Why Archie Shepp Is God...

for all jazz fans

honking and grunting from

the gutbucket of hell ;

angry as a burning parrot,

crazy as ju-ju, mad as a

third eye, divine and terrible,

beyond all sense.

a tenor sax that spikes

your heart..

you got it man,

you got it.

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

This is cool, even if you are not a jazz fan. Your enthusiasm jumps off the page.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i could hear the sax in these words...love the ending...and i believe "you got it" leslie...you capture the sound with your "honking and grunting" words...
nicely done.

[Tina Kline]

a splendid tribute poem. I think you did an outstanding job.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hi Leslie am just getting back into the Cafe and so good to see one of your pieces again. This is as always clever, descriptive and full of jagged metaphors that give it a distinctive relief. Really enjoyable and being a jazz and sax fan one I relate to.