Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree
MILES
We knew him as Miles,
the Black Prince of style;
His nature fit jazz to a tee.
Laid back and cool,
a low threshold for fools,
he set the tone
of what a jazzman
should be.
Short on words,
and unperturbed, about
what the people thought;
frozen in time, drenched
in the sublime,
of the passion
his sweet horn
had wrought.
Solemn to the bone,
distant and torn,
even Trane could
scarcely get in;
I can still hear the tone
of that genius who mourned,
that precious note
that he couldn't
quite bend.
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You're BLACKNIFICENT!
ReplyDeleteAfrikah V.
Thanks, Afrikah.
DeleteThat's a new one. I hope you don't mind if I steal it.
Eric
Please steal. Key stroke another a great poem like above, describing a blacknificent hard bop jazz "artist" using the term. Haha,ha,ha and I always thought Lerone Bennett and James Baldwin wrote with great attachment and passion to their subject. But so do you, my friend. So do you! Thank you.
DeleteAfrikah V.
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Thank you, Afrikah,
DeleteI sure could use a lot more loyal friends and supporters like you. You have a way of really making me feel significant.
It also make me feel good on another level. Your comments remind me of the centuries-old tradition that sisters like youself have always maintained for supporting Black men - in spite of everything, and whether we deserved it or not. That tradition is singularly responsible for both preserving our culture, and helping Black mem to maintain our self esteem.
So pat yourself on the back, baby, because YOU are directly responsible for President Obama - you, and his wonderful mother, of course, who had the tremendous foresight to prepare her Black baby boy for all of the adversity that she knew he would have to face in order to navigate himself through America's minefields.
Eric