Lit eZine Vol 5 | p-16 | POETRY | O, not these sounds! Strike more pleasing chords! – Manic Sylph Writes… Poetry & Thoughts by Mona Soorma

SHORT POEM

O, NOT THESE SOUNDS! STRIKE MORE PLEASING CHORDS!
by Arthur Turfa

Singer with a guitar — *Image by* *fernandozhiminaicela*

The singer yearns for pleasant melodies
to lift her voice above all other sounds.
From every side though come demands to
sing another tune. Harsh discordant ones
emerge along with entreaties to sing
what others have sung already for years.
Sometimes the cacophony appears to
silence her voice. Yet if it did, the stones
themselves would cry over the confusion.
Sing then, the song given to you. Listen
for the melody that matches your voice.
Keep singing in every direction,
let the wind carry the words far and wide
Until you hear the music in reply.

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Arthur Turfa is a poet and writer from Lexington, SC, who is an active member of the South Carolina Writers Association. The concept of place is a prominent theme in his writing. He reflects on his upbringing in Pennsylvania, his time in Germany, and experiences from other places to understand factors that shaped his identity. His poetry appears in The Petigru Review, The Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and other publications. One of his poems made the Top Ten for The Pangolin Review’s 2019 Poetry Prize. Lit eZine, Vol 1, features his short story, A Day in the Life of an Adjunct Instructor. Turfa is the author of a poetry collection, Saluda Reflections (2018), by Finishing Line Press, a novel, The Botleys of Beaumont County (2021) on Blurb, and Epiphanies, his short story collection, is forthcoming or published by Alien Buddha Press on March, 2024.