Boundaries of Sound

 

Right at the edge of music

something else may be transpiring

besides what you're hearing.

Just beyond the boundaries of sound,

the musician, singer, conductor senses

they have transported you to another venue.

You know you have reached this place

when you feel your imagination soar,

when you perceive the music

in the chambers of your soul,

and it plays with inexplicable emotions,

creating a vast musical landscape

beyond the boundaries of sound.

© 2023 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

Art Prize Grand Rapids (2014)

 

I Cup my Ears

On these end-of-summer nights,
just before I go to bed,
I step outside for a few minutes,
to be enclosed by the darkness.

Forming two funnels
to amplify sounds,
I cup my ears
to better hear
the crickets 
of September;
knowing 
the coming silence 
of November.

© 2016 Richard Havenga