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Tag: static

Ghost voice of Titanic (a poem)

2016/12/07 Kevin J. O'Conner

Partly inspired by the Seed Mouth instrumental of the same name… Scratchy, garbled barely visible through the static The droning drones on not a hint of treble in sight Nobody sang along as the band played on deck— how far can the air carry the memory of a melody? The concertina played in a bistro [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged December 2016, drone, melody, memory, poem, poetry, radio, static

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