Ukelele Life

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Ukulele Life


Her practiced bow
placed on the string
sings clear and bright.
Yet, you? No long-song
rings into the night.
In your ukulele life,
each plucked note
hovers thin and short.
Your music endures
in the blur of a hand.

– Steve Peterson



I wrote this poem in the comments section over at Mary Lee Hahn's Poetrepository. I got to thinking about how some lives sing like violins and some plunk like a ukulele; both have their beauty, yet each requires such different technique.

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