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A test
by bennash - 05/26/26 07:18 AM
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Rob
by Rob B. - 05/25/26 11:14 PM
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I wrote this a number of years ago, as a poem. But I was thinking about doing a spoken word over music. Any thoughts??
The Yearbook
Last night I went home to see my friends
The yellowed pages falling out from all
The many years of my neglect
And as I turned each fragile leaf
Another image flashed before my eyes
Photographs held youth inside
With memories, almost like a movie I once saw
The hopes and aspirations of my generation
Expressed in simple words of what might be
And worlds to conquer each in his or her own way
And as I read the names off one by one
An anecdote or two would conjure up inside my mind
Remembrances of teenage things we used to do
For this was not a misspent youth and in many ways
A time when I was surer of myself than I am today
The laughter and the sadness commingled
In the hundred pages that lay upon my lap
For I knew of those who were no longer here
And that time continues on, with every year
A few more going home to rest at last
Five decades plus have passed
Since I last saw my friends
Unattended gatherings come and gone
Too long a time to never know the lives
Of my high school family
For there was a bond broken by my quest
As I sought to forge my own world
And now realities of life, the teacher of us all
Permits a moment of reflection on what might have been
If I had stayed, who would I be?
I gently closed my book of yesterday
And stared into the night
As my tears fell on the floor
Last edited by VNORTH2; 06/22/21 12:39 PM.
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
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From what I have heard you can bring it off. It is a very nice piece of prose...with some universal thoughts everyone can relate to.. WRT to your question, If I had stayed, who would I be.....what came to mind was "The Verger", Great little story...quick read...by Somerset Maugham https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Maugham_The_Verger_0.pdf
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Very nice! 
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I would love to hear this as spoken word over music. And as John mentioned, some universal thoughts everyone can relate to. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks,John, for the read and encouraging comment. Pretty well everyone has a yearbook and they are universally relatable. Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
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Very nice! Thanks pal. Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
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I would love to hear this as spoken word over music. And as John mentioned, some universal thoughts everyone can relate to. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the listen and comment, most appreciated. I'm going into the studio next month to record this. PS I signed up for SongU ...Lite
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
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Your poem is well written with meaningful lyrics. Go it for the music
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