Jazz; mesmerising, as I watch,
the vinyl spin, grooves filled in by,
cigarettes smoked a century ago,
the ash,
A revolving reminder,
that we all must, eventually go,
But some, those precious souls,
are immortal: inspiring,
And I see listen or read; the show so beguiling, as if, their deaths could never be so.
.
The song ended, I won’t tell you which,
and there’s a sadness, in the rich needle analogue,
cigarette burns and old type of yesteryears,
entire back catalogue.
Sporadically, I get lost, ice in my glass molten,
and a fog,
Lifts,
Knowing that in some way the great artists exist,
Preserved a little more with every embrace of nostalgia,
and each reminisce.
.
Such great atmosphere to this piece – really lovely. Well done!
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Thanking you kindly Nik ☺
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This poem brought back visions of my childhood. I grew-up on jazz….had those vinyls stacked all over my room. Well played…. 😉
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Thanks once more ☺ I caught the tail end of cassettes and then CDs. Not quite the same as vinyl. I dig through charity shops for records to get some oldies.
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A true connoisseur 😉
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This is incisive as heck. Resonates immensely. Glad to have read it. Well done!
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Well thank you very much, cheers for dropping by.
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I must have read your poem at least 3 times. Each time lifting up another layer and making me sink deeper into the past. I felt like I was on the set of The Great Gatsby. “Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” You did it with this piece 🙂
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Thrice? Im honoured you read it once ☺
I’m glad you got the feel of it and the intention.
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Yes, I felt like I did not wrap my mind around the depth of it at first read, so I did it again and again 🙂 I sometimes do that when I read good poetry. It keeps the world the piece depicts alive longer in my mind.
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Interesting ☺
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Beautifully done.
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Thank you Callum ☺
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Very rich and steeped. You were truly inspired.
I loved this,
‘and there’s a sadness, in the rich needle analogue,
cigarette burns and old type of yesteryears..
Very cool.
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Many appreciations, thanks for highlighting those lines Anita ☺
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Pleasure. You should write more…poetry.
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Poetry is something I have to really be feeling to write but I enjoy it fully when I do pen a poem.
My brain is usually geared toward story mode with full stops and such, but occasionally likes to get lyrical ☺ I appre iate the sentiment.
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This piece evokes such nostalgia and philosophical contemplation. Beautiful!
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Ta very much, a trip in time ☺
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A type of time travel 😀
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Nice. Got kinda stuck at “the ash, A revolving reminder, that we all must, eventually go, But some, those precious souls, are immortal”
For some reason I thought of the precious souls to be authors and that I might also one day live forever 🙂
Good work.
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You’re right on the money AF 🙂 Thank you.
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Beautiful. This has a great feel to it.
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Thanks V-I-T 😉
Cheers for reading.
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You’re welcome, L-A-W. 😀
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😀
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This was an amazing write. You set a nostalgic mood with your words. So well done. Especially enjoyed your description of the old records spinning
on the turntable.
Excellent work.
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Much appreciated LA. I watched an F Scott Fitzgerald documentary and felt inspired to write something.
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Yet set a mood that captivated. Must have been a good documentary.
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It was, I think it’s 45 mins long, I found it on Youtube.
One heck of a tale, tragic and triumphant.
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Thanks. I will search for it.
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Wow, what a captivating piece! Truly beautiful. Evoked some real sense of remembrance.
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Thanks shaun, much apreciated 🙂
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