Do you remember the 50's? Do you recall this doo-wop Harptone hit?
I wrote the poem below to fulfill a prompt about "dream." It was accepted and printed in Story Circle Network's quarterly journal this March 2022. You have read of my association with Story Circle before, a wonderful organization promoting women writers.
Do check out this tear-jerking rendition by the Harptones - their final performance in 2018. Willie Winfield and The Harptones - "Life is But a Dream" - Bing video
Willie passed away this past July 2021. What a voice!
Three Credos from The Harptones
1. It's what you make it
words perform acrobatics
on my google docs paper
keys in harmony
thoughts catapult
tumble to become
melodies, my melodies
resonate -
an effort to
be on pitch.
2. always try to give
who will benefit
from gifts i have
given, so few,
do more than
i - do not neglect
to do good. *
3. don't ever take it
dream of less
desire less
wants overwhelm
the need to dream be
yond parallels the possible
for others - not oneself.
* Hebrews 13:15 ESV
Italicized lyrics excerpted from
"Life is But a Dream," sung by the Harptones, 1955.
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