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The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.
Sean Howard reads his poem at its conclusion.
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photo via PxFuel
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blue ash (free poems in nine parts, for john coltrane & rashied ali)
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i……………………………………………………………………….iii
free,……………………………………………………………….high time
what………………………………………………………………debating
bars?……………………………………………………………..society
intra-…………………………………………………………….no more
views,…………………………………………………………….composed
posit-…………………………………………………………….audiences!
ions
o-…………………………………………………………………..ink-
pen………………………………………………………………..br-
………………………………………………………………………ush,
nesting in………………………………………………………per-
the Cliffs………………………………………………………..cuss-
of sound……………………………………………………………
ii…………………………………………………………………….iv
chords-………………………………………………………….the way
statues,………………………………………………………….beyond
practiced………………………………………………………..Order
gestures
………………………………………………………………………going
moments;………………………………………………………light
issues…………………………………………………………….on
……………………………………………………………………..si-
distance………………………………………………………..len-
bells mel-……………………………………………………..ce
ting
………………………………………………………………………ascending
………………………………………………………………………no more
………………………………………………………………………scaling
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v……………………………………………………………………..vii
oh,………………………………………………………………….wind-
the………………………………………………………………….chime
In……………………………………………………………………be-
voi-………………………………………………………………..pop
ce
!……………………………………………………………………..god’s
………………………………………………………………………posthumous
the prisoners’…………………………………………………release?
radical
departure………………………………………………………un-
………………………………………………………………………done
emp-……………………………………………………………..Time
tying,
self-………………………………………………………………viii
sand…
………………………………………………………………………music
vi……………………………………………………………………incidental
………………………………………………………………………to the stars?
refusing to stay
stuck in…………………………………………………………Power
jam……………………………………………………………….nowhere
……………………………………………………………………..near enough
the
Supreme……………………………………………………….jazz
caught?…………………………………………………………black
……………………………………………………………………..flag
unrolling
america’s……………………………………………………..ix
thunder
……………………………………………………………………..in the beginning
……………………………………………………………………..was the
……………………………………………………………………..rest
…………………………………………………………………….held keys
……………………………………………………………………?blue
……………………………………………………………………ash
……………………………………………………………………revelation
……………………………………………………………………the image
……………………………………………………………………of reality
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Listen to Sean Howard read his poem (followed by dialogue about this work)
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Sean Howard is the author of six books of poetry, most recently Trinity: Tribute Sequences for Robert Graves (Gaspereau Press, Canada, 2022). Sean’s poetry has been widely published in Canada, the US, UK, and elsewhere, and featured in The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English (Tightrope Books, 2017). Sean is adjunct professor of political science at Cape Breton University, and writes a monthly ‘War & Peace’ column for the Cape Breton Spectator. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Listen to the 1967 recording of John Coltrane and drummer Rashied Ali performing “Jupiter,” from the album Interstellar Space [Universal Music Group]
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