Doug,
PJ Perry comes through this poem, and the bird, rising. The impact of both
music sources. All entwined. LOVE IT.
Thank you. Sheila
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> as the sax lifted up
> into a solo
> the bird lifted up
> to the tip
> of the tallest tree
>
> swayed there stayed there
> as dusk settled in
> & that saxophone
>
> wove notes into
> a blanket of sound
> calling us in
> that bird beyond the window
> preened & shifted
> calling us out
>
>
> [PJ Perry is a great Canadian alto sax player whom we heard with his trio
> last night at a local small venue]
>
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>
> and as you read
> the sea is turning its dark pages
> turning
> its dark pages.
>
> Denise Levertov
>
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