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mandag den 26. august 2024

Poetry Monday :: Instrument

Every Monday is Poetry Monday. Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over the hosting duties, mostly the supplying of the prompts - only temporarily we hope - while Diane at On the Border is taking a break for health reasons.

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Today's topic is Instrument.

My instrument of preference
is not one met with reverence.
It has no strings
no wires, springs
and not a button too.

My instrument of preference
takes training and some temperance;
it has no keys
and none of these
strange cranks or other screws.

My instrument of preference
needs study and perseverance.
You might have guessed
more than the rest
it's languages I choose.

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Next Monday's topic is: Height (September 2)

And for the rest of September:
September 9: Family
September 16: Intention
September 23: Teaching
September 30: Feedback

14 kommentarer:

  1. I would love to play 'your' instrument, and admire your skill, your dedication - and your poem.

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  2. I lie your poem. I have never thought of language as an instrument, though of course it is, many people are excellent at wordplay. I tend to think of the musical ones first, when someone says instrument I think piano, cello, clarinet, violins, drums and guitars and harmonicas too. And I cannot play a single one :(

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    1. In my youth I played, not bad, but not good enough for serious either, guitar, violn and piano. Now I keep to language and wordplays.

      Slet
  3. Your skill with your chosen instrument has always amazed me! In particular, writing poetry in a language other than your mother tongue is difficult but you do it. This is a fine poem.

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    1. Thank you a load. I love languages, I love poetry. At first I was convinced I could only write poems in Danish, then I could not withstand the temptation and joined Poetry Monday in January 2019 ... and I think that with time I will be able to write decent poetry in English as well as in my native Danish.
      Your praise - as that of all other reading and commenting here - mean a lot to me. Thanks again!

      Slet
    2. "With time"? You are already doing so well. Today's poem was especially an example of that, with its more complex rhyme scheme. I truly mean that.

      Slet
    3. Thanks ever so much. You make me feel a bit red in the face!

      Slet
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    1. I'm answering your question here and on my blog to be sure you see it. In US English at least, calling a police officer or security officer a "pig" is a pejorative term and considered a horrible insult.

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    2. Ahh, OK, thank you. The only "Uncle Pigs" I found on the web, were Peppa Pig or Muppet-related ;) We actually call them "pigs" as well, and it's bad enough to earn you a fine.

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