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The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.
John Zheng reads his poem at its conclusion.
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Erzsebet Nagy SAAR, CC BY-SA 4.0 <>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Chet Baker
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a veined leaf
shriveling
into a soft tune
of ‘Leaving’
winging
from his trumpet
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dark night
the whining
of ‘Last Moments’
leaping
out a hotel window
without missing a beat
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Listen to John Zheng read his poem
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Jianqing Zheng is the author of The Dog Years of Reeducation (Madville Publishing, 2023) and A Way of Looking (Silverfish Review Press, 2021). He teaches at a historically black institution in the Mississippi Delta.
teaches at a historically black institution in the Mississippi Delta.
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Listen to the 1985 recording of Chet Baker performing the Richie Beirach composition “Leaving,” with Philip Catherine (guitar); and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (bass). [Igloo Jazz Classics]
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