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      • Poetry

        Reflections on Rhythm and Rhyme

        • Kathabela Wilson
          • April 8, 2015
          • 9 comments
      Brahms Hungarian Dances by Susan Dobay.

      Brahms Hungarian Dances by Susan Dobay.

      POETRY CORNER↓

      – 4/08/15

      Grace Galton

      peeling potatoes
      mummy’s hips sway
      to the music
      I waltz slowly
      on Daddy’s shoes

      Grace Galton lives in a tiny village in Somerset England.

      Ο Ο Ο

      Sandi Pray

      tapping a feather
      against my lips . .
      now and then
      i think about
      being in love

      Sandi Pray lives a quiet life divided between forest and mountain in North Carolina and Florida. As a vegan, she is a lover of all life and the rhythms of nature.

      Ο Ο Ο

      Memento’s Music by Susan Dobay.

      Memento’s Music by Susan Dobay.

      Kathy Uyen Nguyen

      a child’s fingers dance
      along his air piano
      in this April breeze
      even my heart skips
      to all of our unsung melodies

      Kathy Uyen Nguyen lives in the Gulf Coastal region of Texas, USA where she passionately teaches yoga across the lifespan. She finds rhythm in breath, pain, health, and nature and conveys the beauty of each through poetry and art.

      Ο Ο Ο

      Laura Williams

      a pocket watch
      owned by someone I knew
      its faint ticking
      like a scared little bird
      in the palm of my hand

      Laura Williams lives in Canyon Country, CA., where she enjoys paying close attention the the rhythm and rhyme of the high desert.

       

      ! We welcome and encourage your response especially in the form of short poems.  You may reply by leaving a comment below. The Poetry Corner is hosted by Kathabela Wilson. Photos by Susan Dobay*.

      * Susan Dobay is a Hungarian American artist who lives in Monrovia, CA., where she hosts Scenic Drive Gallery. One of her dynamic concentrations in art is the interpretation of music. She paints and often combines her paintings and photographs as computer “image integration” to express the rhythm and rhyme of music and nature, sometimes focusing on particular pieces of music and sometimes as a general expression of musical meanings. ​

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          Kathabela Wilson is a local poet/writer/artist and musician. Her Poets Salon has become an international respected must read in the poetry world. She's the creator and host of the Pasadena-based group, “Poets on Site.”

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      Comments

      1. Martha Kovacs says:
        April 11, 2015 at 8:48 am

        Munkad csodalatos. Koszonom , hogy ram is gondoltal.

        Reply
      2. Böröcz Emilné says:
        April 11, 2015 at 6:06 am

        Hugocskam! Koszonom a kuldemenyt, nagyon megorultem a szep, tavaszt idezo kepeknek. A sok angol nyelvu jokivansagot, gratulaciot Alma unoka segitsegevel sikerult megismernem, gratulalok …..Ma itt volt nalam ebedre az unokaallomany 5o szazaleka, nagy oromomre. Remelem jol vagytok, s aaz idojaras most is jo nalatok, mi is kostolot kaptunk egy par napig a szep tavaszbol. Sok puszi az egesz nagy csaladnak noveredtol es pesti valamint par napig itthonlevo daniai unokajatol.

        Reply
      3. Eva Foldes says:
        April 9, 2015 at 10:22 pm

        Zsuzsikám, mint minden munkád ez is csodálatos. Köszönöm, hogy gondoltál rám is

        Reply
      4. dalton perry says:
        April 9, 2015 at 12:54 pm

        like a pocket full of jewels.

        Reply
      5. Susan Dobay says:
        April 8, 2015 at 4:19 pm

        It makes me feel so happy and honored that my two pieces of Visual Interpretation of Music ”
        Brahms Hungarian Dances inspired poets Grace Galton

        Reply
        • Susan Dobay says:
          April 8, 2015 at 4:31 pm

          I am so happy and honored by Grace Galton and Sandi Pray that two of my Visual Interpretation of Brahms Hungarian Dances , also thank you Uyen Nguen and Laura Williams for being inspired by Memento. These poems are uplifting!

          Reply
      6. Sharon Hawley says:
        April 8, 2015 at 3:12 pm

        Susan Dobay’s paintings so compliment the poetic insight, that I hardly know one from the other.

        Reply
      7. susandiri says:
        April 8, 2015 at 12:52 pm

        lovely impressions, thank you, All!

        Reply
      8. Alice Pero says:
        April 8, 2015 at 11:52 am

        Love the poems from every corner of the USA and abroad. Thanks for curating this, Kathabela and keep them coming!

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