#FFFC #Music #Poetry It was like he’d never been away. the audience cheered and called out his name as he beat out a familiar rhythm with his sticks while the musicians around him followed his tune an old pied piper watching the jazz mice dance in the morning the writers would pour on praise as …
Category Archives: Performance
Magic
Salford, 29th April 2020 so, what do you see ? portrayed in the glass ball in front of you heaven knows, but the girl in the fancy silks engages you to look at the image revealing itself to her in the crystal ball everyone outside the tent, says its an act – but who knows …
Squad
Salford, 28th April 2020 #Napowrimo #Sport Sports teams require more than the eleven put out on the pitch qualified physiotherapists, doctors and coaching staff up at the training venues ensure a match fit, well prepared team to do their thing when the ref blows his whistle
Riff
Riff Right about now in music classrooms in high schools up and down the land four piece bands are being formed and fret boards are taking a hammering Repeated notes in ordered formation fill empty spaces on the musical page forming a foundation to create something magical Rythum and Blues follow guitar in concert halls …
Interest
Interest In the great scheme of things, new or old alike take great attention to something that engages them – and fills the time that they call “Free” Reading good books, or taking part in sport – equal in weight to somebody who decides to undertake the activity
Trance
Trance The music and the lasers are rounded on you Reality is – they’ve got you in their spell As you dance around the disco following the haze Not knowing when to stop Creating mayhem on the floor chasing the lights – no Exception – you’ll dance till you drop
Photo Challenge : Graceful
Rotating circles into blue ice with her blade
Ostentatious
Ostentatious Definition of Ostentatious Characterised by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress. There are many places that meet this criteria, but you could say the refurbished Manchester Waterside comes close. Firstly they cleaned up the basins, and placed lots of fancy housing around where the dockside warehouses are…whilst that was going on, they built …
Piano
An acrostic poem written to a Photo Challenge on Allpoetry.com (played around a little with the photo in photoshop!) Sitting in a dusty hallway The old grand master sits alone Expecting someone to play him In his time – he was a legend Nobody could beat him for a tune When his black and white keys …
A choral thing
Sing a literary response to the Manchester Voices Volunteer Choir Let the people sing aloud, for those in the audience are justly proud… of those gathered together in a mere few weeks – the music director needed some tweaks… as they sorted the tenors from the bass baritone with a couple of sopranos sometimes singing …
The Inkwell 