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Flower Girl
Oct 03, 2022 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)
This poem is part of the contest:

Neopoem Of The Week Contest October 2nd to October 8th 2022

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Strings

Strings of steel
The melody flows through my fingers
Vibrating through the hollowed wood
Entrancing and capturing

Messing with notes and phrases
Eyes closed and following naturally
Creating blissful escape
Brushing the well-worn strings

The world seems to halt in moments like these
A wave of peace and tranquillity in my soul
The strength of music - unparalleled
Just listening and strumming

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Enjoy! - Bri :)

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
How does this theme appeal to you?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Brisbane, Australia

Favorite Poets: Emily Dickinson, Maya Hawke

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Comments

Rosewood Apothecary

Rosewood Apothecary

2 years 8 months ago

Love it

That’s a space I could and have lived in for days.

I love this from a personal perspective
Tim

Geezer

Geezer

2 years 8 months ago

I am amazed...

that there are so many musical sounding pieces in the last two or three days! It almost seems that there is a symphony rehearsing, and everyone is about to burst into song. I kind of feel like just before the opening of a musical score when the instruments are tuning up, a bunch of singular notes playing and then joining together in one great long-drawn-out note.
Anyway, your title is good, your language is superb in conveying the images and I really like the theme. Very nice!
~ Geezer.
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Lavender

Lavender

2 years 8 months ago

Strings

Hello!
I can actually feel the peace this poem brings - eyes closed, strumming. A rejuvenating, yet calming experience through your words.
Thank you,
L

Rosewood Apothecary

Rosewood Apothecary

2 years 8 months ago

Ray “steel strings”

The advent of steel strings for guitar created the blues. Guitars had gut strings like other string instruments until the 20th century. Guitar necks are reinforced with an adjustable steel or graphite truss rod to counteract the tension of the steel strings. This was not needed previously. These new steel string guitars were much louder. Piano also have steel strings as do bass guitars, banjos, mandolins. I’m not sure modern cellos have steel strings.

Tim

Ray Whitaker

Ray Whitaker

2 years 8 months ago

The bass certainly does

Part of my guess….

“The cello, or classically the “violoncello,” is the largest member of the violin family, or the second largest if one counts the double bass. Cellos are tuned one octave lower than the viola, to C, G, D & A. Cello strings were commonly made of gut until the twentieth century, when advances in plastics technology enabled string makers to use nylon instead of gut. Modern cello string sets have either steel or nylon cores wound with one of several materials. These include aluminum, chrome, nickel, silver, titanium and tungsten. Each of these different materials produces a different quality of tone. One is not necessarily better than the other; each individual cello may sound best with slightly different cello strings.”

F

Flower Girl

2 years 8 months ago

Guess again...

I actually don't play the bass or cello, I play guitar (semi-acoustic/acoustic). It is given away by the descriptions of "strumming" the instrument as you either bow or pluck a cello and only pluck for bass. I did used to play the viola, but that was a couple years ago. All good though

- Bri :)