Inevitable Impact #Poem

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Play or download the poem with lyre accompaniment.

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Often a teacher will hear after years
How they helped a student with knowledge and cheer.
While parents are parenting, thankless it seems,
But they give their little ones great self-esteem.
It’s not only people enjoying their work,
But every soul living a life on this earth
Who leaves unique marks on our wonderful world:
You’re having an impact as moments unfurl,
Inevitable, choices changing our world!

—
67 words for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt,
Impact!

Bethany (Nearer, My God, to Thee) #Music

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Lowell Mason composed the tune “Bethany” in 1856. In many parts of the world, it is the musical setting for the hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” I first heard this hymn in a documentary about the sinking of the Titanic. It is said the ship’s musicians played “Nearer, My God, to Thee” as the ship took on water.

I hope this zither arrangement brings you reflection, comfort, and peace in the midst of whatever you may be experiencing right now!

New Moon Prayer #Writephoto #Music

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A song with the silvery sound of the zither.

Lyrics

Crescent moon,
Shining through the golden break of dawn.
Crescent moon,
Lighting every tender dream begun.

Teach me to know the nature of flowing life;
Living and real, the dreams that I feel inside.

Crescent moon,
Shining through the shadows of the trees.
Crescent moon,
Lighting up the path that’s right for me.

My intuition gives me a mission sure;
Help me to live the part I am given ever more!

Crescent moon,
Shining through the golden break of dawn.
Crescent moon,
Lighting every tender dream begun.

Crescent moon.

—
For Sue Vincent’s
Thursday #Writephoto Prompt, Crescent.

“Suo Gan” Double Strung Experiment 2 #Music

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“Suo Gan” is a traditional Welsh lullaby, first published in print around 1800.

This is the second of my
double strung experiments,
playing lyre and zither at the same time, getting ready for a double strung harp.

You can hear many places in this arrangement where both sets of strings (or instruments, in this case) play in unison. First, I play the piece with melody on lyre, and then on zither.

I hope you enjoy listening!