by Susan Budig - Mindful Poet
Member since:
February 16, 2006

Elemental Music - a Fibonacci Poem

April 23, 2012 04:12 PM UTC
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Earth

Wind

and Fire

Iconic

1969

Rock Band that played a kalimba

at every show along with their famous brass section

“...a shining star, no matter who you are shining bright to see what you can truly be”

Comments: 26

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 23, 2012, 4:13pm UTC
Whoo! I'm stoked that I could use a picture of my kalimba *as* a kalimba. :-)
JOHN BECK Apr 23, 2012, 4:23pm UTC
"Stoked." You're really having fun with those words today, Coach. You caught me off guard by not typing out the 1969--clever!
Now to search the universe to see if there's a rock band where a kalimba is played! :)
Great job, Susan.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 23, 2012, 4:29pm UTC
I write for Mshale, an African Immigrant newspaper. My beat is mostly and Arts & Entertainment. Lots of instruments including the kalimba are played at those concerts.

In fact, I'm listening to an interview on NPR at this very moment trying to decide if I want to cover an event in June. (NPR happens to have an interview, I do not write for them -sigh-).
JOHN BECK Apr 23, 2012, 4:38pm UTC
Cool! I read one of your articles there.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 23, 2012, 4:44pm UTC
Fun! I bet it was the preview of Seun Kuti. I need to write my review of his show this week.
JOHN BECK Apr 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC
That's the one.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 23, 2012, 5:03pm UTC
fyi and because I think stuff like this is so interesting, Seun sounds like John with a French accent and it's the equivelent of the ubiquitous name John.

John-Juan-Shawn-Sean-Jacques-Seun-more? Please share!
Debbie W. Apr 23, 2012, 4:35pm UTC
Super-cool poem! Like, so hip! Far out, man! (Very nice, my dear!)
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 23, 2012, 4:45pm UTC
Ha ha. My lingo-years was the end of the 70s and early 80s. I hardly remember what we said then. I'm sure it was...lame.
JOHN BECK Apr 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC
Whatever!
I wasn't much into the popular lingo, though my "lingo years" were around the same time as yours, Susan. I had several school friends, one in particular, who emulated Moon Zappa.

"Like, that was so, like, tubular, man ! "
A. F. Stewart Apr 23, 2012, 5:26pm UTC
A elegant and stylish poem.
Darin Waugh Apr 23, 2012, 5:28pm UTC
Nice!
I need to do this. :)
Irina Dimitric Apr 23, 2012, 6:19pm UTC
Kalimba...interesting instrument. I love the last line.
Alison H. Apr 23, 2012, 7:23pm UTC
So cool! Love that it ended with star imagery lyrics, too. I will have to check out the music.
Virginia M. Apr 23, 2012, 7:43pm UTC
I remember! Thank you, Susan, for a surprising poem.
Virginia M. Apr 23, 2012, 7:44pm UTC
And.... It's outta sight, man! ;)
Angie O. Apr 23, 2012, 8:17pm UTC
Wonderful, i loved the 1969 too. Earth, Wind and Fire, Great.
Doug Westberg Apr 23, 2012, 8:35pm UTC
EWF...awesome! I see line 1 has 0 syllables, like mine!
elizabeth evans Apr 23, 2012, 9:51pm UTC
I loved the group Earth, Wind and Fire.



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Atticus *. Apr 23, 2012, 11:32pm UTC
Any time you can use "kalimba" in a poem it is a good day.:)
Janet "Jax" B. Apr 24, 2012, 1:58am UTC
I guess you'd say the band is "before my time." LOL.
Granny Janny Apr 24, 2012, 2:01am UTC
What a clever use of the form. I thought the third line was supposed to have just two syllables. I have four kalimbas in my collection. They are also called mbiras and thumb pianos.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Dec 8, 2012, 7:14pm UTC
Jan, I must have glossed over this before.

The word "fire" is one syllable although I can see how it could be counted as two. John Beck can explain it; it's something to do with the dipthong.

So my line 3 does have two syllables as prescribed in the form. :-)
Granny Janny Dec 8, 2012, 11:38pm UTC
Thanks for giving me the opportunity of reading this poem again. It's a wonderful kalimba. Fire is definitely a dipthong!

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