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Jazz Airlines
1JAZZ Airlines! Bestest,
Firstest with Mostest. ALWAYS
Prettiest-Hostessed.
Brown Banana
2Brown banana, JAZZ,
peels for touch. Come close. Closer,
till music’s too-oo much.
3JA-A-ZZ fruit, banana,
browned to please, suntan music
(goes naked with ease).
Count Basie
4Last-chance dance! Her cheek
warms his chest. “One O’clock Jump”
swings jitterbugs best.
Lester Young
5Howdja do it, “Prez”
(stay nice, cool, when all that jazz
chose another school)?
6His Volkswagen jazz,
classic, never rocked ’n’ rolled--
road tolls paid in gold.
Marcus Roberts
7Blind at five. Tragic.
Doomed till eight, when piano
(house guest) brought magic.
8Fingers heard secrets
till cartilage and firm bone
made music their own.
Art Tatum
9His fingers jaywalked,
leaped shortcuts, raced with his thought,
did just what they ought:
10blitzed doubts, disbeliefs
bluffed by fortissimos—then
felled like dominoes.
11Copyright © 2008 by James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
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James A. Emanuel, « Selected Jazz Haiku », Transatlantica [En ligne], 1 | 2009, mis en ligne le 23 juin 2009, Consulté le 25 novembre 2009. URL : http://transatlantica.revues.org/index4278.html
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