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The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.
Martin Durkin reads his poem at its conclusion.
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Chris Hakkens, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Wayne Shorter and Peter Erskine playing with Weather Report, 1980
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The All-Seeing Eye
The ubiquitous eye of
God
Cloud jumping
island hopping
crossing rivers
or
separating them?
A car chase down
just
dark enough alley ways
In the rain –
Cat hissing/fur out
hi hat garbage cans
toppling/crashing
Hub caps spinning off tight curves –
It’s raining harder now
piano keys are slamming black or
white
or
together?
Piano keys are climbing the stair well
the
fire escape
The door is slammed shut but not locked –
In black and white from an upward camera angle
viewers pause for the foot kicking out
door shattered
God monitoring –
Cloud jumping
island hopping
river crossing
or
just trying to keep up?
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* The All-Seeing Eye is the ninth jazz album by the American jazz saxophonist, composter and bandleader Wayne Shorter. Shorter explained that the album was conceived as an attempt to depict the meaning of life, existence and the nature of God and the universe. The All-Seeing Eye depicts the ubiquitous eye of God.
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Listen to Martin Durkin read his poem
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Martin Durkin is a writer currently living in Plymouth MA. To date he has published three books of poetry, and has been included in dozens of anthologies. In 2025 his work will be found in Massachusetts Bards, Otherwise Engaged, and an upcoming anthology entitled, I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis, by Roseway Publishing. Durkin has had several pieces of his work turned into videos, and art prints for various universities and colleges have been part of a video series entitled, SPEAK IT!, where he delivered poetry about being a military spouse.
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Listen to the 1965 recording of Wayne Shorter performing his composition, “The All Seeing Eye,” with Shorter (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Graham Moncur III (trombone); James Spaulding (alto saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter (bass); and Joe Chambers (drums). [Universal Music Group]
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