Power of Sounds


POWER OF SOUNDS

(for the jazz-makers)



The ebony voice is

stone hard and ink soft,

a fated film shot

in thunderbird weather.

Ears are awed

as its art contours

the range of joy,

the scope of suffering.

Mouths water

as its variety

unsettles the blind.

Minds palpitate

as its improvising

makes the dumb

assume the poise of prayers.



Jerry W. Ward, Jr.            May 19, 2019


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