17 May 2019 1 Comment
in music, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
The quietness of the woodland brook
is always worth a second look
For with its trickle so it sings
and with it a new music brings
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
‘New Music‘ was first published via #Jemverse on Instagram in May 2018, and here on Jemverse on 16 June 2018
16 May 2019 1 Comment
in Life, music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Quite often then
my eyes will dance
‘tho my feet
are slower there
For there is music
all around
in life most
everywhere
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
“Life Music” was originally posted to Jemverse on 19 June 2018
15 May 2019 1 Comment
in music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
It lifts and refreshes
It adds spring to steps
It soothes and it mellows
The louder it gets
It hits you sometimes but
Never hurts when it does
It brings smiles and enjoyment
And does this because
It is comfort and solace
It is all that and more
It is rejuvenation
It is music – encore!
©Jemverse
If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting…
William Shakespeare (Twelth Night, Act I, scene I)
Photo – Jempics
‘Music‘ was originally posted to Jemverse on 6 February 2015
14 May 2019 2 Comments
in music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
On days when it’s raining
my music will play
From the time I awaken
’til the end of the day
It’s an escape I enjoy
and will often return
topping up with the downloads
and the CDs I burn
It’s a remedy to cure
‘most any malaise
So sometimes all of us
need our music days
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
‘Music Days’ was originally posted to Jemverse on 22 September 2016
13 May 2019 1 Comment
in music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Back lit through the dry-ice swirl
the player comes to fore
his nimble fingers on the frets
the crowd cries out for more
The singer steps up to the mic
narration in the song
the scene is set, the story told
the crowd sings loud along
The rhythm pounds, the bass is felt
the lights pulsate and shine
the ambience is magical
the crowd claps there in time
The music as it should be heard
and lived and felt and seen
our heroes up there on the stage
the crowd lives every dream
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
The Music was originally posted to Jemverse on 19 January 2016
06 May 2019 1 Comment
in family, garden, home, Life, music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: family, garden, home, jazz, Jemverse, laughter, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Sunday in the garden
with jazz and sun and beer
And family, conversation
pavlova and good cheer
Laughter on the Springtime air
from here this afternoon
We’ve been out since breakfast
and evening’s coming soon
But Chris Barber and his clarinet
still has a voice to hear
so we’ll all stay a little while
and have another beer
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
03 Apr 2019 1 Comment
in Beach, music, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sea, Sussex, wordsmith Tags: bay, beach, Jemverse, music, Otis Redding, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sea, Steve Cropper, Sussex, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
As Otis and Steve Cropper
wrote so eloquently they
Of sea when they were sitting
on the dock of that fine bay
So whimsically I
here in Sussex by the sea
Hum that tune quite often
when I’m sitting peacefully
For it captures every essence
of this place I love the best
This bay in Southern England
where I often come for rest
So I’d like to think that Otis
still sings his song today
from the peace he has in heaven
to those still by the bay
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
Inspired by ‘(Sittin’ on) the dock of the bay’ by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (1967)
