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This week's winners:
Said Chopin, when asked to report
Why all of his pieces were short
"My head's fairly buzzin'
with etudes by the dozen
But to start a sonata takes thought"
Martin Dew
Ko Vladimir i whakatangi
I te piana ki ake te rangi.
Tino kaha te haruru
Puta noa te motu
I rangona i te tawhiti hāngī.
Translation:
Vladimir played the piano up to the sky.
So loud was the sound throughout the land
It was heard at a distant hāngī.
Joanna Piekarski
Highly commended:
A woman from Auckland said "Jeez,
when I play the piano, I freeze.
It's not just a scale
Or a tune makes me fail,
it's the fact there are so many keys!"
Sidney, Auckland
My fingers once danced on the keys
A beautiful girl thus to please
But when at the end
It was 'thumbs down my friend'
I sank with despair to my knees
Bruce, Wellington
"As a teen, 'Fur Elise' was a chore,
Beatles and others came to the fore,
Now a Senior Cit,
Wish I'd practiced a bit,
As I find I love Beethoven more!"
Lynne, Wellington
Some jazz pianists tinkle and plunk
Like they and their fingers were drunk,
But for sound that's unique
With prodigious technique
There's none like Thelonious Monk.
Bruce McKinney
