Tag Archives: Music

IF YOU MAKE NO NOISE, YOU CANNOT SING?

Posted on February 21, 2021 by elainedanforth

You cannot singif you make no noise. . .or can you? The beat your heartthe breath your lungsthe stretch your jawthe flex you getlike a balloon,when your tongue you plyand feel the space within your throatthe like you share with … Continue reading →

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YES, YOU CAN SING

Posted on September 5, 2018 by elainedanforth

Yes, you can sing of what you do and what comes to you that feels blue, and absolutely wrong. . . But, do that only, and you’ll draw out the sad, afraid and mad and lonely. . . It may … Continue reading →

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A BREATH OF MUSIC FROM UP HIGH

Posted on May 4, 2018 by elainedanforth

Birdsong unraveling like a sweet, shrill piece of spiral tape confetti bursting from a paper bottle party favor in the bright spring air.

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YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE

Posted on March 13, 2018 by elainedanforth

Live your life– do simple things or intricate, as time and space let or require. Do days, sleep nights. Allow the ripple rings­­­­­­­ +++++ and wakes ­­­­­­­+++++that your three-plus dimensioned­­­­­­­ +++++movement bring to wave through winding channels deftly cut deep … Continue reading →

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THINGS COME IN THREES

Posted on February 15, 2018 by elainedanforth

Three blind mice. . . tic tac toe. . . Things come in threes roll off the tongue with clever rhythm, grace and ease, though’s said that three counts up to crowd, in issues touching belles and beaux. Ergo, seems … Continue reading →

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BLOW TO MAKE A SOUND

Posted on December 15, 2017 by elainedanforth

Blow to make a sound. Cover the holes to make it smooth and sweet and round. Tap foot, keep time, hold heart and mind more deep than worded reason or its clever rhyme. Without wry shapes of face or mouth, … Continue reading →

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PUTTING YOUR FINGER ON LIFE

Posted on May 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Life you cannot put your finger on it. . . But even if you really could, you couldn’t really hold it there, out of time, on a wing, up high mid-air. . . And yet, somehow, you know it’s there. … Continue reading →

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Posted on April 29, 2017 by elainedanforth

Digging through what, to most eyes, just looks like trash. . . A shard, a clue, an arrowhead deft-chipped from black volcanic glass. Unearth what was, detect the trace of bird’s eye flash, with twitch of tiny sparrow’s head. . … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS A WHIRLIGIG?

Posted on April 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

What is a whirligig? Is it invisible? Is it a curlicue? Is small? Is it big? Is it something static twirling or moving fast as orange pumpkins hurling to splatter on a tall ship’s rig? Is it a tiny little … Continue reading →

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SPRING IN SOUND

Posted on March 24, 2017 by elainedanforth

Birds tweet shrill like the tiny filaments that string a twig-bowed drag across a too-small violin. The freeway rush, the popping violets– both signs of growth predicaments that fan and flag, just as the breeze-blown grass spurts in the spring.

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