#curtal

[serialcomposer]

The incredibly deep, flatulent sound you can hear is the tiny little thing being played by the bloke in the middle.

It’s called a rackett and it’s got nine bores in that tiny block of wood connected at the top and bottom with u-bends.

Love them.

[oupacademic]

Word of the Day: curtal

adj. Shortened, abridged, or curtailed.

Image: Cucumber Slices by Karen Arnold, Public Domain via Pixabay.

[mbfrezon]

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Day 16 NaPoWriMo 2022

The NaPoWriMo prompt suggested we “write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, […]

[kpellinore]

Very nice sounding mix of instruments. 

[kpellinore]

A lovely bevy of dulcians...I believe the big one would be the contrabass..? Wikipedia says they are made in four sizes - “Although the bass in F is the most common size, the dulcian comes in many other sizes: tenor (in C), alto (in F or G) and soprano (in C). There are also examples of a "quart bass" dulcian in C and contrabass in F.”

[electricmasquerade]

Transit

The mist of dark morning fills the air,

quiet, still and without a care.

The silence of early morning hours

mellowly purge my sense of power.

My heart is lead toward content

with a deep sense of inner transit,

progress of purest intent.

I see forthwith, life is transient,

Though time then seemingly stood still.

As the songbirds chant filled the air

I was there in the dark, in transit