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By: Thomma Lyn

Thomma Lyn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:10:09 +0000

Thanks for these links, Paul. The story is one of the most amazing short pieces I’ve read, and the poem is a delight.

And I love your question, why do minor chords sound so sad? They do. But sometimes a sad song can be written in a major key.

By: medicatedlady

medicatedlady — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:49:16 +0000

Paul…Yes. Words that don’t/can’t describe what’s inside of us somehow is translated in writing, but as you say, the tone and the feeling are indescribeable (sp?). And there are no “how to” books on that.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:58:05 +0000

Hmmm. I will have to come back to this after work, but I would say that something has been extracted from the minor chord; and its loss is being mourned. I could be reading too much out of this though.

By: art predator

art predator — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:27:38 +0000

I’ve always found the best haiku achieves that magic: conjuring emotion, a concrete reaction to the abstraction of words producing a context for abstract meaning.

By: fgfranklin

fgfranklin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:23:10 +0000

The minor chords are off the beaten down, well worn path, perhaps rustic and haunted by wayward souls of poets and strangers wandering through the mists of illusion to sing minstrel tunes to a crying king.My guitar resonates the lonliness that moves through the longing in my soul and rolls like a lazy river but churning whitewater towards the horizon of falls.I really couldn’t do without the minor chords. They have a major place in poetry, music and mood.