{From My Commonplace}

A Minuet of Mozart’s by Sara Teasdale

Across the dimly lighted room
The violin drew wefts of sound,
Airily they wove and wound
And glimmered gold against the gloom.

I watched the music turn to light,
But at the pausing of the bow,
The web was broken and the glow
Was drowned within the wave of night.

A bit meta here: art about art.  Read this one aloud and delight in it.

“Mommy, hear the rhythm?  It’s like music!  Oh–It’s like Mozart!”

Yes, yes it is.
9 comments
  1. Now you've gone and done it. I simply must go and buy a hardback book of Sara Teasdale's poetry! … 😀 Beautiful selection!

  2. Haha–sorry to be an enabler. 😉 Really, though, we have loved Teasdale's poetry all term. We're moving on to Term 3 now and I'm sad to see her go!

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