“Film Noir” – a poem by Bernard Saint
Flip day for night then lose the glossy crooner
Let the trumpet solo drain the oil from showbiz lake
Cruise a lowdown hungry blues
Along the Great White Way
To citizens’ arrest on Lower Broadway
Flip day for night then lose the glossy crooner
Let the trumpet solo drain the oil from showbiz lake
Cruise a lowdown hungry blues
Along the Great White Way
To citizens’ arrest on Lower Broadway
In five poems, the poet writes of the music and complexity of trumpeter Chet Baker
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“David Sanborn (1945-2024)” by Laura Trigg
The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work....
Laura Trigg reads her poem at its conclusion
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