after Astor Piazzolla
It takes so little to get the three minutes
Or so much depending on where you are
Those three minutes might be sombre
They could be ecstatic or just be quiet
The only trick is to be there at the time
After that they who look back will say
Your life is never going to be the same
Three minutes of a battle or a burn or love
You were outside it and now you're in
Well what do they know it's not a club
You survive that and you survive the next
And the three minutes fall on like the rain
That keeps on getting louder and then it stops
Three minutes with reality float by like clouds
But I wouldn't want you to get the wrong idea.
©ROB SCHACKNE (2009)
10:29 - Friday 1 January 2010 -
P.S. Leunig
The other day my old mate Nick gently pointed out to me how much this poem owes to the great Michael Leunig. My poem, he wrote, reminded him of the cartoon artist's drawings. I've long been a fan of course, but I shall not dedicate it to Mr Leunig prematurely -- for he would not recognise me on the street, and neither of us would profit much from anonymous relationship. Although Mr Leunig's own verse has also always been terrific, alas I cannot draw at all. My ducks look like giraffes, my trees have no laughs or leaves, and my human figures are just strange reeds in the wind. Anyhow, please check out the Leunig cartoon link below. Get the picture. Cheers.
http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/opinion/leunig-gallery/20090711-dgl6.html
Edited by borisknack on Thursday 19 November 2009 at 11:20
borisknack - 23:24 - Monday 3 August 2009
Happy New Year
Dear Rob,
Happy New Year to you.
Keep up the good blogging and best of luck.
Cheers from the Happy Islands.
H
HB - 13:56 - Tuesday 5 January 2010
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