Robin Hood felt that he was doing good
Redistributing income as he could --
But the man in green tights
Violated the rights --
Of the rich to throw away all that food
January 31, 2019
Entry in "Limerick 3" contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Categories:
redistributing, money, rights, satire,
Form: Limerick
Restoring justice to active global peace
invites far more than redistributing toxic injustice,
punishment for dividing cultures of privileged health
from democratic non-elite societies for authentic wealth.
Restoring multicultural justice
brings mutual peace
as communal cooperativity
replaces commercially commodified ego-competitions
for fertile deep learning
internal ego/ecotherapeutic powers.
Categories:
redistributing, health, integrity, peace, power,
Form: Political Verse
There are those who improvise within a structure,
with four beats to the bar like down home blues,
melodies and harmonies which stay within the fold,
embellishing the tune how e'er they choose.
Then there are cats who improvise to their own drummer,
inventing sheets of sound no ear has heard,
who bounce off one another, and break off from the norm,
Sun Ra's Arkestra, Sonny Stitt and Bird.
They wrote a new agenda, redistributing the forms,
inventing broader schemes of interplay,
as Jazz became a melting pot of signatures and styles,
through Ragtime, Big Band, Bop, until today.
America's indigenous art form,
born here, appreciated everywhere,
we are proud of all these marvelous musicians
who bring joy and recognition for us all to share.
********
...to Miles Davis in particular, R.I.P.
Categories:
redistributing, music,
Form: Quatrain
There are those who improvise within a structure,
with four beats to the bar like down home blues,
melodies and harmonies which stay within the fold,
embellishing the tune how e'er they choose.
Then there are cats who improvise to their own drummer,
inventing sheets of sound no ear has heard,
who bounce off one another, and break off from the norm,
Sun Ra's Arkestra, Sonny Stitt and Bird.
They wrote a new agenda, redistributing the forms,
inventing broader schemes of interplay,
as Jazz became a melting pot of signatures and styles,
through Ragtime, Big Band, Bop, until today.
America's indigenous art form,
born here, appreciated everywhere,
we are proud of all these marvelous musicians
who bring joy and recognition for us all to share.
********
...to Mr Miles Dewey Davis lll in particular, R.I.P.
Categories:
redistributing, music,
Form: Quatrain
...to all jazzmen and women everywhere
There are those who improvise within a structure,
with four beats to the bar, or down home blues,
melodies and harmonies which stay within the fold,
embellishing the tune how e'er they choose.
Then there are cats who improvise to their own drummer,
inventing sheets of sound no ear has heard,
who bounce off one another, and break off from the norm,
Sun Ra's Arkestra, Sonny Stitt and Bird.
They wrote a new agenda, redistributing the forms,
inventing broader schemes of interplay,
as Jazz became a melting pot of signatures and styles,
through Ragtime, Big Band, Bop, until today.
America's indigenous expression,
born here, appreciated everywhere,
let us be proud of all these marvelous musicians
who bring fame and glory for us all to share!
Categories:
redistributing, music
Form: Quatrain