the whole symphony but thought this movement was particularly evocative.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 29, 2025, 7:29 PMAlongside returning to writing, I recently began piano lessons (last played piano four decades ago).
My instructor, Rob, is great. I played a BABY version of this piece. In typical Spicy Ginger fashion I played WAY too fast. Rob interrupted mid-note… “Wait! Wait! Wait!” and had me listen to several minutes of the symphony. This was two weeks before you posted it, so I was delighted to see this here!
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Posted by Ginger T | October 3, 2025, 10:33 AMThat’s a fun coincidence and a wonderful poem you posted. Thanks for sharing, Ginger!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 3, 2025, 9:24 PMHere it is https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a-sound-poem/
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Posted by poetisatinta | September 29, 2025, 11:47 AMWonderful! Especially the first two stanzas. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 29, 2025, 7:28 PMThanks for the inspiration 🙌
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Posted by poetisatinta | September 30, 2025, 2:20 AMVery nice
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Posted by Chris Clarke | October 3, 2025, 10:07 PMThanks Chris
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Posted by poetisatinta | October 4, 2025, 1:53 AM“Don’t touch that
You’ll go blind
Those two reeds
Will steal your sight”
Then let me be blind
From the cacophony
That I see everywhere
Let me hear
Sunlight
Through detached retinas
Feel dew
on my soles, with the souls
that taste it too
Solid strings, solid ground
The underpinning of the
World I want
This new world
Now old, barren
The New World
Springs life, as always
Oh you Blind old players
Your instrument has taken so much
and through those dark eyes
I see it all
Thank you
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Posted by Chris Clarke | October 3, 2025, 9:32 PMThanks for sharing, Chris! I especially liked the Sunlight stanza. Nicely done.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 3, 2025, 10:44 PM