“Embracing Calliope — the muse of poetry and song.”
Original DDE™ art: “Words & Music” by: rob kistner © 1/27/26
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my heart lives
where meaning and feeling
are lovers
where sound turns visible
where notes cast their own shadows
where words have wings
and drift across the mindscape
where poetry emerges—
not explaining
but listening hard enough
for meaning to trust it
curiosity pauses
just long enough to hear
as a spark ignites—
and cold logic loosens jurisdiction
uncertainty murmurs…
courage counters…
creation converts diction…
imagination leans in—
crisply attentive
then music enters
a pulse vibrating beneath language
an ecstatic breath—
but strong and steady
vibrant tonal harmonics
can open wide visions—
visions beyond the logical plane
visions traversing the heartscape
they teach the body electric
how to remember joy…
how to comfort sorrow…
how to embrace truth…
how to align with the laylines
of the universe— alive
pulling tempo and rhythm
from the prime temporal pulse
here
where sound becomes color
where a chord opens a door
and language steps through
naked and barefoot—
seeking balance and place
music breathes—
a pulse under life’s ribs
a gravity that tilts expectation
here
rhythm teaches time to bend—
a bass line steadies the spine
and that poetry
becomes lyric
that kindles a light
that loosens the knot of time
freeing logic—
spilling letters
vowels glow like embers
consonants strike sparks
and silence is never empty—
it’s only waiting
fantasy isn’t escape here
it’s fuel
I walk inside imagined weather—
storms of harmony…
cascading chorus…
volatile verse…
rivers of rhyme…
seeking clearings of grace
seeking the spirit of Calliope—
the beautiful song
the commanding word
here
the mystery sharpens
not fades
here
living with this peculiar heart
means everything—
here
everything is tuned
to joyful wonder—
to transcendent discovery
here
the magic of poetry and song
swing open the crystal gates
to the supereal realm of beauty—
beauty at the beat of life
and the beat
of that special heart
thumps and thrums to
that same solid tempo
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rob kistner © 1/27/26