Counting Diddle

Hey diddle diddle
I found me a fiddle,
And plucked it
To count me a beat!

Hey diddle diddle
I found me two fiddles,
And plucked them
To count me 2 beats!

Hey diddle diddle
I found me three fiddles,
And plucked them
To count me 3 beats!

Hey diddle diddle
I found me four fiddles
And plucked them
To count me 4 beats!

Hey diddle diddle
I found me five fiddles,
And plucked them
To count me 5 beats.

etc. etc.
etc etc

until:

Then diddle diddle
We played ALL those fiddles,
A middling fiddling
Fine Band!

7/9/12
Jeanne Poland

Calligraphy Polyphony

Calligraphy Polyphony

In
Chiseled strokes
Worldwide folks
Press and lift
Sway their gift.

In
Complex rhythms
Swiftly, thumbs
Swash and point
Exult, anoint.

In
Cursive Script
From Arabic
And Chinese sets
Come lacy, scrolling nets.

In
Syncopation,
Counter points and melodies
Wave and meet
Rhythm’s beat.

by Jeanne Poland