Cathy dear, a very happy birthday!
2002
Love, Barbara
So goes the dedication in the book
of Billy Collins' poems I just picked up
for three bucks at the book exchange in town.
Cathy dear, how did it come to pass that
you would toss away this gift? Did you and
Barbara have a falling out? I can't
imagine that you didn't like the verse
that Mr. Collins crafts: his style and wit
transcend the bounds of age and taste and time.
Who else, I ask, can wax poetical
about the funny, sad and musical;
the every day, Art Blakey, and the things
that you or I would never think to write
a poem about? Cathy dear, your loss is
my reward, a prize, your birthday gift
to me!
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4 comments:
I have only skimmed Mr. Collins' poetry, but you have similar observational skills, and for me, you put that into words equally as well.
Art Blakey?? Wow. Intelli, are you an Art Blakey fan? The Jazz Messengers are some of my favorites. The poem was nice too.
Thanks, Doug. I don't really know if I have a distinctive "voice" but I like playing with words nonetheless.
Mr. C, I'm not particularly an Art Blakey fan but I don't have anything against 'im either. I do like real jazz, though - not that wimpy elevator music that tries to pass for "jazz." Glad you liked the poem, too.
Here, Mr. C - a link to Billy Collins' poem "I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to Art Blakey's 'Three Blind Mice" --
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-chop-some-parsley-while-listening-to-art-blake/
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