Love - guitar improvisation to a poem by Adelle

I have already recorded this poem with ukulele accompaniment. I decided to have another go. Again it is unrehearsed and has a few wrong notes.

Here are the words to Adelle's poem:

love,
my fingertips have been seared
by the light from your skin.
I remember only the words
you have brought to me-
whispered delicately under the folds of midnight,
something soft
and secret
that I thought only for me.

I feel the weight
of September pressing against
my chest. summers fade
& my face has grown a little older,
a little older every day.
the robins will return
as rosy as ever:
though I may no longer care to notice,
though I may turn
from their song,
they will return just the same.
I make no illusions on this point.

but for you...
for you the sun rose
pink
& I stood in its glow
to dream.
but for you the stars
seemed so much closer-
I swear I felt them
brushing against my lips-
your flesh was to mine
& I'm sure there were stars...

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• love
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• adelle
• great
• ken
• middleton
• guitar
• ukulele

[deach69]

Incredible how you do this Ken. When are you and Adelle going to sit down and write one together?

[KenMiddletonGuitar]

I needed to record something this morning and Adelle's words really inspire me.

[antoniaworbridge]

Hi,Ken.......:-)...lovely Song !!!!!!!!!

[claudioisea123]

man your amazing when you can, can you give my the tabs and the lyrics plzz

[harrytonks12345]

Thank you. Will have to try this out. Thanks a bunch!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Hi Harry. All I use is an inexpensive Zoom H2 which goes via USB into Audacity on my laptop. I keep it as low-tech as possible. In Audacity I add a little EQ, gverb and normalise. That's it.

[harrytonks12345]

Hi Ken. I'm Harry and you taught me at Alsager School. You probably dont remember me but i am amazed with your talent and your sound, could you give me any tips on what gear you use to record because i am doing this sort of thing at the moment?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Annie. I really appreciate your comments. Keep on picking!

[07msannie]

Ken,

This was beautiful.

I am a 71 yr old woman living in an assisted living home. Decided to try to play guitar and am learning from the internet. I find your method to be the best for me. I love to play the Gospel songs. Have memorized a few. Keep up the good work.

Annie

[ViceCityCitizen]

Donald Pleascence is back!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

But that's who I am.

[parkerman6]

no effense at all! but you kinda look like the doctor from Halloween! LOL!