Vernal equinox: The arrival of spring
Spring
Frühlingsstimmen: Spring Voices
(A waltz composed by Johann Strauss II, 1882)
The lark rises into blue heights
the warm wind blows softly;
its blissful mild breath revives
and kisses the fields and meadows.
Spring awakens in beauteous splendor,
let all suffering now end,
all grief has flown far away!
Sorrow grows fainter as joyful sights
and a belief in happiness return.
Sunlight, now break through!
Everything laughs, everything awakens!”
Music Insouciance In Situ
Music in Spring life starts to swing
Music in your ear brains shift a gear
Music in words in 4ths 5ths and 3rds
Music in sentences in choral cadences
Music in your mind time to unwind
Music in your head more to be said
Musical forms in Baroque norms
Musical widths in jazz bars and 5ths
Music in your feet waltzing is sweet
Music in your arms with all its charms
Music in your hands clap with bands
Musical movie all dancing groovy
Music from the past determined to last
Music comes soon from sunrise to moon.
Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.
