Hi John,
Yes, do post your Ravel poem! I listened to the
Concerto earlier today and enjoyed it very much indeed. Wikipedia has a page about it,
here.
Thanks for liking that Debussy poem. I researched the lives of various French composers during my French A Level, for the oral exam, and I think Debussy featured there. That's interesting about his personality, and that of Ravel. I enjoyed reading your poem, particularly for 'jagged edge'. Have you written anything else to Ravel?
I mentioned a while ago that I wrote a few poems for Mother's Day earlier this year (27th March in the UK). Among them is an appreciation of my mother's visit while I was in hospital in February 2011. There are certainly musical elements here, as she was dressed in her Morris dancing clothes, complete with the bell-pads. Anyway, here you go...
Mother's way
Bay D of Hazleton Ward was at its worst
that Saturday. I'd slept about three hours
through all the usual screams and shouts for Nurse,
my stasis ulcer pangs, arthritis fires.
The maggots had been delayed aboard their truck;
I'd have to wait a few days for therapy.
But Mum would be here at 1pm, with lunch;
she came by bus each day with a box for me.
Come 1, a thud-and-jangle started, soft
yet loudening. And then, delightful sight!
A bluegreen tattercoat, a stick aloft,
a feathered hat, bell-pads. And all was right.
"What
does she look like?" Nurses came to stare;
Mum laughed and threw her chair-leg in the air.
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As you might imagine, Mother's visit brought a great deal of entertainment to Hazleton Ward
