This month, I continue writing posts from prompts in the Writing Down the Bones Card Deck by Natalie Goldberg, shared with me by my friend Barb Edler of Iowa. I’m continuing this month so that I can experience the entire deck of prompts. Today’s is to tell about a favorite teacher.
Ta-Daaaa!
she was my daughter’s
violin teacher
Dorothy Mauney
she and her late husband
Miles were concert musicians
in the grandest venues
all over the world
but here she was
in a Hilton Head Plantation
living room teaching
The Suzuki Method
as her students
balanced ping pong balls
on the bridge
to learn form
as they played
I think what made her
my favorite was all those
times when they finished
a piece successfully
she played a triumphant
TA-Daaaaaaaa! in perfect chord
and her eyes dazzled with
passionate awakening
at the magic of music
as if she had surprised herself
with a masterpiece of her own
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