Beat Sample
A rush to judgment
in the world of parallel ties
custard
cream swabs to skin
brisk mornings still in states of gin
carving
one’s niche often requires a period of trial and error
how we view the errors
often dictates how quickly the double blinds
begin
Dub
Frenzy
viral campaign
demonic strain of wherewithal
damage…
broken harness…reigning in
damage…
Hecates scar
upon
the aortic wall
and, all for
WHAT?
A groove in a time of slow Jazz
A riff in the era of the
balladeer
A solo while
attraction is clearly in the corner of creative collaboration…
bucking trends is admirable on paper
yet once your artistic
gumption is clearly on display
slowly rock aback
until
you are innocently enough
back rocking the beats
in a sample of desire
in a temporary purge
of inner fire
rage…
adapt.
spin.
spin.
SpIN
Another Tuesday is upon us, and as per the wonderfully recent tradition that is D'Verse, Open Link Night is here again. Doors open at 3pm, so get out your pen and bring your poetic appetite, for this night is always hopping, with the best coming out in everyone. See you there. Cheers!
ha, really nice rhythm in this fred....the build up and release to the music for me...music will do that, take me away or free me enough to let go and let it...
ReplyDeleteThis had a great beat as the frenzied along the verse street. Mixing it up a bit, yet spin spin spinning it to make quite the hit.
ReplyDeleteA groove in a time of slow Jazz
ReplyDeleteA riff in the era of the balladeer
A solo while attraction is clearly in the corner of creative collaboration… artists so often go against the flow..question things..searching for new ways...and often go the not so comfortable ways because they see their dreams... cheers to creating!!
Biting and thought provoking. As ever your range, diction, and set of artistic tools astounds. This seems both aligned and at odds with the language poets, a position I think we're all caught in, somehow of and out of our time. Trying to create something meaningful while we question meaning.
ReplyDeleteIn this world of "parallel ties", "carving one’s niche often requires a period of trial and error" and persistence and patience and a sense of being kind to self when it all doesn't spin the right way! Love the whorl in the poem - like a whirling dervish!
ReplyDeleteLike slow spinning whirlpool. An artistic journey, learning, learning from errors, producing and then remaining humble enough so as to be able always be able to see things with new eyes, thus producing fresh work. That's how I see this. Love your reading. :)
ReplyDeleteHow we handle our failures definitely dictates how far we will go. Just keep creating! Spin!! Great poem. Thought provoking word choices. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of an old Buffy Ste Marie song--Little Wheel, Spin and Spin--about much the same subject--this is full of exceptional language--absolutely love these lines:
ReplyDelete"..and, all for
WHAT?
A groove in a time of slow Jazz
A riff in the era of the balladeer.."
but we keep singing, because we have to, I think. Really an excellent piece, Fred.
A whole lot of spin going on for sure. I love the phrase demonic strain of wherewithal. (And others too.) k.
ReplyDeleteThis has got some serious fire! I love
ReplyDelete"A groove in a time of slow Jazz
A riff in the era of the balladeer"
Ain't that the way?
Thought provoking, a good write Fred.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you ended this, nice read too. I'm not sure if I'm getting it but my answering thought is, I should just do it for me.
ReplyDeleteExcellent piece and your reading, well, wonderful - adding to the atmosphere of your words...
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Intense and thoughtful. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteIn agreement with Anna and luke here Fred, so I won't
echo too much . . . i think your title lays it down and your reading delivers and adds charcter to your hard thought piece
skillis on show
in-depth!