I greatly admire this fellow Washingtonian.
it’s her depth that appeals
ev’ry song that she sings
are the thoughts that she feels
while her heart she emotes
it’s her soul she reveals
she brings tears to my eyes
while my logic she steels
speaking truth she stirs hope
shattered dreams so to heal
and she gives of her self
her love rolls like a wheel
she is grit she is style
she is humble and real
she is Brandi Carlile
and she lives her ideals
Hanseroth twins: key to Brandi’s sound & success.
More poetry at: dVerse
Especially if you appreciate a heartfelt cry.
…and for a two-song encore…
Well done, Rob! This seemed effortless.
Thank you Merril… 🙂 …truth and respect is perhaps always effortless. I love this artist!
I adore Brandi Carlisle and your poem is a great tribute. I really like her track “The Eye.” Played that one a lot lately, but she is such a talented singer/songwriter. Great poem.
Thank you KK! Love Brandi! She has taken the seat at the right hand of my Joni — still queen of the truth.
The “Eye” >> https://youtu.be/Wl_eNu4NUVI
Wow. That is quite the tribute. I think I need to be listening more.
I am totally enamored with her heart, with her soul, with her talent, with her smile, with her truth — she is one of those who don’t get aboard this spaceship earth very often… I am damned glad she is here. Now that my Joni has needed to go quiet, Brandi’s voice is risin’ risin’!
Watch all these videos through. When you do you will be hooked!
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/brandi-carlile-video-essentials/pl.e5524d19ad5b4ea084f52390f00a0e7a
Your poem shines, and I admire the way you bent the form to fit your vision. I had not heard of this artist. Joni is still my queen.
Joni is, and will always be, my number one — but I am blown away by both Brandi’s talent as a songwriter/poet, and her amazingly angelic, multi-octave voice… WOW!
She lives with her wife and two children in Ravensdale WA, reasonably near both of us — 35 miles from me.
Wow! Awesome poem, awesome talent, awesome song, awesome voice!!
Thank you Mary — and yes, I certainly agree!
Very nice Rob! I love her music as well. Your poem is a wonderful tribute to a great musician.
Thank you Dwight! She is a talent, and getting better as she goes.
You’re a master of the the anapestic tetrameter, Rob. This flowed smoothly and with such emotion, it’s hard to resist the tug on your heart. Beautiful.
Thank you Dora… 🙂
Power-packed tribute!
Thank you Reena… 🙂
She sounds pretty cool and I will check out her music once the lawnmower outside stops a-mowin!
You’ll be knowin’ once it stops mowin’… ugh, bad rhyme… 🙁
Great tribute! You made this form look so easy, I am having trouble writing even a single line.
Thank you M Jay. Just get the da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM rhythm going in your head — then start inserting words that fit the meter, for the ongoing da-da-DUM’s… even if it’s nonsense at first. Repeat and repeat until something begins revealing itself to you. un-der-stand is a da-da-DUM by itself — so make a list of such words until something sparks. You will know when it’s right.
I’ve never really listened to Brandi before, although I did see her at Joni’s birthday party, and I didn’t know her wife was British, but I’m so glad you shared her version of ‘A Case of You’. I would have given her the elbow if she’d told me she didn’t like Joni! I enjoyed your Love your tribute!
Brandi is superb, now loves Joni, and lives 35 miles from me.
Great job (and tribute to Brandi)
Thank you Ron!
A fitting celebration of the power of music.
Thank you Kerfe!
Thanks for bringing her back into the light for me with this lovely tribute. I’ll be listening to more of her again. Pure talent and heart. The best music comes from a deep place….like poetry, in my opinion.
You are welcome Mish. Good music has effective poetry as a key element. Brandi, along with her profound abilities as a brilliant songwriter and amazing signer — she is a superb poet. Her impactful lyrics are honest, deep, and full of beautiful surprises!
Oh this verse is so good
that I read through it twice
and I smiled when I did
‘cuz it’s cooler than ice.
So I take off my hat
and I smile and I bow
I shall read it again
I shall do so right now
HaHaHa — I love you dude! You make me smile, and what a fun, rollicking, and kind comment you wrote here brother — thank you! 🙂
She’s good! A performer worthy of your tribute. The first video very powerful. The second one show’s her chutzpah.
I have sliwly been falling in love with her work. “The Joke” sent me in orbit! WOW!
Thank you for sharing your poem, and especially for sharing B Brandi and her talent!
You are welcome Bev, my genuine pleasure… 🙂
Brandi singing ‘The Joke’ brings me to my knees. She is truly an amazing talent and even though she resides in WA, it’s close enough to OR for me to sort of claim her. Nice write, Rob.
Back again, after almost five minutes of Beautiful Brandi I have tear-stained cheeks.
Listening to Brandi’s music will either put tears in your eyes, or a wiggle’n scoot in your boots. Love her stuff, and I like some, but very few other country music artists. Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Big Little Town, Dan and Shay are a few others whose music I like — but for this jazz, 60’s & 70’s rock, and R&B fan, the total number is small.
Brandi and her wife Catherine, and their two children, live in a huge log cabin “estate” 35 miles from me. Her sidemen, twins Phil and Tim Hanseroth, with their wives and children, all live on adjacent properties. Phil’s wife Tiffany is Brandi’s sister.
You really got the rhythm to perfection… also amazing how well it could fit to the rhythm of Eminem (which might not be your style of music) but you have that drive that makes it great.
Thank you Bjorn, I genuinely appreciate your kind words… 🙂