Tag: Music
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MicroPoem 46
Photo by Morgan Petroski on Unsplash Let’s play word association with pizzazz You old jazz playa’, playin’ for people eatin’ pizza As you cycle through the A-flat jazz minor scale they spazz
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You Hate, Maybe
You hate, maybe, that I always give The name Bigfoot at Starbucks, but today Is special: Emma is getting her ears pierced And she’s actually sitting longer than five minutes Reading “Invisible Emmie” while we Take pictures of each other to send Back and forth, when suddenly I think Potato Face or Celery Stalker would…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 6
Please read Parts 1-5 before reading this. Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. Lady In Waiting Easter Eggs You now know the woman our narrator sings about is a mermaid. I was inspired to write this album to play with the mythology of merfolk that paints them as either benevolent or malevolent. The literature speaks of…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 5
Song 5: “Temptress” Verse 1 My girl’s got a temper like no one else You’ll wish you never met her as well I wish I would have seen this before I fell Within her spell Verse 2 She’s like the sea, this temptress has me In her clutches as I scream and nearly drown I…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 4
Song 4: “Her Prestige” Verse 1 Irene comes once again, now to inform me Her real name is Siren (sung like a siren) and She never meant to stay with me to the end In fact, she’s not even fully human Verse 2 Irene, I mean, Siren (sung like a siren) A mermaid she’s always…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 3
Song 3: “Subtle Shifts” Verse 1 Subtle shifts down by the bay make me think we’re in for rain They get inside, all the common folk, as I take a drag on one last smoke Verse 2 Tides coming in, no boats going out, drops hit windows, flush water spouts Like we’re dancing then sudden…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 2
Song 2: “Her Ghost Perhaps” Verse 1 I saw her again after a while She still had that beautiful smile At least I thought it was her (sung with stepping down notes) Or her ghost that did stir Verse 2 She peeked behind the waterfall (sung with stepping down notes) So I began to follow…
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Lady In Waiting: Part 1
In talking with a friend today, I was reminded when I discovered the relationship between music and poetry. TL;DR – They’re cousins! Throughout the past few years, I have written words that I didn’t initially know if they were a poem or a song. My first ever poem was based on blues lyrical structure and…
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Poem or Song?
I’ve been working on this piece for a while now and can’t determine if I want it to be a song or a poem. For now, it’s set up as a song, but I can see it going either way. Let me know if you think it should be a poem or a song in…
Hardtack Rat 