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The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.
Pamela Nocerino reads her poem at its conclusion.
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photo via Pickpic
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Beyond Scale
Our love is a jazz trio
in last-set energy
with expanded structures
and smoky-toned fusion.
Wandering in melodies
of our own inner worlds,
we hold pauses like brinks
just long enough for longing.
We roil the melody
with solos rising and spilling
toward each other without caution
in scattered wholeness.
Even the bridge’s
wild independence
is at the mercy of progression.
It tangles back and reminds us
we are home.
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Listen to Pamela Nocerino read her poem
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Pamela Nocerino taught middle school writers and actors for over 20 years, worked with students in medical school, and once helped build a giant troll. Now, she moonlights as an organizer of soaring creatives in business. Her poetry and fiction appear in multiple places, including Jerry Jazz Musician.
“Beyond Scale” is a poem from her recently published book of poetry, A Place of Waning. [Finishing Line Press]
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Listen to the 1999 recording of Brad Mehldau performing the Oscar Hammerstein II/Jerome Kern composition “All the Things You Are,” with Mehldau (piano); Larry Grenadier (bass); and Jorge Rossy (drums). [Warner Jazz]
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