Poem: Bards Know Bards

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The man in the bookstore
took one look at me 
and said "Bards know Bards." 

We talked about lutes and lyres 
harps and dulcimers 
poetry and songs 

Different traditions
East and West
musical scales

Heroes and villains
quests and adventures
nobles and jesters

Despite centuries 
music and storytelling 
still sing loud





An English Medieval and Renaissance Song Book, Edited by Noah Greenberg. A Celtic harp charm on a silver chain and a blown glass charm with the image of a sixteenth note/semiquaver on a cord.

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