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“John Coltrane,” by Fred Jourdain

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Acknowledgement

Gong, curtains splash open
black yellow clouds scatter
silver-lined tenor
for all times- on stage

Real McCoy stabs silk smooth as orient
ivories whittled in deep soul summations

Slipstream down to
heavenly earth
Father bass like an ancient tree
simple, steady, a Garrison fortress
is a low slung melody
greets the day

Skipping Jones laces em up,
swishing bright cymbalisms sidesticking around
like a feral horse cutting loose with rhythms cut from magi
Balthazar
King Kind rolls up his shirt sleeves
sets it, a big romp through Goldstep palace
lightning, graceful thunder- overhead
grateful day..
a love supreme

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Poet and musician Michael D. Amitin, originally from California, traveled the roads of the American West before settling in Paris, France where he now lives.  Recently named International Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2021, Amitin’s poems have been published in California Quarterly, Poetry Pacific, North of Oxford. Love Love Magazine. and others.   A current collaboration with Parisian photographer Julie Peiffer has given rise to the “Riverlights” project, and can be found at Riverlights.art

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Fred Jourdain is a versatile artist: illustrator, cartoonist, designer and entrepreneur. He believes taking on all of these roles is the best way to ensure the quality of his work: “If you’re going to create, people have to see your work!”  He is motivated by a constant attention to detail and his desire to express what moves him: music, freedom and adventure.

You can view Fred’s art at his website by clicking here

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Listen to John Coltrane play “Acknowledgement” from A Love Supreme, with McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums)

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