"Play It By Ear"

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    Don't read it...listen to it

    "Play It By Ear"

    Play It By Ear

     

    Pebbles fall
    Bubbles burst
    Cars…reverse
    Stair ways to stars are drawn…
    When chords…are…rehearsed

    When heart hurts
    …it’s off beat
    A soft sneak turns into a soft creep
    When a thief in the night off peak…

    Takes off his sneak…
    Ers…grrrs…
    Booms, bangs, and pows…
    Come out of speakers

    Searchers for purpose…
    The loudest seekers
    A cloud of ether…
    Rains down these weepers…

    Hard key strokes control alternate deleters
    Desktops need defragmenting…
    Create complicated sweepers
    New tech talk reveals ultimate features...

    Eureka! Light bulb…birth of the…
    Awesomest creature

     

    Put this on a sphere and let it all reverb…

     

    Waves crash against sea birds…
    That’s what we heard
    Cast off the pole…
    Swim…

    Go deeper

    Hinge on a teeter
    Totter as a leader
    We all fall down…
    Not that either

    If he’s a fast eater...
    Digest…completer
    He’s strong willed…
    Guess who’s weaker

    I’d fly a kite…
    But rather I’d prefer…
    To sprout wings…
    Because arms are meager

    But we flock ground level…
    Swear we’re not bleaters…
    Then those lily pad lads concur…
    Their the highest leapers.

    Jeepers…creepers…

    Notes on a page for…
    Minor readers

     

    Now put it on a globe and let it all reverb…

     

    While it spins on its axis…
    Nothing’s what we heard
    Click…goes the light switch…
    Let’s not cheapen this cheaper…

    By visualizing these def tones…
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    Play it by ear
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    Good night…sleepers 



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    QueenotheKnight commented on "Play It By Ear"

    03-26-2010

    wow! I love the cadence of this one... pulled me in from the start and made it impossible to choose just a few favorite lines... everything flows so great together that each line requires the next and previous... awesome write! keep up the great work! ;)
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    MalikPeterson

    05/16/2010

    ah....I know what happened now...this was during the time of the dreaded move monster lol. Thank you again for your wonderful comments and time. I truly appreciate you :)

    knight4696 commented on "Play It By Ear"

    03-15-2010

    Ok Malik - What the? You had my head spinning with this one! lol! You certainly know how to rhyme - Perfect flow! Great job! Ken
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    MalikPeterson

    03/22/2010

    Thanks Ken...maybe I should have put a disclaimer on this one lol. Thank you for stopping by once again. Cheers!!!

    cousinsoren commented on "Play It By Ear"

    03-14-2010

    COUSINSOREN'S COMMENT EDITTED: Wow! Whey! The imagery and objects thrown together in this poem are just too much to digest in a single readIng,,,,,,,,,LOL. Surrealistic poets are scarce on OP,though the present day exponents are proliferating in the wider world. Poets of onomatopoeiaic verses are also almost non- exiatent on OP. Malik Peterson seems to have mastered the art of surrealiam and onomatopoeia. The only other poet ,I can immediately think of who occasionally resorts to suggestive sounds and odd combinations of objects or words is John WordSlinger. (Correct me with proof if you think I have erred) Malik Peterson's diction in this poem synchrnizes, is novel, rapid, suspenseful , exciting and consistent within a sureealistic format, The diction is pleasing as it is not a random throwing together of nonsensical phrasing as being crudely done to crude music by the DJ's of a certain island. I know very well. . The cadence could be improved by punctuation. The tempo is deftly crafted to please poetry lovers who have a fancy for snappy, ritzy jazz, and fast,energetic dynamic rendition of verse. My rating for this novel piece is a full 10+ Note that he poem ends with a theatrical flourish, "click goes the light switch?. ......LOL
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    MalikPeterson

    03/22/2010

    Thank you Oren...that was a mouthful of a comment lol but it was greatly appreciated all the same...and I appreciate you coming by and leaving that one. Cheers!!!

    cousinsoren commented on "Play It By Ear"

    03-14-2010

    COUSINSOREN HATES TYPOS,. ' "in a single reading".............not in a single readubg.......LOL There may be other in hiding , wating to be discovered.,
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    cousinsoren commented on "Play It By Ear"

    03-14-2010

    Wow! Whey! The imagery and objects thrown together in this poem are just too much to digest in a single readubg,,,,,,,,,LOL. Surrealistic poets are scarce on OP,rhoiugh he present day exponents are prolferating in the wider world. Poets of onomatopoeiaic verses are also almost non- exiatent on OP. Malik Peterson seems to have mastered the art of surrealiam and onomatopoeia. The only other poet ,I can immediately think of who rarely resotts to suggestive sounda and odd combinations of objects is John WordSlinger. (Correct me with proof if I have erred) Malik Peterson's diction in this poem synchronizes, is novel, rapid, suspenseful , exciting and consistent within his sureealistic format, The diction is pleasing as it is not a randoom thorwing together of nonsensical phrase as being crufdely thrown about by the DJ's of a certain island. I know very well. . The cadence could be improved by punctauation. The tempo is deftly crafted to please poetry lovers who have a fancy for snappy, ritzy jazz, fast,energetic dynamic rendition of verse. My rating for this novel piece is a full 10+ Note that he poem ends with a theatrical flourish..."click goes the light switch?. ......LOL
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