Seducing The Jazz Butterfly

A poem about jazz.

 

"Seducing The

Jazz Butterfly"

Sax, how you

Float up and down

Zigzagging through

Your high squeaky notes

And sultry throaty tones,

Slyly caressing

My silky flesh

Buttons nightly.

 

Seductively

You spread

My bejeweled and

 Speckled  wings open,

Pensively peering into the hollow

Mystic caverns of my

Melancholy soul.

 

Oh, how well

You know me,

Discovering more

Each twilight melody

You magically produce.

 

With the wandering smooth palm

Of your steady hand,

You seduce me discreetly

In front of a smokey

Crowded room.

 

Your trilling rhapsody

Lifts me up with such electric elation 

To soar and peak in the

Twinkling celestial

Skies high above.

 

Yet so quickly,

Your intoxicating low

Staccato beat

Stomps me out,

Like the butt of a used

Cigarette.

 

Each jazzy encore

My zealous wings

Flutter back for more,

They're addicted to your

Smoldering night heat.

 

Author's Note

I'm addicted to live jazz. I'm not sure about the title. I'm still tweaking this one.

Reviews

[tynamite]

"A poem about jazz." That depends entirely on your definition of "jazz". Errrrrr lol.
I loved this poem. Nice word play.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

KEEP THE TITLE, Marie Harrison!
It's really good!
And you really pulled off the butterfly comparison/metaphor perfectly!

[Priyankaabhilaashi]

Fantastic..!!!!

[Jibey]

You make the music the ultimate seducer... How well you open up for the tender touch

[Cherry Lai^_^♥~~]

The butterfly that you describe is really detailed.

[emmajoy]

Thisis more than jazz, this is a passion in virtually every line, every phrase .. and maybe that's what music does, it makes emotions dance and breathe and live that little bit livelier!

Please don't tweak too much, this flows brilliantly and the title's fine cos it suggests movement and, butteflies create real pictures in the mind.

[M Garcia]

I like the title. It works for the poem, which flows nicely and gives you a wonderful image.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

Every song has a story all of its own.
It's hypnotic music that casts a spell.

[Poetic Beauty]

I love jazz but the blues are what calls to me and sings to me. This is done brilliantly with wonderful imagery and it is almost as if you can see the notes gliding through the air.

[Short.Nerd]

Beautiful job!