O music is for everyone!
You need no talent, training, poise
To make your spirit’s joyful noise!
Relax, let go, and have some fun
Each morning, noon, when day is done.
For music is the straightest line
Connecting us to God Divine,
A gift we, one and all, are giv’n,
A way to catch a glimpse of Heav’n!
O give your joyful noise a try!
—-
Another Decima for Ronovan’s prompt at:
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 52: (NOISE) in the B rhyme line.
Download “All Things Bright and Beautiful” Mp3
Here are 2 musical settings for the hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” If you live in the United States, you’re probably most familiar with the first one, composed by William Monk. If you live in the United Kingdom, you probably know “Royal Oak,” the traditional melody for the second setting.
I hope you enjoy hearing these tunes on Oriole (soprano) and alto recorder (which plays the verses of “Royal Oak”), with ukulele accompaniment!
Imprisoned in our self-made walls,
We want, yet fear, our breaking free.
And so we mend each spreading crack
To keep known negativity.
When wishing turns to painful pearls,
We make our choice and don’t look back!
The prison crumbles, disappears!
For our own thoughts release the trap!
—-
Written (incorrectly, but the words are there) for the opposing forces prompt at:
Sometimes I’m trapped beneath the waves,
Drowned out by loud and senseless noise.
Where is my hope? Where are my joys?
Is there a heart, a hand to save?
The brightness breaks in palest shades;
I miss the subtle change it brings.
The waves roll on, but softly sing
That feelings and emotions flow,
None meant to last! I must let go
And ride each wave to set me free!
—-
Written for Ronovan’s Decima challenge at:
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 52: (NOISE) in the B rhyme line.
Let’s be as playful as a pup!
Be curious when things pop up!
Today approach the world with trust—
A novel thought for most of us!
So with abandon, let us play!
Whatever comes, enjoy this day!
—-
Written for Eugi’s playful prompt at:
http://amanpan.com/2021/04/08/eugis-weekly-prompt-playful-april-8-2021/
Lonely lives cannot
Exist for long! We must feel
Connected and heard!
Being alone we can’t stay.
Take hheart! Be strong! And move on!
The Spirit in me yearns to sing
And leave this Winter-life behind!
Embracing hopefulness of Spring,
The Spirit in me yearns to sing!
The body-mind imprisons me
In music of a darker kind…
The Spirit in me yearns to sing
And leave this Winter-life behind!
We’re all instruments
Of Spirit, God, the Divine
Simply out of tune!
No one can bring us in tune
Until we choose for ourselves!
One
Nature
Evolving
Invisible
Indivisible
Becoming visible
Showing more than we can see
Except through eyes open and free
Sum of parts that aren’t afraid to be
As One revolving Mind of clarity
—-
An Etheree for the poet’s choice prompt
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/04/06/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-220-poetschoice/
Attend to Universal Laws
And better life with this one turn,
For at your core the Lifeforce burns!
With or without you, It evolves!
The Lifeforce is First Light and Cause,
Yet never does impose Its Will
And Purpose that we must fulfill.
We’re free to pick and free to choose
And take effect whiche’er we do,
Evolving Life—for Good or ill!
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 51: (CAUSE) in the A rhyme line.
Mystical Strings 
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