The Moon is Mine (2020) collage by Maria L. Berg
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 promote retail guitar sales. Though I am not in the market for a guitar, I did find this fun playlist from NPR Celebrate International Guitar Month With These Guitar Greats.
This got me thinking about MoPop (It used to be the Experience Music Project) in Seattle. I headed to there website, but they don’t have virtual tours, so then I looked around for who did have virtual tours and found some fun ones:
Joe Bonamassa’s Vintage Guitar Studio Tour (this one made me say Whoa)
The National Blues Museum (this is the kind of virtual tour I had hoped to find at MoPop)
The David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Guitar Collection
Musical Instrument Museum (this one is a little tricky to navigate, but worth the effort)
And there are more. I found an intriguing international collection at musicandenglish-interactivelearning.
I may end up spending quarantine in the Liszt Academy. Yep. This is now my mind palace. It’s amazing.
I cannot figure out how a single person can be bored. There is so much to explore. My time is flying by. I could spend an entire day in only one of these museums. Except now I’m never leaving Liszt Academy, so that could be a problem. 😉
Today’s musical terms:
fermata – a musical symbol that indicates to hold/pause on a note, played as long as the performer/director wishes
forte – loud
Fine – end of the song, stop here
NaPoWriMo
Prompt: a poem based on a news article
I cannot believe that during this unprecedented time of pandemic, when people are suffering and dying, losing loved ones and family members; medical professionals are desperate for supplies and people are bartering with toilet paper; the president of the United States thought it would be appropriate to sign an Executive Order on Space Resources. That’s right, he wants to profit from space mining. That is what he’s thinking about.
Quote from the “fact sheet” :
“Outer space is a legally and physically unique domain of human activity, and the United States does not view space as a global commons.”
So he makes a Space Force then creates a reason for there to be wars for it to fight? What a horror show. Does he think The Emperor from Star Wars was the good guy? Or does he just like his looks?
I also happened upon an article showing that we can’t even manage the National Laboratory at the International Space Center: Report criticizes management of ISS National Laboratory. I’m sure we’ll get it all sorted out before the death star is fully functional.
PAD Challenge
Prompt: pick a piece of clothing, use it as your title
The poem
The Business Casual Space Suit
The man is on a mission
Talk about an ill-fitting suit
He has a moon to conquer
and another planet to loot
The man needs a taller tower
and his snake oils are now lunar
His wreckage is universal
powders promise to get you there sooner
The man without compassion
inspires every greedy crook
but they don’t break any laws
because in space he re-wrote the book
The man is on a mission
His suit feels bulky, flattens his hair
He can’t wait to bounce on the surface
and remove his helmet when he gets there.
Experience Writing 