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LEARNING THE PIANO

I'm practising scales and simple pieces,

on another planet I play with ease

Rachmaninov's concerto number three.

 

It's funny how wonderful music can be

as I sense the movements of Mister Worthy

leaning over to turn a page,

the smell of experience on his clothes. 

 

"Concentrate on one thing at a time"

 

is what call me Adrian said last week.

That's what i've been doing, but I can't right now.

My phone will soon be hot to trot

 

and now i'm learning to play a gavotte. 

 

 

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raypool

Fri 27th Jul 2018 22:28

Thanks Hannah, a lovely comment.

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Fri 27th Jul 2018 21:24

Music is wonderful.
Love this poem.

Hannah

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raypool

Wed 25th Jul 2018 22:36

Thanks Keith, Chopsticks was a good starter too.

Cheers Darren, I think you may have got the sleazy idea of this hopefully.

Thanks for the likes Col, Jon and Anya.


Ray

<Deleted User> (19421)

Wed 25th Jul 2018 09:51

Wonderful Ray - I love it.

Some stand out lines in there -

the smell of experience on his clothes

is what call me Adrian said last week

Splendid - thanks

DJB

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keith jeffries

Tue 24th Jul 2018 22:38

Ray,
This delightful poem reminded me of some short lived piano lessons I had years ago. I managed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but obviously you graduated much further to a gavotte. Such a poem is entertaining as most readers will have had a bash at some similar interest or other hobby, successfully or not.
Thank you
Keith

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