Fourth of July Sound
The first giraffe In France arrived In Paris on June 30, 1827. Gosh, I wonder what that was like. And, I wonder what is like that. (sic.)
diminished fifth
broken
sounds foreign as
giraffes in Paris haunt
dead syllables mouthed in muted
voices
from wikipedia, "The tritone (tri- or three and tone) is a musical interval that spans three whole tones. The tritone is the same as an augmented fourth, which in 12-tone equal temperament is enharmonic to a diminished fifth. It is often used as the main interval of dissonance in Western harmony,..."
and, in my other voice on New Verse News
diminished fifth
broken
sounds foreign as
giraffes in Paris haunt
dead syllables mouthed in muted
voices
from wikipedia, "The tritone (tri- or three and tone) is a musical interval that spans three whole tones. The tritone is the same as an augmented fourth, which in 12-tone equal temperament is enharmonic to a diminished fifth. It is often used as the main interval of dissonance in Western harmony,..."
and, in my other voice on New Verse News
Labels: 4jul2008, poetry, totally optional
posted by HL | 9:07 AM
5 Comments:
I'll take your word (and Wikipedia's) for that.
I liked the poem anyway!
I'm still pretty new to poetry and I am learning all the time. I have never read a poem that is written in diminished fifth. I read this out loud and the feel of the words in my mouth as I speak them is really interesting...and new.
Great poem. My beautiful african senyru is up at my place:
http://bevies-place.livejournal.com/31683.html
Bev
This poetic form is cinquain, a 5 line poem with a syllable progression by line of 2,4,6,8,2 that I arranged in a 3 tone grouping of 3,8,11 syllable to get the sound--an attempt to appoint the uncomfortable background of the gift of a giraffe from the sultan to the king.
Interesting. Enjoyed the read!
This is excellent,
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