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photo via pickpik.com
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A black dress
If only wars could end
hate would cease and
the fate of the world
decided
by a woman
in a long, black dress
then life would be
better off,
simply because man
had the good sense
to succumb to
beauty
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Erren Kelly is a three-time Pushcart nominated poet from Boston whose work has appeared in 300 publications (print and online), including Hiram Poetry Review, Mudfish, Poetry Magazine, Ceremony, Cacti Fur, Bitterzoet, Cactus Heart, Similar Peaks, Gloom Cupboard, and Poetry Salzburg.
Click here to read “Under Quarantine” — COVID-era poetry of Erren Kelly, published by Jerry Jazz Musician
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Listen to the 2016 recording of Bill Frisell performing David Ruskin’s composition “The Bad and the Beautiful,” with Frisell (guitar); Petra Haden (vocals); Eyvind Kang (viola); Thomas Morgan (bass); and Rudy Royston (drums). [Okeh]
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