If I could, I would arrange my poem differently, but I’m a hostage to the vagaries of WordPress. So I beg of you to forgive the formatting and allow yourself to hopefully be swept away into the music of the hundred words. The particular words grew from an idea based on Rochelle Wisoff-Fields‘ picture below.
Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The Night Shall Be Filled With Music
The music of my soul… the quiet vastness of the mountains the soothing reiteration of waves playing on the sand the vivid flower colors the chuckling of the stream the endless canopy of stars the stark beauty of the desert the play of animals The music of my mind… words dancing on pages creating word and pictures birthing joy provoking laughter coaxing tears sharing stories stealing into my soul The music of my heart… your yawning morning stumble your image on my not-so-smart phone your loving smile your hair beneath my hands your heart against mine your hands playing me
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And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done
There’s music in the sighing of a reed;
There’s music in the gushing of a rill;
There’s music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
~Lord Byron
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Like you, I sometimes get frustrated at the lack of formatting capability on WordPress, Janet. Several parts of this poem struck a chord with me, specifically the use of the word ‘reiteration’ for the motion of the waves, ‘yawning morning stumble’ and ‘not so smart phone’. Really good terminology. Enjoyed reading this.
I’d love to be able to post a poem without having to have the dark background and still have it formatted the way I wrote it. The formatting is correct now, but that background I find annoying. Maybe if I paid to upgrade…At any rate, I’m glad you enjoyed the poem and those three phrases that I particularly liked as well. 🙂
janet
i loved it. it’s filled with a lot of beautiful things 🙂
Thanks, kz. I’m happy you, too, thought they were beautiful. Thanks for visiting.
janet
Love these lines “The music of my heart…
your yawning morning stumble
your image on my not-so-smart phone”
Nicely done Janet!
Tom
Good morning, Tom. Thanks for taking time out of your morning to stop by and comment. Glad you liked it.
janet
Ah music really is in all the best parts of life
Beautiful poetry Janet to the last note
Thanks so much. Music, of whatever kind, is vital to good health of all sorts, isn’t it? We just have to make sure we hear some daily.
janet
Some great lines here and very clever; the three distinct groups of images work really well, particularly the heart section.
I began with just the poem but when I saw that there was starting to be some symmetry, I decided to make the entire poem that way. I’m gratified that you liked it
janet
It’s all lovely, but that last verse is beautiful. I too love the phrase ‘your image on my not-so-smart phone’.
Claire
I’m one of the probably few people (or we are two of the probably few) who still have phones that flip open in case we need to be beamed up. However, I will soon succumb to the smart phone craze almost solely for the camera capacity. 🙂 Praise from the praiseworthy is praise indeed.
janet
Janet- I love this poem it is chalk full of powerful imagery. I found my mind trying to come of with a playlist, a song for each line.
As far as WP. I work around the formatting issues by clicking on the text tab in the post. Then I type the html for a space nbsp; where I want a return. Hope that helps.
I really shouldn’t have said that the formatting was wrong. I use the “text” part, too. But if I use the preformatted button, the background is always that dark color. The whole thing’s a pain. Why won’t they have it so you can just copy in what you have and everything stays the same?
Anyway…so glad you liked the poem. Keep working on that playlist. 🙂 We’ll make a CD.
janet
Your poem is deserving of a playlist. Cd sounds perfect.
I copy and paste onto the visual tab and then flip to the text side to add spaces. Then I don’t seem to have the dark background problem.
That’s really lovely, darling. I think that is what the characters in mine long for and cannot grasp.
We wrote two sides of the same longing.
janet
Beautifully romantic.
Thank you, Dawn. I’m pleased you liked it.
janet
inpiring – poems are in the air .-)I love the rythm of your poem, and the pictures you “paint” with your words are beautiful.
