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Anyone who knows me how important John Coltrane is to me.
On his birthday I am always pushed to think about what it means to be an artist and how to “be a force for good”.
Rather than try to wax further poetic about it I am going to link you to a little blog I wrote and to a website that published one of my poems about Trane.
I hope it is inspiring....
The blog:
A freestyle first meditation on "being a force for good" on Trane's 81st birthday (done in one take)
The poem:
Trane's Blues @ Nagasaki
Published: June 23, 2007, allaboutjazz.comby Fred Joiner
in a world where calls to prayer
are interrupted by the hot wailof breaking bones and the rhythm
of blood spilling.i have learned to question.
what is this way of seeing, viewing
the world through a ring of brass?what is the sound that follows sight
whole notes blownto be a force for good...
a drone calls me at the hour of God;
the sound is like that first hit.the high that begins the search
more inward, than interstellar
i have found that the warm space
under sheets of soundis my sanctuary, the calm center of a whirlwind
trapped in fire-shaped brass; every wholenote is a prison for all
the suffering I have ever seen
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Comments (2)
Fred it's so good to see you here. Come share more of your poetry and your thoughts with us! Please? Come back soon!
Nora
Posted by Nora Thomason
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September 24, 2008 3:40 PM
Posted on September 24, 2008 15:40
Hey Fred--
Love this poem. Thanks for posting it!
Melissa
Posted by Melissa Tuckey
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September 25, 2008 1:36 PM
Posted on September 25, 2008 13:36