three violins
one cello
one bass
do you know
bach . . .
orchestral suite
number 3
also
dvorak
the humoresques
about
an hour . . .
a little less
hush now . . .
listen
~
this is the subway
in kharkiv
there will be
no
music fest
this year
this year of invasion
and
of so much
destruction
later
it will be
a bomb shelter
but . . .
what of that
ukraine
is a land
of culture
and
of sophistication
even underground
~
the last notes
echo
resound
in the aftermath –
after
the music
and
in between
missile strikes –
the silence
is beautiful
Frank Prem Poetry 
It takes a LOT of courage to hear that silence as beautiful, and as hopeful. I’m afraid I’d be worried about what/shen the next shoe would fall! Thank you again for a very important interpretation of a “simple” moment in a terrible situation!
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Thank you, Janet. I feel encouraged to look further, rather than to withdraw.
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Happily, on our national news (MSNBC) tocay, there was a short clip of this incidental “concert.” — only one or two measures of the music, but enough to show the effect! What a nice break in the noise of war!
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Wonderful.
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We almost feel as though we are with them physically, yet how could we be? There may not need to be a music festival this year in that the courage of the musician fuels another’s courage. The composers would be proud of this achievement in spite of terrible circumstances
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Thank you, CLaire.
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