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Jazz Poetry
so listen:
By
BILL SIEGEL,
Published: March 25, 2007
Bill Siegel
Bill Siegel, of New Hampshire, maintains the Web site, www.jimpepperlives.wordpress.com, and can be reached at bmsiegel@comcast.net. His work also appears on www.inmotionmagazine.com, in Planet Jazz, and elsewhere.so listen:
i've counted the moose that might have crossed
the fields we passed
thought of the bear at the woodpile
at night one summer wandering headcocked
like a drunk looking for a friendly ear
tell you his story for a drink
tell you his story for a drink
i've watched crowshadowed houses cower at dawn
like the dalton boys waiting out a train
emmet & grat & the rest
even their father didn't remember their names
couldn't say how many there were
but in the wind i still hear them so listen
horns singing 'so what' 'blowin the blues away'
and they follow me
dolphy & bird
miles mingus & trane
these names this music
this wind simply saying we must be heard
