Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Monday, January 12, 2015

Look Around






I have a bad habit of poking things in between books. Just found this. Have not played it for about 20 years. Found letters poems cds cards in my tidy up....so much fodder for writing. Bitter sweet memories and a lot of joyful times....it was a time of freedom  and relative innocence without terrorism. I want it back !

in the blue study
dancing with my maracas
i remember joy




a barefoot dancer
that's me - put the music on
i'm  off and away
my mother and grandmother
were exactly the same too 

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11 comments:

  1. Blog It Or Lose ItJanuary 12, 2015 at 7:31 PM

    Sergio Mendes! Was talking about him with another blogger the other day. Love this!

    Remembering music class in kindergarten - everyone wanted the maracas. For good reason. :)

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  2. rallentandaJanuary 12, 2015 at 7:59 PM

    I am have a Sergio Mendes afternoon...still on hols...I had forgotrten how truly wonderful he is....letting loose with Sergio and maracas is an essential of life....get yourself a set next time you're out shopping :)

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    1. joanna ukJanuary 13, 2015 at 6:58 AM

      Olé !
      or don't they say that in Portuguese ;-)
      great to enjoy memories tanka style this way.

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  3. jazzytowerJanuary 12, 2015 at 9:17 PM

    Great find!

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  4. brudbergJanuary 12, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    Putting on music and dance barefoot .. Yes that's a favorite things to do.

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  5. Bastet's Waka LibraryJanuary 13, 2015 at 12:07 AM

    And dance we shall .. free to the sound of the maracas far from bombs and woe.

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  6. Magical Mystical TeacherJanuary 13, 2015 at 7:31 AM

    You celebrate the family tradition of dancing!

    The Dance

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    1. rallentandaJanuary 13, 2015 at 9:51 PM

      We are no match for a friend of mine who can spontaneously start a conga line in a supermarket . Shopping with him is like going to a party :)

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  7. Adas AlcoveJanuary 13, 2015 at 11:53 AM

    Very nice way of putting the music on! nice poems!

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  8. JaniceJanuary 13, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    Ahhhhh, dancing barefoot. I was into Herb Alpert's sounds in the early '60's. Loved the Barzil 66 sounds, too. Love your post.

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  9. ChèvrefeuilleJanuary 15, 2015 at 10:24 AM

    Nice post Rall ... your tanka is really awesome and it brought an image to my mind from a novel by Paulo Coelho "The Witch of Portobello" in which the head character tries to reach out to her world and her gypsy roots by dancing.

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