WORDS to MUSIC

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Permalink Reply by the clay faces on April 23, 2008 at 1:48pm

hi - well im a huge poetry fan [reader of, that is] so i would definitely encourage you to post some stuff on this site, you'll get nothing but kind words and encouragement from this lot on here, and who knows - you might be penning the next clay faces single. hmm, bet thats put you off. hahar...

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on April 23, 2008 at 6:22pm

Hello 'Clay Faces',
that's very encouraging; thanks for your interest; I will post some shortly.

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on April 23, 2008 at 6:57pm

Hello again 'Clay Faces',
as promised: this is the most recent one, and as I said, it is not to everyone's taste, certainly not suitable for any form of 'popular' music, but someone on site may like to set music to it for use in place of the original form of words for the 23rd psalm

SHEPHERD

My Saviour’s flock I will not leave;
He gives me everlasting light;
How can I ever not believe?
Sweet Jesus Christ my shepherd is

When enemies are round about
He sets my table in their sight
And I can never have a doubt
Sweet Jesus Christ my shepherd .is.

Death holds no fear, I fear not hell;
The greatest thing I know is this
He mends my soul, and I know well
Sweet Jesus Christ my shepherd is.

He is my shield and in his glow
My life will always be so bright
I will not want, that’s how I know
Sweet Jesus Christ my shepherd is.

And when I come to death’s dark door
He’ll hold me safe, I’ll feel no fright
His rod and staff are comfort for,
Sweet Jesus Christ my shepherd is.



© Salmagundi.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on April 23, 2008 at 7:59pm

Here's one of mine....

The Imaginery Lovers

Sitting on a rock beside their Imaginery Lake
One imagines the foam caressing and soothing their bodies
In this abode they needeth no clothes
For theirs is a tradition of one flesh
Of unclad skin
Of mutual trust
Bound firmly by love.
One spies the Imaginery Lovers
Lit starkly by the orb of the Moon
Mouth joined to mouth
Hand to hand
Eye to eye
Breast to breast
For theirs is a tradition
A test
Each toying with each other
Until the seeds of doubts sown in thier hearts
Have fallen by the wayside
And rapturous applause
Fills their Imaginery ears.
So helplessly enveloped in a cloud
I wish I were a Magician,
I would venture forth out of this affliction
And saunter down to that, so brief a Lake
I would sit on the rock
And congratulate those Imaginery Lovers
But what's the point when it's all Imaginery ?
Undoubtedly they'd take me away
And lock me up
The poor madman I have become.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on April 23, 2008 at 8:01pm

I think it's best left as a poem.
Maybe one day I'll add some music to it.

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on April 24, 2008 at 8:27pm

Very pleasant; thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on April 24, 2008 at 10:55pm

You are welcome, sometimes poems are best left as poems I think.

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Permalink Reply by Radfax on April 25, 2008 at 12:10am

Patch it up as best you can with a lick and a promise
Who's breaking up the ataraxia
In the clear light of day you steal the planet by contraband
How does it taste, is it sweet like halvah
Are you numb ,struck dumb,looking for the mantic
You want to apply some praxis
You're needing more practice
Have you lost the sapid of love and life
The idea should be whole, not semilunar
Born from natures serendipity
There is you and there is me.
So what's the news on your views
What will you choose
You're spirits moving destiny with the zeitgeist
So be wise

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on April 25, 2008 at 8:44am

Fair comment.

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on April 25, 2008 at 8:52am

Stunning! but there are one, or two words I've not come across, ataraxia, halvah, praxis, sapid, zeitgeist,[though obviously taken in context with the whole, the meaning is clear], nevertheless, I think I need to resort to my dictionary before giving a more in depth comment.

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Permalink Reply by Radfax on May 10, 2008 at 2:36am

Hi Salmagundi
We set up a place on here for writers and readers clled, the scribe.
Why not post a few pieces of your written works in there for some of the members to read.
All the best, The Radfax

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Permalink Reply by Salmagundi on May 10, 2008 at 9:23am

Thanks for the advice, I will do that, in the meantime I have put a poem and it's painting in photo's.
S.

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