Writing Wednesday: Moon

moon

silvery white
      spilling over
grass
trees
blanket on the lawn

air fresh
       sweetened by earlier rain
tugs the few loose curls
dances over the skin
       light
       feathery

maiden moon
        quartered
        glowing

reigning over
          songs and revelry

Writing Wednesday: 4th Street Feeling

Today is my birthday!!! Last night, I went to Wolf Trap to see the always amazing Melissa Etheridge on concert. It was spectacular and I had a blast, but it definitely inspired some poetry. So here's a little taste of last night for you, titled after the song that inspired it.

4th Street Feeling
pulsing
dancing
feeling
   the vibrations

in the ground
in the air
in my body

the thump
       resonating in
             my soul

the night sky
       open and wide
above my head

...eyes closed, head back
the sweet smell of summer….

sprawled on the blanket
     forgotten glass of wine
            to my right

eyes closed
    swaying

lost in the music

X is for...

Welcome to day twenty-four of the A to Z Challenge!

Today's topic is xylophone.

I was ten when we left Berlin and moved to Misawa Air Force Base in Japan. I was not thrilled with Mom's new assignment, because I got to experience an earthquake and a typhoon in my first week. I was more than ready for this particular tour of duty to be over.

I was in this music class with a teacher whose name I can no longer recall at my elementary school and we got to play with all these instruments to try to play a song. I got to play the xylophone. I loved it. I loved its sound. It kind of reminder me of this album Daddy used to play called Tubular Bells. So awesome.

Anyway, my love of music found a new outlet that day. I went from there to singing in the choir. Ah, the good old days. I sang in choir from 8th grade on (7th grade wasn't allowed in the choir, so I played the oboe in band that year). My poor parents went to choir concert after choir concert.

Do you have a fondness for an instrument or book or film that ignited a passion?

H is for...

Hello, and welcome to day eight of the A to Z Challenge!

Today's topic is harmony.

I love all kinds of music. I love classical, pop, rock, alternative, metal, country (well, some), jazz, blues, swing, big band... I think you get the idea. I love solo artists with powerful voices and bands with amazing acoustics and rhythms. More, though, I love a group with really freakin' good harmony.

Some of my favorites include Boys II Men, Barlow Girl, Zac Brown Band, Celtic Woman, Pistol Annies, Rockapella, Indigo Girls, Antigone Rising, The Judds, Lady Antebellum, Wilson Phillips. No matter the genre, there is beauty and joy in a blending of voices that produces something sweeter than a simple melody. I think that's what I loved most about singing in choir and hearing other choirs sing. There is power in the sound of many voices that is very different from a lone voice. One is not better than the other, just perfectly different.

What about you? Any favorite duos, trios, or groups who harmonize that I haven't mentioned? Anyone you would recommend without hesitation?