Big thanks to the Folk School Coffee Parlor in Ludlow, Kentucky for starting a 52 Club. The prompt from the November 19th meeting was "coffee cup". I had a few idea balloons floating in my mind. Fairly easy subject, many different directions were possible. I wasn't panicked. Just had to pick one.
Last Saturday afternoon one balloon popped and it hit me like the first spray of a cold shower. I had built the song's skeleton in my journal the day before, November 21st. Yeah! Let Your Soul Sing It's Song wrote like warm butter. What I talked about Friday actually happened!
Let Your Soul Sing Its Song
Walt Sample
Tossing and turning tangled
in blanket and sheet
Side back side stomach side
back pillow bunched pillow flat
Explosions goin’ off inside
of me I can’t fall asleep
Boom bang boom bang flash rat
a tat tat tat
Belly bursting with thoughts
kept hostage inside
Fork shaped words eating
their way out of me
Fighting to live outside come
alive and survive
Phrases fitting together like
lock and key
Let your soul sing its song
Let your heart be heard
Get up and fill the coffee
cup with midnight black
Sharpen the pencil and write
down every word
Tiger toothed chorus chomping
at my face
Lyrics licking my cheeks like
fiery rain
I’m too far along to play it
safe
Gonna write my song smother
the flame
Let your soul sing its song
Let your heart be heard
Get up and fill the coffee cup with midnight black
Sharpen the pencil and write down every word
A 52 Club meets weekly and songwriters gather and share their stuff.
At the end of the night, each songwriter writes a prompt down on a little scrap of paper and they are mixed together in a bowl. One topic is randomly picked and that is the prompt for the next meeting.
Fun stuff indeed!
The meetings are every Wednesday from 6 to 8.
The prompt for December 3rd meeting is "force your hand".
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