8.22.2012

fermata

Taking comfort
in the long pause

honors the notion
of time suspended,

resisting the urge
to fill the silence

when our song ends.
Posted by Marian at 12:35 PM
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22 comments:

  1. Wow, this hits the reader at many levels. Beautiful, Marian.

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  2. Wow, so many thoughts of this timeline
    and how it all plays out~
    I love how inventive this lines are-
    One can see many paths in your words!
    Well Done

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  3. How I used to love fermatta, and now let it be in silence unfilled at song's end. This is thrilling!

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  5. My classical musician's heart just exploded.

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  7. Lovely pause when the song ends.....:-)

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  8. Oh, how I wish I could embrace the long pause - I'm just too impatient.

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  9. Poignant...that is the space when one learns their comfort level with the other, I think....comfort in silence. Well written, Marian!!

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  10. Take time to pause and reflect when one relationship ends...and then dive HEADLONG into the next one!

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  11. I good silence can be refreshing!

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    1. Meant "A good silence can be refreshing! Sigh.)

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  13. most musicians cannot perform a 'timeless' fermata.

    it usually ends up just being a note held an extra 2, 3, or 4 beats -but stays in tempo.

    lovely poem. slightly mixed metaphor though. as a fermata is used to sustain sound, not silence. although, to be fair, you can fermata a rest. ;)

    don't worry, I ripped Mr Holland's Opus for mis-using that word. Ruined the whole movie for me. ;)

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    1. thanks for this, Mike. so, i'm thinking my title is bad, actually.
      i like the word "fermata" but i was trying to describe here the moment after a song ends, when it's done but you can still hear/feel it in your head. and also the temptation to speak to fill a silence. so "fermata" is not really right.
      so i'll think about a new title and will consider any and all suggestions! :)

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  14. I'm not a musician, so the term fermata was new to me. But your poem gives such a real sense of time hovering for just a moment before resuming. Lovely.

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  17. thanks everyone, for chiming in on this one :)

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  18. 'Fermata' has immediate overtones of close-lipped silence - excellent title. :)

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  19. Hardest thing for me to do....my moind jumps in and fills the static in my head.
    A very p;ointy point here my dear.

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  20. yes, exactly. and then something usually comes outta my mouth, too :)

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