Pillow
by Michèle Nardelli
I slept with your pillow last night.
Gently in my arms,
my cheek touching
the cool white cover.
Breathing in
the scent of you
calmed the sea to sleep,
sending little puffs into
my dreaming sails.
Sheets reeled in
as the moon
faded into morning,
my waking heart
found love.
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Michèle Nardelli
I write...I suppose, because I always have. Once a journalist, then a PR writer, for the first time I am dabbling in the creative. Now at semi-retirement I am still deciding what might be next.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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I like the comforting feel of this one, and especially the imagery in these lines “calmed the sea to sleep, sending little puffs into my dreaming sails.” Lovely tone in this Michele🤗
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations on your top story I think you are right it really works
Love it - Congrats on top story!
I have done this many times, beautiiful
This is just so feather gentle.
simply love it
Love it.
Lovely imagery and economy. Gentling metaphor. A pleasure to read
This is absolutely exquisite!! ❣️💗 Beautiful descriptions, a superb poem.
Stopped by earlier and read leaving a heart. Wasn’t able to leave a comment. Now, I can. Loved it!!!❤️❤️💕 Congratulations on Top Story too!!!
Yay, Congrats, Ms Nardelli! Glad this got Top Story!
Well isn't this just a delightful love poem. Really really loved the elegance and gentleness...that sorta snugness and sense of longing too. I felt it and imagined it all. Well done, Michèle !