Most of us think of music as something that is sung or played on and instrument. We may not be aware that there is music all around us. Music is the arrangement and production of sounds and tones with unity and continuity. This poem shares all of the sounds around us that we might take for granted that have a musical quality to them. I did the painting above to show that music has movement and flow throughout.
Nature’s Music in the Key of G
Ebb and flow creating music for our ears
Oceans rolling gently onto a sandy beach
Crashing waves revealing the power of nature
Washes away anything in its path
A bubbling stream rolls over the rocks
Flowing in harmony with wind and birds
Listen to the rain beating down on a tin roof
Nature’s washboard of Cajun rhythms
Now and then a percussion clap of thunder
Punctuating the music with a boom
As flashes of the ELO lights the stage
The rustle of snare drum leaves
Playing to sandy perfection under it all
Rising and falling as the wind conducts
Little wrens with piccolo voices
Add harmonic pitches to the production
The cold snowy winds of December
Whistle as they sneak ‘round our porch
Playing against the crackling fire
Licking the burning logs with smacking lips
So much music all around
The frogs on warm summer nights
Cicadas making their seventeen year debut
Cricket violins playing behind hearth stones
Wild geese honking
As they fly north to their summer homes
All bring their harmonies to the score
Blending in the ebb and flow
Of nature’s grand symphony in the key of G
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Painting of G Clef – Dwight L. Roth
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