The sound of burning cellos
14 January 2016
There are lies
Carved in cider’s sweet
I drink them
Wasps’ honey
Bittersweet mind’s inventions
Parched throat cries in thirst
We believe
Hope a block of tar
Feathers white
The glue blue
Shadows slinking out of town
As the laugh peals shrill
There are dreams
Deconstructed stark
In moonlight
Indifferent
Cynicism a way of life
Tongues sharper than knives
There is truth
Hidden in disgrace
Squandered light
Death of swans
Don Quichotte young Juan
While flames await high
There is mind
Impenetrable
Logic stained
Fire-struck bleak
Winding its way through boxes
Moving is habit
There is heart
Between moon and sun
Dragons beat
Death and stars
Sixteen to nine inches splashed
In your face lurching
There is past
Lurking in the light
Blind pathways
Hidden stairs
Rungs of clues leading nowhere
Where angels exhale
There is now
Accumulation
Tight flashbacks
Threaded pins
Holding seams that disappear
When bodies dilate
There will be
Tomorrow’s ventures
Green valleys
Sunshine’s kiss
The sound of burning cellos
Flying through my spine
Reading of the poem:
Desolation – Adam Hurst
Death Waltz – Adam Hurst
Seven Veils – Adam Hurst
Wake – Adam Hurst
I really got this feeling you can sing too..
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Beautifully explained 🙂 One of my favorite cello music is from the movie “A Bittersweet Life”.
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I shall check it. Do you know the composer’s name?
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Yuhki Kuramoto – Japanese Pianist & Composer 🙂
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Oh. the Japanese, they have such beautiful music and culture. I love their artistic production. I will check him out thank you 🙂
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Yes they are perfectionist….You should also watch the movie “Departures”. It’s movie about cello artist 🙂 Worth watching 🙂
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I shall try when I have time, thanks for directing me to Yuhki Kuramoto, he is fabulous. Just the opening notes of one of his pieces already inspired a poem that I am about to write. Thank you so much 🙂
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I’m always glad!!! Thank you so much too 🙂
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I just finished a french poem, totally inspired by the mood of Yuhki Kuramoto’s melodies 🙂
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Wow good to hear 🙂 So you can write more poems when you listen to Yuhki Kuramoto’s music 🙂 Did you listen to music of “a bittersweet life”?
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I did not see the movie so I do not know which music you refer to but he is definitely very inspiring in terms of moods and memories. Thank you so much for the introduction and I will definitely be using more of his music to inspire me 🙂
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Their anime is always famous around the world till now…Glad to share about different cultures 🙂 thank you for providing opportunity to share 🙂
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Welcome. My children are fans of one piece and love many other mangas that they watch. I was a fan of sailor moon and other animes when I was younger 😀
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That was beautiful. And that first stanza set it up with your imagery. This was wonderful. But I shouldn’t be surprised.
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Thank you Andrew for your kind words
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Love everything about this poem. The title hooked me.
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Thank you Jean. I really appreciate your comment. I was initially inspired for the title by the playing of 2cellos and funnily Monica shared their video with me again this same day 🙂
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So many telling images
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Thank you Derrick for stopping by and appreciating 🙂
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Just fabulous again, Geetha 🙂 I have a gift for you. I have it from a good friend of mine from blogosphere, Derrick.
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Thank you Monica, your words are always so encouraging and sweet, just like you 🙂
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Oh thank you for the gift. I think I saw it as I believe I am following his blog. I also know 2cellos from before and love what they do in general 🙂
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In life, we get contaminated at times with thoughts that will continue to pester us, haunt us until memories themselves dissolve into shapeless and morphed dreams. One day, it will get better.
Loved it Geetha. Rich and beautiful, just like I like it best!
😀
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Thank you Dajena. We have to let go the past. For me writing is the best way of letting go. If you met me in real life you would not believe that I am writing like this because I just seem like a happy go lucky person but that is because I was originally a very very cheerful person before life crossed my path so to speak. I have grown a lot and not always the easy way so that translates into my writing. The cheerful person still is there but now it is not just a yellow canvas of sunshine, there are more colours to the artwork, predominantly blue in the writing though 😀
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Yes indeed Geetha. Even though I do not know what has crossed paths with you, I am sure you are strong!
hugs to you my friend! i am off to sleep. Love to you!!
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Thank you Dajena, yes, I am strong like a reed. Much love to you as well and many beautiful dreams my friend 🙂
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Such a beautiful poem… Must say, the pictures you post… Ahh, mind blowing!!🙌🏼
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Thank you so much. I must say I am so grateful for the lovely pictures available on the net. I once just used them and then a very young man who blogs gave me a lesson on intellectual honesty by his systematic credits to the artists. Since then I have strived to always put either the artist’s name or the website from which I had taken the picture. Unfortunatley the older posts remain orphan of recognition to the artists.
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Kudos to your net surfing skills! ☺️
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Ah ah ah, yes 😀
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Wow…I think this is my favorite so far, Geetha. It’s so beautiful! So well done, Poetess! 😉
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Thank you Knight of poets 🙂 Tosha also said it was her favourite so far. That’s a good sign
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The sound of Burning cellos…. I never thought it would turn out to be such a thoughtful, filled with promises…. Beautiful dear.. beautiful
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Thank you Hemangini. I am glad you liked it.
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I was immediately drawn by the title. The cello is the closest to the human voice, that is why it is able to move us through the gamut of emotional states.just as your words do. I love the images and the music as well. We let so many things affect our todays and tomorrows when really we simply need to let them go so that we can have those sunshine kisses…I really love how you left Wake for the final video, just as you ended your poem with a little hope as I instantly thought about the wake of a dead one, in this case perhaps, the past…brilliant, as always, my friend 🙂
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Thank you Thomas. It is true that the cello is a very stirring instrument. I like the violin a lot too. Very true that we let too many things affect us but it is a time for letting go now – until the end of the month 🙂
I chose the sequence of the videos with intention. Glad you grasped that. Most of the poems I share are meant to be read with one or the other videos playing in the background. Thanks as always for your deep, insightful comments my friend 🙂
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You are welcome, Geetha. I can play the cello, though I do not own one, and I play the violin – it has become one of my favourites to play. Yes, letting go is never a bad thing 🙂
I know you do nothing by chance and that everything you write and select is done so with a purpose. It’s one of the things I love about your artistry.
You are always welcome, my friend 🙂
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I hope you upload one day something you have played on the violin. It is a really beautiful instrument. I was very lucky one day to host an event for charity where we had an extremely talented violonist and a wonderful human being called Matteo Fedeli play a 300 year old Stradivari for our Annual concert for a cause. I had watched him and his pianist friend rehearse and then heard and saw them on stage. It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. The stringed instruments are in general magical for me but mostly the violin and the cello 🙂
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We shall see 🙂 That is awesome…I am a stringed instrument player for the most part though I play a few outside that category.
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A wonderful poem. Beautiful actually.
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Thank you so much. I love your poems too, your writing is enchanting
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The title alone was beautiful, the poetry itself even better. I was going to try my hand at some poetry myself today, but I changed my mind. Wonderful post.
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Oh no you shouldn’t have changed your mind. You can still change it back. A poem unwritten is an opportunity lost for yourself and others to revel in a different kind of world. Thank you so much for your compliments
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Beautiful!
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Thank you Kunal
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This has to be my favorite poem I have ever read by you. There’s so much to love. I am so glad we found each other on WordPress. I just adore the way you think and write.
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Thank you and the feeling is mutual as you must have realised by now 🙂
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Yes and it’s lovely.
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🙂
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