SHIMMER of the SOUND

This work is not authorized for remix, reuse, or derivative reproduction. Adapted from the poem by Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947). Original work (found below)... My entry into the SSC6 poetry challenge, where it did not place even in the top six. 😅 Yet I'm still super happy that the wider community itself seems to appreciate this one! TY so much for that. These kinds of literary adaptions (from poetry or prose), I find really fun! As was an undergrad literature/creative writing major -- so had actual classes in high brow stuff like this (both the study & writing of poetry). On top of that, in my very first songwriting class ever, assignment number one was to adapt a paragraph from any novel into a song: w/o losing or even rearranging one word. (Repetitions were okay.) Believe it or not, ya learn a ton from that kind of a tight restriction! So adaptations will always hold a huge place in my heart... [chorus] And in the rock and drift of things O how the sea-weed sways and swings! Is it her hair - has she been found? In the long shimmer of the sound! (Long shimmer of the sound)... Arrangement & additional lyrics © by LKN Youtube, FB & X: @lucky_nobody TikTok & Instagram/@lucky_nobody3 And here is the original poem (for comparison). And/or -- please feel free to do your OWN, also unique arrangement/interpretation of this public domain work. The Shimmer Of The Sound by Richard Le Gallienne In the long shimmer of the Sound May I some day be laughing found, Part of its restless to and fro, A humble worker of the tides That round the sleepless planet flow, And in the rock and drift of things - (O how the sea-weed sways and swings! Is it her hair - has she been found In the long shimmer of the Sound!) Do some small task I do not know - O maybe help the mussel grow, Or tint the shell-imprisoned pearl - A mute companion of the waves That toss within their moonlit graves - Is it a king, or but a girl? And, all the while, she sings and sings, And waves her wild white hands with glee, Mysterious sister of the world, That singing water called the sea. (O tell me was this sea-weed found In the long shimmer of the Sound!)