Poems from far reaches of the galaxy

This is my thread for me to chuck things here, there and about. Wrote this one last week:

It looms: the bellowing beast
in the corner
hungry for air.

I tire of taming its melodic madness into something resembling music

But its silence seduces me.

So I wake the acoustic animal from its slumber:
To feed

>1 Interstellar_Octopus: Nice! Is it a saxophone? A trumpet? You've painted a scene here that is clearly felt and mysterious at the same time. I like it... the natural environment for a musical instrument is in a corner isn't it? Frustrating beasts they are. :)

>2 TonjaE: Thanks. Piano Accordion.

>1 Interstellar_Octopus: ❤️ A piece of perfection. That adversarial stance is the driving force, bellowing and tiring! I see it both in its subject and in its form, although I'll struggle to explain what I mean: it's how the line lengths can be seen in the mysterious in and out one sees as someone performs on a Piano Accordion. So physical, almost like a struggle it seems like to me as an outsider. I have no idea why some are long breaths in, and others are snappy short breaths out. (I'm not terribly musical, although I do, of course respond to music very much so.) I do know it is related to the sound it makes but have no way to describe it well. I see that way of unique accordion breathing is in your perfect poem.

So wonderfully glad you have started your own thread and I very much look forward to your "chucking" things here.

Thanks @Debicates :)

If you're interested, an explanation for your queries: the 'length' of breaths on a piano accordion is tied to musical phrasing, in the same way the breaths of a person reciting a poem out loud are related to poetic phrasing. Generally, you want to breathe at the end of a phrase of music, just like you often want to breathe at the end of a line in a poem. A song on accordion that has lots of short breaths sounds quite staccato as the rhythm of the short phrases drives the music along, while long breaths give the melody time to indulge itself, and also let you play more quietly and gently.

That makes perfect sense! Thank you @Interstellar_Octopus

By the way, I've added your thread to The Poetry Collective Directory Originals
:)
https://www.librarything.com/topic/376425#9043016

Music is as much about the silence between the notes as the notes themselves: while called "rests," they are actually pauses that shape the melody.

Awakening the beast is a necessary part of the creative process. And I love your poem.

As my handle alludes to, I always revert to Shakespeare:

Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war.
Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1.

Thank you for sharing.

--Matt

>1 Interstellar_Octopus: nice I am always drawn to poems with alliterations and this sounds like you're doing battle with the instrument with 'bellowing beast' and 'acoutic animal'.

Thank you very much @hamlet61 and @AnishaInkspill.