Guest post by Oonah V Joslin

I have invited some Facebook friends to write guest posts on my blog. The theme is anything about their love of music, and/or how it has influenced their lives. I’m delighted to have my first guest blogger today. Oonah V Joslin is a local poet and writer who creates mesmerising and evocative poems that highlight her considerable gift as a wordsmith. Her latest publication is a beautiful collection of verse called ‘Three Pounds of Cells.’ It can be found on Amazon at the following link and is well worth checking out:http://amzn.eu/dTuYt3gOonah lives in Northumberland, but originates from Ballymena in Co Antrim. Her first love was poetry and telling stories, and early poems were published in Ballymena Academy's magazine. In 2006 she resigned from teaching, joined writewords.org.uk and became addicted to flash fiction. To her astonishment she won three Microhorror prizes. Oonah's stories and poems have been published in various print anthologies. The first part of her novella 'A Genie in a Jam', is serialised at 'Bewildering Stories'. She was managing editor at Every Day Poets for 5 years after which she became poetry editor at The Linnet's Wings. You can follow Oonah on Facebook or at her blog Parallel Oonahverse.It’ll come as no surprise that Oonah’s offering on the musical theme is a poem. It was just what I needed to lift my spirits on this wet and dreary Friday morning. Enjoy!Famous Dave’s -- Oonah V Joslin(with apologies to Kath and Jim Mickelson)It’s a top venuein Minneapolisthe hot-spot of Koolif you like that sort of thing.‘Popa Chubby’I thought he would sing.And some jazz instrumentalsreally swingbut this was just dinif anythingand it was so loudI couldn’t hear.It was so loudit hurt my ears.So I stuffed in tissuesto block the painand I tried to copebut it was in vain.And because Iwas in such distresswe had to leaveafter the first set.As we left he playedguitar so sweetOver the Rainbowgentle and lowsuch a performancereally hard to beat.That guy could makea guitar weep!Had it not beenfor the screamingguitars amplifiedto be heard on MarsI might have proveda better guest.My hosts had donetheir level bestbut progressive jazzis not for backward meno matter how famousFamous Dave’s may be.