A to Z Challenge jam – improvisation jubiloso – play in a jubilant or exulted manner jentele – play in a pleasing, graceful or elegant manner NaPoWriMo Prompt: write a poem in which one or more flowers take on specific meanings Floriography is the language of flowers, a coded language used in Victorian times toContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 11: Exploring Floriography”
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#NaPoWriMo Day 10: Hey Nah, Hey nah nah nah.
A to Z Challenge interval the distance in pitch between two notes intonation to play exactly on the proper pitch NaPoWriMo Today’s resource is a great website of poets reading their work called From the Fishouse. I enjoyed my introduction to the site “Still Life as Rocket: 42” by Kamilah Aisha Moon Prompt: write aContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 10: Hey Nah, Hey nah nah nah.”
#NaPoWriMo Day 9: Capturing Rainbow Butterflies
A to Z Challenge When I went to Sweden as an exchange student at thirteen, I had already been playing piano for eight years. Imagine my surprise to find that their scales had an H note. Mind- warping alternate reality. half-step the smallest distance possible between two notes harmony (from dictionary.com) any simultaneous combination ofContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 9: Capturing Rainbow Butterflies”
#NaPoWriMo Day 8: A crooked line
A to Z Challenge glissando – to slide: playing a very fast scale by a sliding movement grave – very slow NaPoWriMo Prompt: Start with a line from another poet. PAD Challenge Prompt: Write a future poem The Poem (first line from anne carson bot) A future voice in the dark I am asking youContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 8: A crooked line”
#NaPoWriMo Day 7: I read the news today, Oh Boy.
Blogging A to Z I am not doing a great job of bringing my musical terms into my poetry, but they are still fun words to explore. Maybe I’ll use them to write little micro-fictions instead. That could be fun. I recently read that April is also International Guitar Month, started in 1987 to promoteContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 7: I read the news today, Oh Boy.”
#NaPoWriMo Day 6: Vanity by any other name
Blogging A to Z enharmonic – tones which sound the same pitch, but are written & named differently NaPoWriMo Prompt: “write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.” PAD Challenge Prompt: Write a trap poem The poem A GiantContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 6: Vanity by any other name”
# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes
I wrote a song called Haunting Dreams that I recorded with Maria and the Aftermath on our album Selective Memories. I uploaded it to HitRecord which is a fun site for artistic collaboration. I think it fits nicely with this theme. Blogging A to Z diminuendo – gradually get softer dolce – play with aContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes”
# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds
On my search for “chromatic notes” in nature around my house, I found this odd assortment of bones in the water and on the rocks nearby. I found one similar to the largest bone about two months ago. I believe they are fish bones, but they could be bird, so I played archeologist and madeContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds”
#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Place in Space
Today’s prompts inspired me to pull one of the pieces I made after Hurricane Katrina out of the closet and take some pictures of it. The place in the space between the two figures represents a playhouse and a greenhouse separated by an entire country. Blogging A to Z Since today has a theme ofContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Place in Space”
National Poetry Writing Month is Here!
Blogging A to Z This year I wanted to do something a little different. I’ll still be exploring great words, but instead of new words I decided to concentrate on specific terminology. Every skill, concentration, study or craft has its own terminology. I thought I would add some music to my poetry by looking atContinue reading “National Poetry Writing Month is Here!”
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