Melody

Seas and skies churning
Melody of pending storm
Like an 1812



NOTE: Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture features booming cannons at the close.
The sound always reminds me of thunder in storms.
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April is National Poetry Month
Today's Prompt - Melody

Seasong

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Beautiful morning light on Blairgowrie beach

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One Single Impression prompt ~ Melody

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The meaning of melody from Dictionary.com
1. musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.

Have you ever felt that waves

Rippling and rolling into shore

Create a special

Natural

Melody

2. Music.
a. the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm.

Some sands

Like flutes and strings

Of an orchestra

Will the waves

To breathe musical songlines

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Rippled sands in the morning light on Blairgowrie beach

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b. the principal part in a harmonic composition; the air.

The grand picture includes

Purling grey clouds

Synchronising and harmonising

The music of the sea into

A mystic

Cosmic

Aura

c. a rhythmical succession of single tones producing a distinct musical phrase or idea.

And the still music of morning plays on ~

Rippling, tinkling waters

Gently sing

Many verses

Many refrains of

Nature's song

3. a poem suitable for singing.

Tender lyrics wait hopefully

For their swirling

Dancing

Moment in time

Etched

Embedded in

In silken sands

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Swirling sands at Blairgowrie beach
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4. intonation, as of a segment of connected speech.

A seasong from

The heart

The soul

Of Nature

Notice me

Love me

Protect me

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Fascinating light at Blairgowrie beach