Musical Discord
Musical Discord By Madeleine Begun Kane “Your playing is way out of tune,” The conductor informed the bassoon. “All your high notes are sharp, And I don’t mean to carp, But you sound like a horny...
View ArticleLast-String Limerick
In its latest Thursday Think Tank, Poets United prompts our muses with the word “strings.” It struck a chord with me, inspiring this limerick tale of an unstrung cellist: Last-String Limerick By...
View ArticleDear Conductor (Limerick)
Three Word Wednesday asks us to use Beat, Pressure, and Substance in a poem. In substance, I’ve beaten them into submission, pressuring those words to fit into this limerick: Dear Conductor (Limerick)...
View ArticleA Sax Tale
A Sax Tale By Madeleine Begun Kane A blowhard musician named Rand Played sax (not too well) in a band. He’d blow solos, yet boast. Now he’s finally toast— The leader, at last, took a stand.
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: STICK at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: RACE or ERASE at the end of any one line
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleMissing Musicians (Limerick)
“We have lost sev’ral members, I hear,” Said the maestro. “Some key ones, I fear. It’s too late for auditions To find new musicians. I guess we must play it by ear.”
View ArticleA Clarinet Tale (Limerick)
Happy “World Clarinet Day!” (November 16) A woman who played clarinet, Used vibrato; I’ll never forget, Cuz the maestro freaked out; “You’re ousted!”– his shout. Now she can’t get a gig on a bet. (For...
View ArticleConductor Misconduct (Limerick)
A crazy conductor named Dick Had a fondness for “food on a stick.” The guy was far gone; Used his skewer-baton To throw food at the winds with a flick. ***** Happy “Something On A Stick Day.” (March 28)
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