The Garden
By midnights voice
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There once was a garden where everything died
Even the birds had flown off to hide
The mighty oaks had lost all of their branches
As for the flowers , long ago had they all of their chances
Even the sky turned black as it scurried by
Then all of the gray clouds had to cry and cry
The floods could not wash away the pain
Those who lived there died or simply went insane
Laughter had been banned years ago
The crow's kaw kaw , was never a show
The only sound that was to be heard
Was the unearthly wail of the missing violin's words
Under moonlit , shadowy night
The strings cried blood and tears forthright
Even the moon overcome lost one dusty tear
To the life missing after all of these years
One night the cry of the music stopped
The last string had finally popped
The violin laid down in the shallowest ground
And there was never again another sound
And years had now gone on by
No one living then was left alive
There had been a revolt or so
Flowers once again started to grow
Trees sprouted out and began to bud
Once again you could feel life's gentle nudge
The grass carpeted the woodland floors
Happiness returned to all once more
Now all had forgotten about the missing violin
But sometimes if you listen to the midnight's wind
You can hear it while it goes about tuning
For all of it's sins had long been forgiven
On the evening of February 28 , 1936 , a violin made by
Antonio Stradivari of Cremona in 1713 , was stolen backstage
at Carnegie Hall . It belonged to Bronislaw Huberman , a virtuoso ,
and he never saw his beloved violin again . But fifty years later in 1985
, the wife of Julian Altman heard her husband's deathbed confession that
he had bought the stolen violin for $100 . Three years later after verifying
the authenticity of the instrument , she turned the violin over to Lloyds
of
London , the insurers that paid Huberman $30,000 in 1936 . Mrs Altman was
paid a finders fee of $263,000 and Loyds later sold the violin in auction
for $1,200,000 to Norbert Brainin of English fame .
Comments on "The Garden"
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On Monday, June 26, 2017, Devil lyn
(345) wrote:
Wow, MV, this was brilliant. I had enjoyed the poem from start to finish but when I read its addendum it made the poem a lot less mysterious, and in a good way because you gave it life instead of shadowing it with mystery.
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On Monday, June 26, 2017, midnights voice
(957) wrote:
Oh , I'm so happy you enjoyed my poem , thank you so much Dev for reading .
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On Monday, June 26, 2017, worm
(1149) wrote:
HA! this just goes to show you that there is poetry in any situation... sometimes it just takes a while to find it... a top-notch piece of writing!
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On Monday, June 26, 2017, midnights voice
(957) wrote:
Thank you so much worm .
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017, Shaded_Iris
(82) wrote:
In and out of darkness. Death... Rebirth.. Time..such an efficient healer of horrors. Thanks for sharing this piece. *Much Respect*" Given"* \m/(-_-)\m/
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017, midnights voice
(957) wrote:
Thank you shaded_Iris for your comment .
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017, Drea
(1388) wrote:
The flow of this felt so good. This was was magical. The rhyme was done so well. It didn't feel forced like most do.
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017, midnights voice
(957) wrote:
Thank you Drea for for reading .