by Milun Kumar Jain, Wexford, PA

Milun Jain is starting 7th grade at Marshall Middle School, Wexford. This poem of Milun’s (when his class teacher was Mrs. Phyllis Chvostal) won second place in the Junior Music in Poetry Contest sponsored by Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs, Class 1 a couple of years ago.

On a piano I see black ‘n’ white keys

Sure, violin reminds me of a waterfall

The trumpet leads the marching band

While the cello sounds so low

This is my take on musical instruments!

 

The viola soothes me to sleep

The double bass can wake me up

The flute evens the hills and valleys

And the guitar makes me rock and roll

This is my take on musical instruments!

 

The drums appear to be in a war

While the saxophone plays real loud

The harp vibrates my arm and body

The triangle shakes my heart and mind

This is my take on musical instruments!

 

As I strike the xylophone with the mallet

The bagpipes take me to Scotland

As grunt I am as the harmonica

Happy-go-lucky I go with the clarinet

This is my take on musical instruments!

 

I can use the trombone like a telescope

And the tuba buzzes like butterflies

Through the maze-like tubing of the horn

My whistle goes loud and clear

This is my take on musical instruments!      ♣