#poem, «Music & Dance» (An Euro-ku*)

MUSIC & DANCE

Within a beating heart that keeps the 3/4 time of the waltz, the 4/4 time of the ballad and the 6/8 time of the rumba,

surrounding the air that vibrates, resonates, and lightens each note,

the violin and the guitar spar with the drummer, while the drummer converses with the bass about the very essence of the universe, for such is music, and such is the dance…

(C.2025/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/10/12/2025/Valencia, España)

* For my readers who might not yet know what an «Euro-ku» is… Well it is my way, as a Westerner, to honour the Japanese traditional poem, the Haiku. Being that I do not speak or write in Japanese I have re-created the beautiful Haiku into something that Westerners can easily create. First, we do not need to keep the Japanese syllabic content, as we are not writing in Japanese and our languages are quite dissimilar. Second, we must keep a continued thought and not let our phrases drift off into outer space never to be fully understood or recovered. and third, and this is the novelty part, we must accompany our Euro-ku with an original illustration, be it a painting, drawing or photograph by the author. That is all you need to create something new from an old tradition, and still maintain respect and honour

CHEERS.