Street Singer Sonet
Rapunzel M.A.P. busks by moonlight,
inspiring Nottingham clubbers to
create webpages, poems and songs...
On January 2nd 2004 Rapunzel M.A.P. recieved a fantastic email from writer Steven Lockhart, who'd been inspired by her street performances (busking) enough to write a poem about the night he chanced upon her street performance. Steven kindly granted his permission to republish it on this site.
"Street Singer"
The evening promised nothing at all about the night
and as it entered "one to remember" was out of sight
A sombre extension prevented me from getting home
annoyed as fuck I didn't enjoy the club and left alone
That set the tone for an emotional twist and change
as female vocals overrode the locals and hit my brain
She picked the same enspiring wavelength that I ride
and saved my night with sensitive temptress eyesight
Her melody climbed inside of my mind and took over
didn't matter once, passing drunks tried to look sober
I decided to show her I was paying my full attention
I tapped my feet like I had complete skull suspension
She was a jewel, invention of a fool since they let her go
I remembered how she wrote whenever she read a note
With intentions to mention quotes from one of her songs
but lines left my mind although she's been on it so long
She sings where sonnets belong, her speech is peace
and when she dies she'll honestly want to be released
I don't want to cheapen this queen by speaking of her
so I'll repeat it to her should another brief meeting occur
Now back to the street, her pure words, her hugs in the air
I half expected a written message but nothing was there
Her hooks subtle and rare, I declare her pen brilliant
voice I wouldn't have struggled to share with ten million
But in the Square there were perhaps a catch of twenty
and I waited until at last, the vast land mass was empty
It was exactly then she sent me a single smile to shoot me
and the experience let me impressed by her simple beauty
She's imprinted one truly significant mark on my heart
it explains how any bright shining light's larger than dark
how the darkness departs in days like its carving a tardiss
and how food for thought's enough for any starving artist
so now I'm starting to harvest immense metaphorical fruit
learning its burning intense being at one with the truth.
Not an 'Injection of Amnesia"
A fan page is created after seeing a market square performance.
Kevin from Lowdham,like many of you first saw Rapunzel M.A.P singing out her heart on the streets of Nottingham after midnight with her precious busking amp. He was so entranced he stayed for over an hour (remember this is winter, and Rapunzel claims she wears about 5 layers of clothing..as opposed to the rest of nottingham party people who don't bother with coats. ever.)
Impressed by what he saw he went straight home and put up a Rapunzel MAP page on his homepage. Rapunzel M.A.P photos of her busking in that famous Nottingham meeting place 'The Left Lion'.
check it out. 'Raw Live Real stylee'
www.lowdhamjones.freeserve.co.uk
If you know of any other mentions on the net, send us an email.
Hope it doesn't rain tonight...both the amp and
the hair can't stand it...
