I’m past the age of Mozart when he died.
I’ve yet to write my stuff, although I’ve tried.
Forty one symphonies tucked deep in brain
Await the light of day to give me fame
And shoot Immortal Me afar and wide.
The pile of masterpieces still denied,
Sit there because my mind is old and dried
And won’t produce the notes to light my name.
I’m past the age of Mozart when he died.
When I saw what Bach wrote I could’ve cried,
Each week he tossed out music in his stride.
Shakespeare snuffed it before his sixties came;
And Austen churned out books, yet lived as Jane.
Ah! Most creative artists that I’ve spied
All passed the age of Mozart when he died.
To hear the poem read aloud click HERE.
Wow. This hits home. I am 22, too, and I fins this to be a good, relatable poem.
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Thanks Katherine.
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You’re welcome!
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So there’s hope for you yet? And think of the things you’ve done and the places you’ve been since you were 35 ….. 🙂
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I know… Isn’t it pathetic!!!!!!
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😀 Great artists are never revered in their own life times ………..
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Strauss used to send swooning fans locks of hair (cut off his dog).
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Talented and sensible!
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Congratulations on the rondeau! I like it. Take comfort…D. Scarlatti lived to 72, so there’s still time. All those guys, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, lived in different times when everyone died younger than they do today. At least you’re no longer at 22….
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I think of Sibelius who screwed up all attempts at composition in his age, and threw them in the trash!
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I like Sibelius’ famous saying: “no statue has ever been put up to a critic.”
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Now that makes me feel good!!
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Nor born in the times when everyone died young ……
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A good poem – you write better than he did
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That got me laughing, thanks Derrick!
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It’s never too late Bruce, plenty of time to write those masterpieces yet 🙂
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What’s that? Hold on… I’ll just turn my hearing aid up!!!
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This is amazing!! ❤
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Thank you. That is very kind…
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