I was waiting for the bus outside the Borgata casino when I turned around and looked in the direction of Philly and this haiku presented itself to me;
Atop their stalks
these windmills slicing, slicing-
the quarter moon.
This is an older poem that I finally found the right ending to.
(after Wallace Stevens)
A poem must seduce
the senses most successfully.
Illustration:
A noir figure (back-turned) on stage
entices an audience of eyes.
The muted blues he trumpets
entice even the least open ears.
Accept them then, as key
(notes almost perceived
as known melodies,
uncertain notation of certain chords,
the roots full of doubt,
notes floating like the last of Autumn Leaves
on a soft breeze that could swirl all night,
on a key breeze of cobalt notes),
A cascade of sensation
now fully falling.
We will bathe
In these sensations all song,
as a blue mysterious
beckons in the dark.
(For Miles Davis)
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