tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post5464448941638673112..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Saturday September 15th, 2012Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-60740283886169072582012-09-16T23:51:04.876-07:002012-09-16T23:51:04.876-07:00Greg - I think this particular musician was reason...Greg - I think this particular musician was reasonably skilled, it was more the volume of his music that I took issue with.<br /><br />Hah, that's a fun take on the prompt :D<br /><br />Aholiab - a lovely take on the potential power of the bagpipes, when found in an appropriate setting.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-91384699562241111352012-09-16T17:14:59.499-07:002012-09-16T17:14:59.499-07:00Bagpipes
What drew those three tear tracks on you...<b>Bagpipes</b><br /><br />What drew those three tear tracks on your cheek?<br />A clear-voiced soprano singing “Amazing Grace” at the graveside.<br />A stern-faced marine bugling “Taps” from the oak grove.<br />A kilt-clad Scot playing bagpipes on the nearby hillside.Aholiabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924390506677359767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-16614814856843348512012-09-16T00:05:01.554-07:002012-09-16T00:05:01.554-07:00Oceans & Lights (at least the link you provide...Oceans & Lights (at least the link you provided) remind a little of 90s indie music. It's pretty good stuff, and definitely better than a bagpiper for an early Saturday morning.<br />I think playing the bagpipes is a little bit like playing the trumpet: it requires skill on the musician's part to get actual music from it, though any idiot can blow into one.<br />I think you nailed all the usual comments about bagpipes in your poem today – good work for just four lines! Of course, what does that leave the rest of us with...?<br /><br /><b>Bagpipes</b> <br />"A waterbed's a bag of water,"<br />Said my plumber, "Without doubt!"<br />So when that bag got to leaking<br />He whipped his bagpipes out!<br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com