Friday, June 24, 2011

Feel the Thunder

A poem from someone who was inspired by our performance at ArtNight this past May. Thank you! (Unfortunately, the original formatting of the poem cannot be viewed on this post...)



Feel the Thunder

by

Tim Callahan

Feel the thunder of the drums!

Feel the thunder of the taiko drums!

Pounding!

Resounding!

Pounding and resounding!

Pounding and pounding

like a giant’s heartbeat,

like a giant’s heartbeat,

resounding in your chest!

See the drummers gesture,

as they strike their postures

Hear the cry

of the drummers

as they chant.

See the lightning

flashing like a saber,

flashing like a saber

as it rips through the sky!

Hear the lightning crackle

crackle as its fury

echoes through the sky.

Feel its white-hot fury

As it sears the earth!

Then feel the thunder

that rumbles through the hillsides!

Feel the thunder,

pounding like a hammer!

Feel the thunder hammer

like a titan’s heartbeat!

Feel the thunder hammer!

Feel the thunder hammer

As it shakes the earth!

Who is the Drummer

who thunders like a hammer?

Yours is not to question:

You’ll never get an answer.

Yours is but to savor

the power of the hammer:

Pounding!

Resounding!

Pounding and resounding

as it thunders through the sky!

So feel the thunder of the drum!

Feel the thunder of the cosmic drum!

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