It changes over
time, doesn’t it?
The song you thrilled
to, because it was her
song or our song
or just the song
that was everywhere
then:
Gets displaced, replaced
by the next thing.
I found this album at the library.
I heard this band at a bar
a friend’s house
on the radio
and from there
over and over again.
I could write my list
(in part: Monkees = 1987; Cure = 1989; Indigo Girls = 1994; Cake = 1997)
and so could you and
you and you and you.
May I recommend
a moment of
silence
while we all remember
songs gone by.
This is one of the best I have read today! A very fine poem! In this moment of silence, I am remembering: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in the library, on a shared headphone…Joan Baez…Pete Seeger…(I could go on, but I won’t). Peace.
I agree with Pepe, this is just wonderful. Great recommendation at the end, and I love including the list in parenthesis.
This was a great poem, I myself struggled with how to tackle the many songs that were worthy of mention for vastly different reasons within my poem. In the end, I wasn’t nearly as creative as you were and simply left them out. I enjoyed the moment of silence, with the multitude of songs and, with them, forgotten memories floating to the surface.
Thanks, guys! I was just talking about this very subject at home last night, so when I saw the prompt it kind of tumbled out. 🙂
i just want to settle into this poem, this trip into the past. fantastic. and so on the prompt. love it!
P.S. and the list in parentheses. a little surprise in the midst of it. love those unexpected touches.