10 Ways of Looking at Music

This poem is a collaborative piece as each stanza was written by a member of my creative writing class! My job was to choose the subject that would be viewed 10 different ways and write the first stanza. The paper was then passed around the class and 9 other students wrote down a couple lines about music. Here is the ending product:

I

Music is the sound track to life

Running along side each story

Billions of genres

and sounds

Each person preferring a specific type

II

Music is like freedom

Belting it out

Alone in my car

III

Music in movies

Makes you feel

Like you're there

IV

Music is able to unlock such a strong feeling

to Feel everything the artist does

or to draw awareness to personal emotions

V

Is music the key to unity?

A creator of passion

Could it be a peace maker?

VI

Barely loud enough to hear

the music creeps down the hall

Sending shivers down my spine

Can anyone else hear it?

Or is it all in my mind?

VII

The most influential creations

Humans have aroused

Necessitated music's beauty

VIII

Is the music that we create

equal to the music of nature?

IX

Several beats and melodies

Fused to make one

X

Full of myths and legends

Interpret each differently

XI

The only thing to be heard

While Cinderella danced with her prince

was the soft, sweet music

XII

When the music skips

So does your heart

XII

The background tempo of the heart beat

The music of one's voice

Music surrounds us

Just sit

Silently

and listen