Articles by Suzanne Dennison

Jazz Poetry

Blended Energy

by Suzanne Dennison
January 24, 2009

This constant return thru tunesTo the feelings when sharing bonesDraped in the skin of existence,The transfer flowing thru soundsRe-awakens a sense of our fusionWith music absorbing the meaningAt the root of love”s sweet song.Despite forces that scar the surfaceThe glory pulses thru instrumentsReflecting the joy when we blended.The energy of passions our worldAs your voice whispers in my ...

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Carved in Rock

by Suzanne Dennison
August 22, 2008

Carved in RockMassive waves of ice surroundAn island in the seaWhere an ancient passion carved in rockIs coming alive for me.You turned my way and heard me sayLove lingers in the tunesSo played a song to taunt meWith the dream's etched burnThat places us together.Ah! Still, I yearnTo connect with the actualFeel you in my bones

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Bright Flares

by Suzanne Dennison
November 25, 2007

BRIGHT FLARES Chasing the same dream for decadesCan't dim the glow we shared:It was transferred into musicAnd I sense you in those soundsFlowing thru the atmosphere. The glory in shared passionsMade pure, ring clearAs I listen to the sax, rememberingThe days I heard your versionPlaying in my livingroomStill astounds all the brain cellsWishing you ...

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Permanent Imprint

by Suzanne Dennison
November 10, 2007

PERMANENT IMPRINTAnticipation merely a dreamCaught in flowing tunes,Formal beauty swallowingAll other sounds.The love I felt for youAcknowledged in songCarries the energy of our unionTo the end of spacetime.Alive each moment listeningAs art expresses joy and painIn ever-flowing harmony:While everything undergoes changeThat constant purity remainsFlowing thru the music,Permanent imprint on the ...

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Happiness Lingers

by Suzanne Dennison
August 11, 2007

Happiness Lingers

Hard to admit the futility When I dream of our time as one. A passion brief but dramatic Has been woven into every tune, Esp. the saxophone Stirring up memories of the glory When we merged as one.

The committment caught in rich tunes The gift of knowing you still hums And the happiness lingers: Listening, love fills this room-- ...

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The Flow of Sounds

by Suzanne Dennison
May 24, 2007

THE FLOW OF SOUNDSThe love we shared so long agoStill flows thru mellow tunes;Passion in those sounds.Regret, and aorrow at the lossBut compensation as piano moansThe energy when we lay togetherStill active thru those songsAnd the essence of your existenceHangs over me like a haloListening to beautiful tunes.Tho the actual merely a dreamCaught in the flow ...

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Jazz Poetry

Net of Safety

by Suzanne Dennison
April 7, 2007

IN HARMONIOUS FLOWThe time between us now so farIt's only traces found in songs,The beauty in the world of sound.Accurate description with saxophoneOf how emotions swing.Deep the feelings of long agoKept active in harmonious flow,A balance against bad feelingsThat our love-affair showedWhen the fire-crackers fizzledAnd the love went cold.But a priceless portion at the core

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How We Blended

by Suzanne Dennison
January 20, 2007

How We Blended

In the hazy heat of smell and sound Dreams of our love-scenes profound Find expression as the music flows. The glory of our union posed In permanent form thru harmony --- The memories stay alive in me Listening to fingers hit a million keys Remembering how we blended, The urge still haunting me.

Once the seed has bloomed In ...

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A Permanent Imprint

by Suzanne Dennison
January 7, 2007

The opposite of August I'm buried in snow Your body so distant And sorrow flows Thru the beauty in music Makes our love ever glow.

For each time listening I feel you in my bones A permanent imprint Woven thru amazing tunes; Active in the brain cells As I long to re-learn The glory in surrender to

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The Intensity Galactic

by Suzanne Dennison
November 5, 2006

THE INTENSITY GALACTICSexy sax sounds fill this room With memories sweet, smouldering With recall of the passion Briefly shared so long ago But the intensity galactic And the after-image brightly glows Thru mellow tunes that recall The glory of our union Flowing with the energy Created thru the merge ---Oh ancient urge described as purge Before ...