I also have the problem with formatting in wordpress. I had to correct my post several times until it was okay,
Liebe Grüße
Carmen
I enjoyed your poem very much, too, Carmen.
janet
Wow, great lines that worked so effortlessly together 🙂
Hi, Helen. I appreciate you stopping in and thanks for the compliment. The lines came out fairly effortlessly, too, which is always nice. Didn’t have to do much editing.
janet
Dear Janet,
My comment has been taken several times over. Overall, I appreciated the unique melody you created in your poem. My inner ear delights in it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
That comment is music to my ears. 🙂
janet
Three things came to mind as I read: Your love of photography, your love of writing, and your love of Bill. You’re a wonderful and wonder-filled lady. Thank you for sharing your love(s) with the world! 🙂
You saw through my poem, you clever thing, you. But you forgot my love of travel. 🙂 What lovely things to say! They’re much appreciated and I’m glad my sharing brings joy.
janet
I don’t share much photography on my blog, but it’s one of my other passions, too. And of course, I love my husband, though his name isn’t Bill… 🙂 Lately, I’ve felt so blessed by the writing community I’ve found in FF!
Good! It’s a good group of people, I think. When I started, my blog was all writing. Then I posting some of my photos and now I’m trying to keep a good balance between the writing and the photos or combining the two into one post.
I’m glad you got the formatting to work, it’s a lovely piece, filled with things that make our lives sing.
Thanks, Patti. This time it was mostly that background that I found frustrating. There must be some way around that, because I see other poems that don’t have it. I’ve tried using some HTML code, but haven’t gotten the whole thing to work to my satisfaction, so the background is still there. 🙂
janet
Lovely words, Janet, wonderful imagery. Nicely done.
Good morning, vb. Thanks for dropping by. Sorry I was sleeping. 🙂 Glad you liked the poem, though.
janet
Dear Janet,
The stanza that remains long after the echos of the others has faded is the last, where your love for Bill rings like a soft, clear bell in the garden of your heart.
Thank you for battling the WordPress demons to get this poem out to us.
Aloha,
Doug
It was my pleasure, Doug, and I’ll tame those demons someday. 🙂
janet
What a lovely take on the prompt Janet, very clever.
I’m so glad you liked it. I’ve been thinking and reading about gratitude and love lately and this just flowed from those ideas.
janet
well as one who participated in the gratitude letters exercise let me say it is a wonderful thing to do.
“Birthing joy,” oh that speaks to me. You’ve done a beautiful job with this one, Janet. Really lovely.
Your comments made me smile with thankfulness. Much appreciated!
janet
I enjoyed your poem, Janet, and those of the old dead dudes that you added at the end. There is music in everything, including your words.
The old dead dudes and I all thank you (through song.) 🙂
janet
Hi Janet,
You have the soul of a poet, and the writing chops too. Lovely, lovely, the way you put these words together. I like the way the poem was organized, and that last part, so passionate. I feel like I know the true you after reading this. Ron
I hope that knowing the true me is a good thing, Ron. 🙂 Thanks very much for your comments. I’m glad the poem conveyed at least some of what I wanted to say.
janet
Beautifully written Janet.
Merci beaucoup. (I’ve now exhausted a great deal of my French.) 🙂
janet
Wee and that’s the extent of my French. I hope that’s how it’s spelled. 🙂
Oui. 🙂 Wee is, well, something else.
This was lovely and a beautifully written take on the prompt!
Thanks, Glynis, and thanks for taking time to come by.
janet
You are so welcome!
I loved the way your poem has 3 stanzas, each a music of a different sort… like the 3 different kinds of musics (spheres being one of them, but I can’t remember the names of the others). Also loved “the chuckling of a stream”.
Soul, mind and heart. I’m glad you liked it, Madison. I enjoy doing poetry and this one came out fairly much as it is now. I know you’re heard streams chucking and it’s such a calming sound. I’d love to someday have an indoor fountain to bring that sound indoors.
janet
Yes, yours was soul, mind and heart, but I was referring to the other 3 types and how yours parallels those: the music of instruments, the music of the human body and soul, and the music of the spheres. Have you heard of that before? Your Lord Byron poem (in your footer) touches on it.
