Poem -
Memory's Forest
A lone saxophone
Lost
In the forest
Blows
A suspended cry
Echoing
Like waterfalls
Upon the lilting wind
Tickling
Baby squirrels
On treetops tips
Bringing a single tear
To a little girl
Who daydreams
To herself
Of her father's music
His saxophone missed
And why it is
That here
Among the trees of this
Her Memory's forest
She recalls his face
So very well
And feels like the animals
Of memory's forest
Are cradled
And loved
By treetops promise
Just as she feels
This most musical
And magical
Afternoon
Has created
New moments
With a father long gone
And breathed life
Into his memory
By a visit
Into
Memory's Forest...
Tony Taylor
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Comments
Aww, beautiful but yet sad, I have to concur with Cherie here, I emerged myself into this forest with your exellent imagery ???☮? brother poet Tony! ?
Thank you WAYNE!!.... for taking the time to immerse yourself in my words and emerging with a positive reaction to the words creative...... and with a way to make me smile dear poet brother!!...... lots of Love to you and yours my friend!!......tony love you!!........❤✴????✴?
Paints a pretty picture brother ! Always love reading your ink ?☝️
Thank you PHAR AWAYE.....so cool that you've been reading......I didn't know!!.....I appreciate it VERY much man...... glad you liked it!!...... peace n stuff!!......T xo ❤✴?
It takes me back to the time
I had with my Tenor Saxophone
Imagery is created
with its notes
As you have created
imagery with your
ink
Bravo Brother Tony
Love you
hey Thanx GREG!!..... you played sax too!??..... wow!!..... you REALLY are a 'jack of all trades'!!......thanx for all your support bro!!..... Lots of love to you and yours!!...... peace......T xo ❤✴?
Tony, I enjoy your work. Terry Kay
Hi TERRY!!...... Back at ya sister!!.....I enjoy your work as well!!...... stay groovy!!...... and thanx for this!!.......T xo ❤✴?
Hello Tony...
My new place is in the middle of the Forest actually...
The music from the singing of the tree frogs and the lightening bugs glowing in the trees...
You throw in the saxophone and of course ticklish baby squirrels...
Beautiful write my friend!
Thank you for sharing...
Hugz and Smiles!
Love and Rockets!
Feathers
☺
Wow!!....FEATHERS!!.....your place must be pretty cool!!...... got any pictures!??..... like to see those!:?........thanx for this girlfriend....... you're the coolest!!..... smiles.....T xo ❤✴?
Hi there Tony ,
captured to perfection ?????
Your poem created a clear visual in my mind as a reader and I could feel the calmness and sootheness of the woods with that melodious music in the background where one can spend hours and hours. This blends completely with the sadness of the little girl who misses her beloved dad.theatrical experience to be honest.
What Depth in poetry you have attained dear brother.I have no words to express how ecstatic I feel to be connected with visionary intellects like yourself and few others that I have the the privilege to read work of.
I really thank you for this beautiful imagery presented so gracefully
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peace and best regards
Amazing comment CHARU!!.....wow!!.....you're such a great supporter of poetry itself.....I REALLY think you've found a home here...... the way you convey your thoughts/opinions about writers efforts shows how much you love it!!.....I have a question (hope you don't mind)....... Cherie and I were trying to figure out if the name Charu is a man's or woman's name...... we really can't tell by your poetry exactly ~ so, if you.don't mind, could you clear this up for us?......we're betting that you're a man!! .......anyway, thank you SO much for this incredibly astute commentary dear poet brother?!?.......a pleasure to hear from you!!.....I am your cyber-friend and admirer.......T xo ?✴?✴❤
Hi dear Tony
you truly deserve all the appreciation ?
I am a mother and a wife ???
Ty
Peace and love ?
Lovely lines Tony. Great job.
Hey CLEO!!... so good to see you on the pages girlfriend........ ALWAYS a pleasure!...... hope all is well in Cleo-land!!.......thanx so much for reading!!...... hugs n smiles.......T xo ?✴?✴❤
My Dear Tony,
In the solitude of the forest
She hears her Father's songs
His saxophone's lost symphonies
From days ago long gone
.
The treetops sway in unison
To his every perfect note
Then his lips so gently kiss her
His Spirit on her e'er dotes
Peace, Love, and Melodies,
Larry xxx
Hey Tony, loved this one, you have this knack of instilling imagery into your poetry with such prowess it's uncanny to say the least. felt drawn into this as i read.
there is always a trigger to remember those near and dear for me it was the smell of my grandads pipe, for this little girl its the saxophone. cool read as always my friend.
Having played a saxophone since I was 16, I could appreciate the sentiments expressed here in this beautifully descriptive write, Tony. ♫♪?♪
It's funny how a particular song can transport us back in time to the place we first heard it, or prompt us to reminisce about an important event that happened in our lives.
Music can evoke emotions of great sadness as here with this little girl having lost her beloved father, or make us giddy, swimming in fond memories.
Wonderfully well written, "Sweet "T"...
~Dean :)
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