Just a poem I wrote after playing Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu. It's in a rather unconventional fixed style, with a rhyming alternating iambic tetrameter-pentameter. Still trying to work on the blank verse, although it still feels really awkward to me. Would appreciate feedback.
In rhythmic time I press the keys, But frustration mounts as I break the chain Of notes that come and seem to freeze My dull'd fingers, notes bursting forth, sustained. Among the faltering notes I hear The crashing waves of the tempestuous sea: Waves smashing forth upon the pier, And wet water streaming, trickling down. He Who filled the oceans rages now, Palpable as the agitated spray. But soon it fades, his rainbow vow Holds still, passed down unfading to this day. The sea now calmly teems with life From animalcules to the largest beast-- Graceful, with calls that show no strife-- Floating placid in a current of peace. But cycles come and cycles go And yet again a storm arrives to brew, To run its course, what do you know: Underwater the fury is subdued.
And still this life glides blissful, free, As my fingers leave the keys.