The streams *do* chuckle and odd that I’d never thought of it that way until reading the line in your poem 🙂
I have heard that before, Madison, and I thought that’s what you referred to, but send my response before I went back and changed it.
Absolutely beautiful. I especially loved the imagery of the first verse and the love-infused last.
Many thanks, Jan. I’m happy it’s going over so well and that readers are finding it as beautiful as I hoped it would be.
janet
HI Janet.
Great poetry. I liked ‘birthing joy’ – made me stop and think for a bit which is always a good thing. I’ve missed reading you.
🙂
Right back at you!
Love, love, love! That is all. 😀
Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was more than enough. 🙂
janet
Dear Janet,
Music is indeed the noblest of the arts. It can wrap us in melancholy or elevate us to joy. This is a beautiful poem and it lifted my spirit. Now, if I can just figure out how to sing the words to a polka beat . . .
I think anything goes with a polka beat, with the likely exception of rap. If nothing else, you can polka around the kitchen while reciting the poem to yourself. 🙂
janet
How soothing to wake up to this morning. Beautiful words, janet.
I’m glad I could start your morning off well. Enjoy your day and your weekend.
janet
Beautiful! I love how you split it into soul, mind and heart.
One of my favourite line was “your yawning morning stumble” – it conjures an image of real fondness (and it sounds great if you say it out loud!).
Beautiful read. Wish it were mine.
That has to be one of the best compliments I’ve ever received. Thanks, Patrick.
janet
Thanks so much! I like to read my poetry out loud before deciding on the final form because is that how poetry is meant to be? I’m so pleased you liked it.
janet
Love the poem.. technically it has all features i love.. alliterations repetitions and a wonderful theme… it seems you get very personal writing it… great write.
Thanks, Bjorn. It is personal and yet hopefully something everyone can identify with or enjoy.
janet
“your heart against mine
your hands playing me”
I love those two lines together…some memories will never be forgotten.
Scott
Take a look at mine if you haven’t
Good morning, Scott. Thanks for dropping by. Sorry I didn’t have the teapot on, but feel free to stop back for a cuppa. Don’t know about where you are, but something hot sounds quite good this morning.
janet
Yes, it was cold this morning…fortunately, it got a bit warmer – sweatshirt weather for the day.
Scott
I think here it’s sweatshirt or sweater weather until next spring/summer. I’m OK with the for the most part. 🙂
janet
Oh, well, we are just getting started. It is now icy cold in the morning and then sweatshirt, then cold again at night.
Delightful.
Thank you.
My pleasure. Thanks, as always, for visiting and enjoy your weekend.
janet
Janet, you made every word count and every moment full. It was a pleasure to read! I liked the divisions of soul, mind, and heart and especially like the “stealing into my soul” line. Shivers.
I prefer that type of shiver to the ones I had at the farmers market this morning! 🙂 Thanks very much, Amy.
janet
you are a blessed person to see beauty in all things, large or small. i hope that in the quiet of darkness and grief, should you ever find yourself there, that you can still tune in to yourself and hear the music. 🙂
What a lovely thing to say, Eena! Thanks so much. I pray the same thing for you.
janet
I love this, Janet. The second stanza is the one that really got me. Only the soul of a TRUE WRITER could have penned those lines.
Sandra, that’s a true compliment and I cherish it. (A true reader, too.) 🙂
janet
You pictures and your words are so wonderfully creative. Your poem is simply beautiful.
I appreciate that, Linda. Thanks very much.
janet
Lovely poem – merci, too, for visiting my blog and wishing you all the best for yours. (cute horse too from a former equestrian)!
That lovely horse is now 30 and we’ve given her to a family we will keep and baby her for the rest of her life as if she were still with all the other horses, she’d have to be out on a huge ranch all winter in Wyoming. I always enjoy seeing what you have on your blog, although it makes me want to grab a ticket and head for France
janet