Return to retro

Today, we're challenged "to write a poem that features forgotten technology." I know just what I'll write about!

Cassette

I'd sit for hours after dinner

and on Saturday mornings,

waiting,

fingers poised,

hovering -

ever ready -

just above 'Record' and 'Play'

Patience paid off

when my instincts

got the better of the DJ:

A favourite song

perfectly recorded,

ready,

waiting

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

...and cue music!

Today's prompt has arrived right on schedule. I've been itching to try my hand at writing lyrics and now we've been challenged to write a poem inspired by our favourite kind of music. I can't wait!

Now, I happen to like several different genres and performers, but I've had one particular song in my head for a few days. Perhaps I will try to write my own lyrics to the rhythm...or at least part of the song.

Don't go 

Could you not,

Could not go far away?

Not today -

I'll miss it all

Could you stay?

Could you not just stay today?

Don't fade away -

I'll miss it all

Tell me, can you turn back time?

I need you now -

don't turn me down

Tell me, can turn back time?

Just turn around

and tell me that you'll stay

I wish you weren't leaving today,

If only I could make you stay,

don't go, don't go, don't go,

don't you go away

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

Lost and Found

I only very recently discovered Johnny Flynn, a South African-born (like me!) English musician and actor. His music is poetry in its own right. I particularly love his single 'Lost and Found'. It's sad, but so beautiful. I've cried while listening to it.

This is my tribute to the lost and found...

Lost and Found

 I may have lost you

But I found our memories

I found our bond

Still tucked inside my heart

I may have lost you

But I found comfort

I found the wisdom of your words

Still hidden in my mind

I may have lost you

But I found my place

 I found your prayers

Will lead me home

Andrea Vermaak

Music to my ears...

There are five song titles in the poem below, which I've placed in bold. They were randomly chosen (believe it or not) from a play list I recently made for my sister. Do you recognise any of them?

Sometimes and Always



Sometimes when the

Winter Winds blow

I miss you

 

I often wonder

Why does it always rain on me?

Or the Hard Sun beat down on me

When I am most alone?

 

I will ever wonder

Why you never said goodbye

That frosty evening

When it was Closing Time

 

I will always take comfort 

In the summer of my heart

That we are never long parted.

 

 

Andrea Vermaak