With each stroke of the colored brush
A beat of the playing song passes.
A bright red polish with glitter
Flutes singing pride without fear.
A subtle orange color so light
Clarinets ring a harmony in piano.
A obnoxious yellow color
Trumpets scream out of tune runs.
A simple green polish on the brush
Tubas and trombones fill the base of the band.
A starry eyed blue paint upon nails
Saxophones play their hearts in a melody.
A quiet pink color laying innocently
French horns cure the broken heart with beauty.
A dark purple trouble making paint
Oboe lurks into the loud song of the band.
An evil black polish covering up the others
Percussion plays loud enough to damage hearing.
A mix of colors, one for each nail
The song of a busy band plays in the background of my mind.
Author notes
(option #3)
I feel this takes a little explanation. The option was to write about finger nail polish, and when I paint my nails I happen to be thinking about what happened in our band class that day. No offence to ANY trumpet players or percussionists for the subtle jokes within. If any offence taken please mention it in a comment or IM. But when I painted my nails tonight... this happened to me... so... I hope you enjoy! xoxo Meg
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Hm. I almost thought it was painting a fence of some kind because of the nails, but I'm glad I read the note. Very cool. Very cool concept.
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Well I did enjoy your poem Meg. I like how you linked Music to painting your nails. I like music too lol. Nice choice of colours and all in all awesome poem.
And I thought I was crazy when I did a nail and nail .. or 2 different colours that is lol.
Keep on writing, and thank you for entering in my contest. Good luck!
Nooni
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lol i love it and the percussion line is awesome ;-)
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Yet, another penned song. Excellent. Turns into something bigger then you meant it too -- I know..!
Very well written, tremendous & terrific work!!
~Ryan~
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This was so cool! Connecting band and nail polish is so original. I love these lines:
An evil black polish covering up the others
Percussion plays loud enough to damage hearing.
I know what you mean. I'm in orchestra, right, so we were behind the pit at one of our concerts, and they did the marching music, and then drumline came in, and all the sound bounced the worst into the ears of the orchestra. It was so funny. My ears were ringing for hours. Ha ha
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Very nice poem...trumpet put-downs, and all...
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