As I sit and look at you
Blossoms bounce on bare branches.
Cloudy clusters crowding
Dotting their pinkness on brown spindles.
Every time I look out
Flowers catch my eye
Giving the blandness of winter
Haute couture.
I love this tree.
Just doing its thing.
Knowing from the turning of the Earth,
Light's path in the universe
"My time is now!"
Nature's prompt:
Out with the flounce!
Power up the blooms!
Quick!
Runway is calling!
Shimmy and
Turn!
Unwavering gaze.
Vanity wins.
Watch me in my splendour:
Xaroncharoo!
Year's dark beginning startled by
Zenith manifested in the gloom.
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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 Callaghan8 days ago in Beat
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This brought me a smile, very cleverly done. More beautiful, though, surely, than anything on any runway ❤
This is quite beautiful, stirring & lovely. Though it does make me think of all those winters-springs in South Dakota where the apple trees would burst into blossom with mild weather, only to be bitten with a late snowstorm & freeze.
I love how you brought out the personality of nature and the rhythm of the anticipation of Spring
A new word! Such a beautiful scene you created - I want to go to the runway show - soon! 🌸🌷💕
Very nice, Rachel.
The is an absolutely delightful poem. I loved every delicious syllable! The photo of the cherry blossoms is beautiful as well.
Such a sweet abecedarian poem! “ Quick! Runway is calling! Shimmy and Turn!”
I love the word Xaronacharoo...I believe I used it in an abecedarian I did last year built from senyrus...anyway...this was delightful! It reminds me of the whimsical poems you've done in the past like your one about funky socks etc. Love it!
Lol I Googled Xaroncharoo and it automatically detected it as a Somali word which translated to hospital! Then I kept going and found that it means brilliant in Spanish! Your Abecedarian was Xaroncharoo!
Xaroncharoo!?!
Outstanding work, Rachel !!!
Aw very lovely! I love the Haute couture line, blossoms really do, and the lovely overall softness to this 🤍 Snapped my out of my grouch!
Lovely