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recital
jazz fingers dance across the keys
in pas de deux and playful pirouettes
leap high in spinning dervish whirls
drop to hiphop backspin breakdance
street beats bop the blues become
kickdancing Cossacks flung airborne
arms outspread in joy drop to knees
slide glissando across white tiles
rise en pointe poetic music box slow
channel Chopin Gershwin Jerry Lee
rock steady beat goes on and on
and on the keys jazz fingers dance
About this poem
This jazz poem was first published in the anthology "Building Community" (CAA-NCR, 2021) after placing second in the Canadian Authors Association's 34th Annual National Capital Writing Contest. The poem meant to be performed out loud, plays with the diverse sounds and rhythms of modern jazz.
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"recital" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 17 May 2022. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/118675/recital>.
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