Poetry
What is Music?
By Nghi Ngo (Grade 9) HS Music (Hyun Sung Nam, Teacher) American International School, HCMC Vietnam Let me carry you on a journey Far away from this world Your desk your mug and your screen All which will seem like A distant memory The divergent emotions The tears and the smiles Serene Magical Vast The journey for your heart Your consolation, your warmth And your comfort Let me ease away your pain A sound, a vibration Tumbling through space To reach your ears To be heard, understood Mused on The pitches Blaring through your mind A shrill, a clarion Shrieking, piercing, penetrating The pitches Floating past your head A warmth, a depth Stable, grounded, grand The timbre Drips of rich, sophisticated honey The timbre Thumps of dry, scratchy sticks The dynamics Racing an inevitably deafening path The dynamics Bouncing on softly timid clouds Leaves crunching underneath our feet Wind howling in the dead of night Rain tapping at the wide windows Birds chirping in the sky Soar, like all the sounds in the world 24 EARCOS Triannual Journal
A song made to be listened to An appeal to our ears A variety of sounds An arrangement of rhythms A combination of melodies An incorporation with harmony A production of music The ambiance of silence Of ticking clocks and whirling air The ambiance of discomfort Of harsh words and tension The ambiance of relaxation Of pencil scratches and warm lyrics The ambiance of background noise Of footsteps and “Swan Lake” To bring to existence A creation of a piece Of lyrics, of notes A magician with words To be creative An imagination set free An originality in full bloom An artistry that sets apart A symphony with all elements An iridescent movement A performance born unique A composition of tunes A work of art A piece that makes our ears feel A six-minute-tune An adventure so vast A chance for sentimentality Of your sweet, cherished past A harmony created To soothe the longing heart A beautiful journey That tickles at your thought, “What is it about music That means so much to me?”
