GloPoWriMo Day 22 Prompt is as follows:
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning to play the French horn, or a wonderful painting, film, or piece of music you’ve experienced – anything is in bounds here, so long as it uses the poem to express something about another form of art.
This provided a good opportunity for a reminder about my Immy series, the opening one of which appears on YouTube with a shortcut in my sidebar (but which I have now reproduced below). In the later instalments of the tale, the music becomes even more varied and elaborate, as do the drawings by Amanda Fieldgate.
I so admire those who can draw
And from the written word,
Produce the images I saw
Just as to me occurred.
And, leaving me to want to add
More elements to tale,
Next episodes I wrote like mad —
And drawings did not fail!
With Immy, as one may now tell,
The next step seemed quite clear,
Composing music there as well,
Which one may clearly hear.
And as my words inspired the art
Which gave so much delight,
So art to music gave a start:
The cycle seems just right!
Of course I meant Footsy. 😅 I believe she’s living in England now.
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She was, when I heard recently.
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Love the music, Col. Footsteps did a great job with the artwork. 👏🏻
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Thanks; yes, the illustrations are superb. Pity she is now scarce.
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This is great.
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Thanks very much indeed!
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Excellent! Oh, and I loved the music you composed.
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Thank you! I really like it when people enjoy my music. I think it is a bit old-fashioned for most.
I had such fun with that music, making it do lots of different things for me in the various episodes of the tale. An orchestra is a fun thing to play with.
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I’m assuming dedicated practice plus natural ability , thanks to your wonderful mother, led to your undoubted talent. And enjoying the fruits of one’s labour is your well earned reward.
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I am just sorry that as orchestral composition abilities have come comparatively recently, my mother never heard them. She would have been thrilled beyond measure.
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Oh, Les, I am absolutely certain of that.
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