Lovely poems, and lovelier paintings. ( I must admit the reference to ‘soprano and crescendo’ in the description of the piano struck me as a bit strange, though. Soprano refers to the voice range of a female singer, while crescendo is a musical instruction indicating the music is to be played with increasing loudness. But I’m nitpicking here- the rest of the poem is just fine!)
Thanks, Sujatha, for responding to my poems and paintings. And thanks also for the comment on the use of the words “soprano” and “crescendo” in the poem…I must rethink the usage if they cause some disruption in the flow of the poem’s experience, though I believe that their use refers to the idea of a “vibrant” piano which has at some point catered to a soprano or a crescendo!
Hmmm. That would make sense: a piano accompanying a soprano as she reaches for the crescendo on hitting a high note in her aria. That would work to explain the juxtaposition. ( I’m more accustomed to seeing pairings such as piano and forte, or crescendo and decrescendo/diminuendo, which probably biased my response to the words.)
Those old pianos have their own stories to tell, I guess. Many sit as decorative accessories, untouchable and unplayable, with innards falling apart from the attacks of carpenter ants, just shells reminiscent of genteel parlors and days when live music ruled the eateries, rather than the satellite radio channels wafting out of discreetly placed speakers.
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Lovely poems, and lovelier paintings. ( I must admit the reference to ‘soprano and crescendo’ in the description of the piano struck me as a bit strange, though. Soprano refers to the voice range of a female singer, while crescendo is a musical instruction indicating the music is to be played with increasing loudness. But I’m nitpicking here- the rest of the poem is just fine!)
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Thanks, Sujatha, for responding to my poems and paintings. And thanks also for the comment on the use of the words “soprano” and “crescendo” in the poem…I must rethink the usage if they cause some disruption in the flow of the poem’s experience, though I believe that their use refers to the idea of a “vibrant” piano which has at some point catered to a soprano or a crescendo!
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Hmmm. That would make sense: a piano accompanying a soprano as she reaches for the crescendo on hitting a high note in her aria. That would work to explain the juxtaposition. ( I’m more accustomed to seeing pairings such as piano and forte, or crescendo and decrescendo/diminuendo, which probably biased my response to the words.)
Those old pianos have their own stories to tell, I guess. Many sit as decorative accessories, untouchable and unplayable, with innards falling apart from the attacks of carpenter ants, just shells reminiscent of genteel parlors and days when live music ruled the eateries, rather than the satellite radio channels wafting out of discreetly placed speakers.
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