This Poem was Submitted By: Rick Barnes On Date: 2001-05-09 17:36:54 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Blue Notes for Jimmy in 5/4 Time

So strange this silence  when musicians dieā€¦ It is much more than just something missing. Music surmounts all the noise around us. We hear the heavens. Celestial sounds of multi-metered ether melodies, haloed harmonies, rhythmic possibilities implicitly stated, individually notated by each player's placing of spacing between the notes. Jimmy McGary was a musician. He would always say, "Some musicians play, some only listen." He made me listen. He took me away to the place where muses dance and virgins find romance by surrendering their hearts and pants to make love to the world outside of their noisy heads. When Jimmy would play the noise went away. That goddamned sax placed between his lips in a kiss few of us will experience. Such oneness with grace. We'll miss you Jimmy. Without you the world's a noisier place.

Copyright © May 2001 Rick Barnes

Additional Notes:
Dan and Norman; Sorry about the narrative draft. Here is thing as, well..., as it is.


This Poem was Critiqued By: Moira Grace Hamel-Smith On Date: 2004-08-01 05:02:52
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
At home and at work, I am surrounded by musicians.I don't play, but I listen. Ahhh the sax.Second only to the violin.I suspect you envy them as I do. Re the oneness with grace, when a sax wails in the forest........... ya know. I like the restraint of this poem. Moira


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