shake me up like music
make me wanna drum
palm, heel, fingers, thumbs
rotating rhythms,
thrumming and taut,
stretched like a string
over all that is naught
drumming the dirt,
palming my thighs,
palpating tender
under cloudy skies
rattle me
roll me
make me pay a toll
give me back the life we lived
before you chose to blow
shake me up like music,
make me wanna drum
palm, heel, fingers, thumbs
Brenda Warren 2014
Love this one, Brenda. I am a drummer, too. Fun poem, and more, as all good poems are more.
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Good one…
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My Dad was a drummer – used to play spoons as well, on the dinner table! MuM used to get ratty with him.
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persuading
~
percussionists
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I see you decided to play a bit, as did I today. Like your beat, your rattle and roll. Perhaps someday we might dance together and laugh while doing so?
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/days/
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Maybe tonight in our dreams? We could meet somewhere over North Dakota. 😉
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Now that’s a deal, you’re on!
Elizabeth
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