Thursday, August 11, 2022

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 World Steelpan Day image courtesy Pantrinbago


PAN SOAR 
From out of sweat and frustration
From humble beginnings
Licky ting Licky tang
Sweet scintillating music
Of bottle and spoon
To laurels of orchestral heights

Among the lilliputs of society
Labelled with the castaways
Merging and rising to higher heights
Standing tall between giants
Burgeoning through ocean and sky
Soaring to faraway lands

Responsibility riot and disorder
Measuring territorial distance with discord
Crossing the line into wine and jam
Gyrating straight to university
To stimulate entertain reward and merit
Pan really reach 
[i wrote 'Pan Soar' late 1900's. It was first published at my website Patch Work at the cover page in 2001. However, i lost this website.  Pan Soar i also had printed on gift mugs and it was too, published in an anthology by poetry.com.] 

HAPPY WORLD STEELPAN DAY.

 
STEELPAN OCTELLE
Bold and bright a phoenix at will,  
Embers of bottle and spoon still
Smothering, caused so to rise
World class, rejecting demise;
Sweet music recycled from oil
Drums, a merriment coil.
Bold and bright a phoenix at will,  
Embers of bottle and spoon still.
 STEELPAN OCTELLE © gillena cox 2022

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
Poetry Form: Octelle
REVISIT

rise pan man
pan night and day
star ken professor philmore
story of a pan man
we beat closure
tasty bite
a tender thing

ENJOY THE MUSIC:Pan Is Beautiful VI

26 comments:

  1. I was not aware there was a world steelpan day. I learned something new today. Love the musical lines:
    Sweet music recycled from oil
    Drums a merriment coil

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  2. Thank you for your appreciation Grace

    Much💖love

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  3. Enjoyed your tribute to steelpans! After listening to the video your verses resonate much deeper!

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  4. Thank you for your appreciation Tricia

    Much💖love

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  5. HAPPY WORLD STEELPAN DAY, Gillena! I enjoyed both poems very much. I listened to some of the music. Am amazed at how recycled oil drums have been organized into an orchestra with polished instruments and tuxedos. I like the enjambment in your octelle. There is a sweet sound to those drums that makes me smile.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Lili

      Much💖love

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  6. That is the first I've heard of Steelpan Day. Your poem and the music were amazing. Enjoy your week.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Truedessa

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  7. Wonderful poem that brought to life the steelpan. I didn't know there was such a day!

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Nitin

      Much💖love

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  8. Ah the wonderful steel drum! Beautiful, like its sound, Gillena. Love it ☺️💕

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  9. Thank you for your appreciation PH

    Much💖love

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  10. Thank you for your appreciation David

    Much💖love

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  11. Getting something good from an oil drum. Nice one.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Jane

      Much💖love

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  12. The steelband, fantastic.
    Your words in celebration, fantastic too. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Thank you for your appreciation Selma

    Much💖love

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  14. Wonderful! I especially love; "Sweet music recycled from oil/Drums, a merriment coil." Happy World Steelpan Day, Gillena ❤❤

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  15. Thank you for your appreciation Sanaa

    Much💖love

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  16. I like your descriptions..."pheonix at will" and "world class, rejecting demise" that honour the power of this beautiful music.

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  17. Thank you for your appreciation Mish

    Much💖love

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  18. Wow! I didn't know about steelpan day, loved your octelle and the music video also.

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  19. Thank you for your appreciation Mrityunjay

    Much💖love

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  20. Wonderful, Gillena! I never knew about Steelpan Day. Great music.

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  21. Thank you for your appreciation Sarah

    Much💖love

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