~ The Poet's Place Cafe~

"A Piano in the Sand" 

A piano in the sand
could be,
like all other seashore debris, damaged
& waterlogged

but a piano in the sand compels a musician

unlike an empty bottle
a hat or a hammock,
a piano can make magical sounds

to capture
an audience of just one or many for
a time

maybe you

to be remembered
not to be washed away
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder

An imitation or Projack   of:

A Chair in Snow   by Jane Hirshfield

A chair in snow
should be
like any other object whited
& rounded

and yet a chair in snow is always sad

more than a bed
more than a hat or house
a chair is shaped for just one thing

to hold
a soul its quick and few bendable
hours

perhaps a king

not to hold snow
not to hold flowers