Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!
I. The prompt poem:
‘The Veil of Seduction’, a poem by Lesley Scoble
- Write an ekphrastic poem inspired by the music of Liebestod, the final, dramatic music from Wagner’s 1859 opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which you can listen to above;
- This opera is based on the Celtic legend of Tristan and Isolde. It is optional to tell their story in your poem, but it is not required. Your poem may be abstract if you prefer.
Lesley says:
Put your words to music. Let the music be your muse.
Paint your words on the music score of your feelings and emotions.
Listen to its rhythm and pace.
How the music makes you feel and what emotions it evokes
is what is important.
Thanks for the prompt, Leslie and David. Bless you.
Written for W3 Prompt #99: Wea’ve Written Weekly Posted by David
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My response to the prompt.
(this is the first time I hear this legend)
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I couldn’t “feel” the opera so I’m attempting a “contrapuntal fugue” 🎶for
the first time. And going abstract…
Fugue: Triangles
The earth and the moon are a couple
with the moon the subsequent “other”
and while Earth and Moon
waltz and twirl to one tune/
take their lead one from the other/
are at once trapped in revolving doors/
they miss the role of the sun’s input.
A long time ago, goes the legend,
the earth grew a desire for a moon
so it summoned the sun—
sun without earthly achings/
sun, that never evinced a strain/
the sun that never took breaks/
—to bring Moon to the kingdom,
forgetting the sun is the only
living being without a shadow.
Swinging its legs over the cosmos,
Universe looks on intently: they
waltz and twirl to one tune/
take their lead one from the other/
are at once trapped in revolving doors/
—a confluence of verve and matter—
and is lured toward the triangle.
The ratios are always precise,
the ratios are always handy.
But if we ask Eratosthenes*,
a world where logic malfunctions.
© selma
* Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician,
famous for his work on prime numbers
and for measuring the diameter of the earth.
About Fugue:
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Fugue as a form in poetry.
Explore the cognitive science of fugue states.
Explore the cognitive science of fugue states. Dissociative fugue usually involves unplanned travel or wandering and is sometimes accompanied by the establishment of a new identity. It can be a facet of disassociative amnesia. Borrowing from the psychiatric condition of fugue state, free-write a poem in which loss of memory tangles with loss of selfhood and identity to produce multi-tonal dynamics and unmoored voices in a poem. Aim to make it one long stanza (to challenge yourself to focus on your use of language rather than white space) or go the prose poem route. SOURCE:
😘 All you need for a fugue poem 😘
All you need is a sufficiency of characters
All you need is a sufficiency of characters and parallel, contrapuntal plots.
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Thazall! 🤣
The Paris Review Can a Novel be A Fugue? by Margot Singer July 2017 SOURCE:
Leslie, your prompt took me where I never dared go before.
Sorry this one is off-prompt, so discount this submission.
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OBVIOUSLY!
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Lovely poem and lesson on a fugue.
Kathryn, me and contrapuntal and Bach have never been in the same room. I’m just winging it here. Please don’t take lessons from me. I never know what I’m doing reaally. Thanks for your confidence in me., though. I am a fake!
I still have THAT google drive thing to correct. I don’t like it one bit.
hope all is well, my sweet. Stay as you are. (we watched the baseball games. We were rooting for Otani’s team. But the padres got it. Hooray to the winners. Lovely fun. Be well. xoxo good night.
This is very unique and interesting poem Selma. Loved it.
Maybe I’m coming down with another fever… 🤒
I’m new to this form. I wandered away in the middle and then tried reeling it back in. Who knows?
But so grateful to you for reading and commenting. Blessings.
I hope not. Stay well and keep on writing beautiful poetry
I love Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde! Your poem captures the essence well, Selma!
This legend is new to me.
Happy for your comment, Dawn. Xo
Loved this poem Selma !
Thanks, Maggie.
My pleasure Selma
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I like the way you’ve used the triangle theme to create your own music. (K)
I created my own music. 🎶 yes. Hope it was pleasing to the ear. Bless you, K. Xo
Great poem, Selma!
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
I love your unique poem, yes, a world where logic malfunctions, Selma.
Thanks for saying, Miriam. Blessings.
You’re welcome, Selma.
Very interesting written a poem.
Interesting 🧐 yes. A new poetry form, Raj. I don’t understand it very well myself 😂 too crazy. 🤪 interesting indeed 👏🏽
You are so smart 🤓
I like learning.
Yes, 😊
Wow, Selma! Your poem is extraordinary. I’d have responded with my comment sooner, but I’ve been weaving contrapuntally down rabbit holes in a fugue, looking up fugues.
I think it is very on prompt. I love the abstract and you certainly got me abstracted. I love it 👏🌹
Me, uncouth. You, cultured.
And so I’m sure you’ll understand all that explanation in no time. Teach me how to do it. 🙏
Well, glad it abstracted you. 🙃 and that you loved tripping with the poem. 😂 Bless you.
Haha! I’m agricultured, if that’s what you mean 😂 I’m fascinated by your author’s fugue writing. I’m going to see if I can work something fugue-ish into my poem. I love the way Bach has several stories going on at once. xxxxx
You’ve inspired me to try this form, Selma. I enjoyed the play of characters in your poem. 🙂
Kitty. Thanks. I tried hard to understand the form—that’s the best of my best 😮💨
Thanks for reading.
You are welcome, Selma. I’ll give this form a try sometime. 🙂
And then teach me how to do it 🙏
Selma, what an inspired write and so inspiring! You certainly created your own music that is exceptional. Shine on, girl.
You introduced me to a wonderful new form.
It’s new to me too. Thanks for reading and commenting, Punam dear. Xoxo From Selma
You are so welcome, Selma. Xoxo
Selma I really enjoyed this fugue and romp through the dynamic of a cosmic love triangle! Now I’m going to investigate fugue poetry~~
Selma, this is excellent! I particularly like how your imagery of the Universe observing the celestial bodies’ interactions adds a cosmic perspective to the narrative <3
~David
I’m intimidated with this form. I will give this a try but not anytime soon just yet. You’re so good, Selma.
You’re too kind. I appreciate your readership. Bless you. You’re already doing amazing poetry. You rock already.
Thank you, Selma. So many of you here in WP inspire me 😊
Hi, Selma! 👋🏻
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by our lovely Suzanne Brace, is now live:
https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/03/27/w3-prompt-100-weave-written-weekly/
Enjoy! 💖
Much love,
David