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Tour Journal Revisited
Edited by Michael Morrow[Editor's Note: August brings a decidedly different piece to the Tour Journal Revisited page- our first poem! And our first entry from the voice of an "inanimate" object, no less. I think you'll find Karen Ericson's thoughts after an inspiring encore last summer an "enlightening" change of pace. And while I'm intruding, please don't forget to send in those terrific tour stories and journals as the summer draws to a close to morrowm@concentric.net! Thanks. Mike.]
"Glowstick"
by Karen EricsonTonight, I think I'll shimmer green
in the depth of midnight prairie sky,
and hurtle upwards,
unbound melody, arcing path,
unchained song.
Potential energy soaks
through my skin,
from light to shadow, note to echo.Shaking now, peaking jam,
unleashed among the carefree dance
and hurled into a swarm of color,
lost among the trails of light.
From up to down
and back again, a manic waltz
of brilliant sound,
kept afloat by cheers and joy,
a rainbow weeping of our souls.Just like our friends who brought us here,
tonight we've heard our truest call
and leapt into the sky reborn
to jump and flare and blaze and glow.
[Editor's note: In all fairness to both sides, for another take on this same phenomenon, read Jeff Waful's column from the Oct 98 issue "Not A Glowing Review"]
(Note from the webmasters: The information about Jeff Waful in that archived web page is out of date. Jeff Waful currently manages the band Uncle Sammy. He may be reached at Waful@unclesammy.com.)
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