Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Time to take a break and allow
your creative self  to break free
with a little Scott Joplin music.
The pianist/composer was born
on this day in 1867.

                                    LISTENING

                                    Nature is not always quiet.

                                    Listen: Maple Leaf Rag,

                                    Sunflower Drag, Chrysanthemum.

                                    Joplin's greatest hits motion

                                    nature's loveliness to dance

                                    down the piano keys.

                                    As we drive, we slap thighs 

                                    and tap feet. Winding

                                    down Highway 49,

                                    mining towns are gone.

                                    One green sign says, Pop.7.

                                    But Coronation gold are waving

                                    and lupine-purple just might

                                    be the next song playing.

                                                         -Kathleen Gunton

                                                            ©2003  PDQ