SPANISH GUITAR

Do you ever wonder what a Spanish guitar is? Well, I do. I never thought that the ‘Spanish guitar’ is the six-stringed classic guitar itself until I google it. Spanish guitar is actually a chordophone that make us of plucking to produce the sound. A Spanish guitar usually looks like this:

I also discovered that there are at least three songs with “Spanish Guitar” as the title. The singers were Gary Moore, a Northern Irish musician, Gene Clark, an American singer-songwriter, and, of course, Toni Braxton, an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress.

Upon googling, I also discovered a poem entitled “Spanish Guitar” and which was written by G. A. Mendoza. This poem is included in Villaneous Thoughts. Below is an excerpt:

Spanish Guitar

By G. A. Mendoza

Is there a purpose in melody-?

Must the pain and the passion occupy me so-?

With waves a fire and gusts of tears;

That leaves, in a place so empty, a

Vulnerability and

Desire that fills me to heights-

And takes me to places-

Only imagined or unfulfilled.

In every note I feel you-

Breathless, and in every moment I hear you

voice low, sultry.

In every stroke, I see us

Like the strings plucked in vibrato-

I feel us.

With every flurry of finger-

I taste your skin upon my lips and

I endure the rush of heat that saturates my

Senses, over and over again-