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A time traveller so enthused about his crash landing in the year 2024 decides to inscribe his presence in the hymn of eternity, he writes:
I will sing praises to pioneers and present-day celebrations. and I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moss; so everyone will know the truth about badjohn fights and hooligan days, discarded oil drums and pan sticks.
Tag the page Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean, a space tiny and unassuming. Assuming that the lines will also word the sweet sounds of steelpan music soaring so vast and wide that the world can all stand together and applaud at the same time. 'Oh Happy Day'.
For it's no longer a paragraph one scenario. I'ts now about energy, passion, respect. A culture realized and searchable. Then he down his quill to have a good last look around.
© gillena cox 2024
#NOTE: (fact) YESTERDAY AUGUST 11 WAS WORLD STEELPAN DAY
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Today's challenge is to write prosery (flash fiction) using the following lines from
----Leonard Cohen
“And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
with the photographs there and the moss.”
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Gillena, I love that a time traveler is inscribing his presence "in the hymn of eternity". And "the sweet sounds of steelpan music soaring so vast and wide that the world can all stand together and applaud at the same time. 'Oh Happy Day'." What a beautiful scene you've painted. I got to listen to steelpan musicians in Baltimore, Maryland. A beautiful sound.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Melissa
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Lovely honoring of your beloved Steelpans. Just what you want time travelers to find and value <3
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Lisa
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I love your story. Very creative write!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Dwight
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I enjoy sci-fi Prosery, Gillena, and I like that the time traveller crashed in 2024, and especially that he visited the steel pan festival. I love the idea of him inscribing his presence in the hymn of eternity.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Kim
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Well, am amazed Cohen's scrapbook becomes a hymn to eternity and praise of Trinidad and Tobago and the sound of all those steel pans. OTobago where a dear friend moved to. And one of my schools had its own very talented steelband in West London. You inspire and connect me to those memories with your fun prosery.
ReplyDeleteLove it, Gillena!
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