Written for: dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille #170
"Music is My Refuge" (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg)
"Welcome to Quadrille Monday here at dVerse. This week I’d like you to take any meaning, form or compound of the word music, and write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the prompt word."
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space
between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
~ Maya Angelou ~
After watching the film,
Dr. Zhivago, my mother
was haunted by the theme
song, humming it like
a mantra. I no longer
recall who gifted her
with an ivory colored
music box which when opened
played Lara’s Theme.
It was always her favorite
gift.
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Sara, the music in that movie was magical and so was the film to me. Saw it as a teenager at the theater. I can see why your mom hummed it like a mantra. I bet she was so pleased with the music box.
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My mother never seemed pleased with any gift, but she was overjoyed with this one.
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❤
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I have this music box! I mean, there were probably many versions. I don’t remember how I came to have it, but I love it and I love the movie! ❤️
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Yes, there were many different music boxes.
Happy you have one, it’s a treasure!
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One earworm exchange for another?
My daughter was also addicted to Dr. Zhivago as she watched it quite a few times. But no more, they sold or gave away all their TVs. Have you read Mark Twain’s poem, “Punch Brother, Punch? It runs a similar reign.
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I haven’t read the poem, but I will look for it now.
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Lovely memories, Sara…. ❤
~David
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Thanks, David!
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What a lovely memory!
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Thanks, Linda!
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Truly a beautiful beautiful song Sara so I understand why your mother would love to hum and sing it.
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I can still hear it in my head.
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Loved the movie, but I loved the music more. I may still have the LP around here somewhere.
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If it’s vinyl, it’s probably worth a lot of money.
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Lovely website and intro Sara! And Lara’s Song is set to be my ear-worm of the day…
The only musical box my mum had was a Delft windmill. You could wind it up and the sails went round (erratically) and it played “You belong to my heart”.
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Thanks, Kathy! The windmill sound cool.
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