Musical Poetry, Poem

Doloroso e Amoroso

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #187
where Ange has prompted us to write a piece of
“musical poetry” inspired by the instrumental
guitar track, “Canción Triste” by Jesse Cook.
This is my response. Thanks, Ange & David!

Image by Me & Copilot

Your absence plays me like a weeping guitar,
each string a nerve you left exposed to air,
a blues song thrumming from an ancient scar,
the minor key of life without you there.

I am percussion, my heart pounds against your ribs,
an ache, a steady rhythm keeping time
to all the ways your memory ad-libs
verses to our unfinished lover’s rhyme.

The cello of your voice still haunts the room,
that low vibrato woven through my hair,
I am the bow drawn slow across the gloom,
trembling to sounds that silence cannot share.

We were a symphony that broke apart mid-phrase;
now I’m just an echo, mourning amoroso days.


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This is “Canción Triste” by Jesse Cook from the album Vertigo

W3 Prompt #187: Wea’ve Written Weekly
W3 – Musical Poetry

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43 thoughts on “Doloroso e Amoroso”

    1. Isn’t this just a fantastic piece of music? It’s sublime. Thank you, cara, for acknowledging the lyrical and sensual sides of my poem; that’s what I was aiming for and I’m happy to know that resonated with you. This was such a fun piece to create, as you can imagine.

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  6. Nancy, wow — this really got to me. That line “the cello of your voice still haunts the room” just… yeah, that one sticks. Such a beautiful, aching piece. Thanks for sharing it with us this week.

    ~David

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    1. Thank you so much, David. This was a real treat for me and there was absolutely no way I was going to pass up the opportunity to write a “musical poem”! Thanks to Ange for the brilliant idea. I had so much fun letting my musical and writing imagination take over. So pleased to know you enjoyed it and found it relatable.

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    1. Thanks, Jodi. I really wanted an equal blend of sensuality and musicality and I feel like I achieve that. I read you a poem and thought it was “bellissimo”! Thank you for sharing the link. When we bleed on our pages, we know we created something special. ❤︎

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