| Muses Review - Poetry - Winter 2006 |
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| Joseph Powell's poem: |
| Joseph Powell, Poet from California |
| The poem is copyrighted by Joseph Powell. Poem is published in Muses Review with permission from the author. |
| Rate the poems of Joseph Powell : 5 = excellent 4 = very good 3 = satisfactory 2 = lacking depth 1 = never mind |
| Date Received : Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:42:30 From: "Joseph Powell" Subject: Re: Suggest 2-3 poems you want featured in for Muses Review for August To: "muses review" Below please find three poems for consideration for the August edition of Muses Review. Let me know what you think. Thanks. Sincerely, Joseph ------------------------------------------- DEF POET by Joseph Powell Source: Mofo' Risin' If I were a slam poet and, I'm not, by the way, I'd breathe similes into your nostrils and give you life; (w)rap metaphors around your ears like the garland wrapped in Billie Holiday's hair; I would not lull you to sleep, because my words would be on fire, shocking you with existential soliloquies, like, to be or not to be; making you hear songs in the key of life; making you hear rhapsodies in the key of blue, if I were a slam poet. If I were a slam poet, in three minutes or less, I'd fire word darts into your mind, fire projectile missiles of poetic wisdom, like a sermon on the mount in iambic pentameter; spin romantic sonnets that would have made Shakespeare jealous; from behind the mike, my words would spring forth like an Ellington tune, played by Miles Davis, alongside John Coltrane, backed by Thelonius Monk, and Charles Mingus; like your mama's voice, when the hurt was so bad and nobody else's words would do; make you recall memories you'd long forgotten; recall memories you wish you had; makin' those three minutes, a memory that you will never forget-- that is, if I were a slam poet, which, I'm not. |
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| Mofo' Risin' by Joseph Powell |
