Improvising Poems - Poems about Improvising

Improvising Existence

...Improv is an unscripted comedy form.
Starting with an idea for a sketch,
actors interact with each other,
making up things as they go.

As one person responds to another,
“No, but…” squashes sp...

Wu Wei

...The archer shooting his arrow without hesitating,
the musician effortlessly improvising,
the singers seamlessly blending,
the speaker clearly enunciating.
It's not about being lazy or passive
or...

Jazz Out

...(Sam Trio stands at the mic, snaps fingers lightly, takes a drag on a Marlboro, and smiles to the crowd) Dig this, we’re going back in time, way back to the smokey jazz clubs and cool sounds and jazz...

Rooted

...Today, my hair is jazz—
wild coils improvising in the wind,
syncopated with no apology.
It scats when I walk,
riffs when I laugh,
and plays the truth off-key
because it knows perfection
never ...

The Legend of Jazz Soup

...The Legend of Jazz Soup Man, listen close/
 This cat, He’s got the chops, deep, digging, negotiating chord changes, blowing you away with hip to the bone genre bending melodies, Improvising on his t...

King Pleasure bebop jazz singer

...King Pleasure bebop jazz singer vocalese hipster/
 a legend he was/
 a master at writing lyrics to solos of jazz instrumentalists such as the lyrics to Charlie Parker's "Parker's Mood"/
 His scat ...

Miles Tones

...You spoke a new language
  of rarefied air
  guided nonchalantly 
  through curving channels of brass

Conduits of cool
  juries of jazz
  floating past soulful valves 
  harbingers of what w...

Ode To a Whistler

...The whistler,
In the moonblossomed,
Evening,
Hums along,
Like a modest star,
His own company,
And melody,
With the golden leaves,
Bound to nothing,
But his own romance,

A drifter of drift...

The Beginning of Spring

...Sunbeams delight me with their touch,
a talent that Spring breezes share.
At first, it does not feel like much,
though, an answer to my prayer.
And still, Spring is beyond compare,
lurin...

The Choir Audition

...Why does she know
laying our music down
raises musicality
reality up?

Does she also know
why my lips prefer to sing
in resonant Oh,
Oooooooh...
oozing round O's
and singular Ah's
free of ...

New Vistas On Hope Street

...Corporeal rivers, endless parks
ballet dancing trees, purple pentair
peaks, veiled vixen valleys where 
rhythmic romances abundantly abound.
January Springs sprout forever framed
parades of meti...

Beavers and People

...When all is set just right,
and all necessities have been met,

with confidence, I head for the door.
But little do I realize that down stream,

swimming to and fro, there's a little beaver    ...

Jazz In the Night

...Nocturnal jazz played on 
your body, improvising, 
light touches and tastings; 
blue moans, soft and 
seductive with muted 
tones of desire. 

Swing rhythm unites two; 
blowing red passions, ...

Here I Go Again

...I practice the right thing to do in situations
I teach these practices to children
I preach staying calm and in control
But when my emotions grab my soul's heart
Watch out! Stand back and pray

...

Ode To An Elementary School Teacher

...I 

First period each morning she meets their languid sighs
Their low moaning at new tasks to be undertaken
She must be upbeat, no matter her personal woes,
In her crisp, clean dress and comfort...

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