Lerys Byrnes
Day of the cello lesson
In place of practice
shoulder twang
injury
Cello strings
taut for the bow
the tentative hand
Air motionless
to hold
the depth of tone
Music stand
stubborn intent
with weight of notes
The phone
must cancel
this day’s hope
Longing
Reverberates
Lerys Byrnes is a Melbourne-based poet whose work has been published in a range of Australian literary magazines, and in the USA and the UK. She has had long and satisfying experience in Adult Education as teacher and learner.