What are you reading Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can see that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is called <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jazz Poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you pick it up whilst you were away <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No it was a gift from my parents <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How sweet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agree <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you write Jazz poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No not really <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why is that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because whilst I like jazz I do not really feel it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do your parents read your poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mum likes the war poems and she adores the more lyrical ones but I am not sure what she makes of my more edgy or oblique works <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does your dad think of your poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He does not say much but I have the distinct feeling that he understands me as poet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In what way <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that he shares my vision and feels the pain <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever asked him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because he would soon tell me if I was writing self indulgent shit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes most of the rime<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Rime <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bitch <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that he is quietly proud of me as he in his youth wrote poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was it any good <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think so <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was he ever published <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes in a couple of anthologies but if you think that I am a Salinger then Dad takes the biscuit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In what way <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He always used his initials <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather like HD <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does he still write poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not sure <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you think that he would show me some of his poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Possibly as he adores you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if you look in the Kingston Magazine then there are a few of his poems printed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kingston Magazine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have some copies in my study <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look for the summer of 1977<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know that this is a stupid question <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your questions are never stupid <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuck Off <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But how did Jazz originate <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the best of my knowledge it was created by the descendants of the African slaves <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it has morphed and morphed a great deal since then<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have always thought that the blacks had a great sense of rhythm <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agree <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I am not so taken by the modern stuff which I think is aggressive and violent <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is Bad Rap and there is Good Rap <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although a lot of it does sadly live in the Bad Rap camp <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you remember when we were in France and I took you to a H Magnum concert <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you enjoy it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very much <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my view that is where the British and French differ as the French Rap songs are more lyrical <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the songs over here work within very narrow parameters <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who was the first Jazz poet Stan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although it is disputed I would imagine Langston Hughes as he was the first to write about Jazz <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Possibly Carl Sandburg but Hughes was the first to embody a Jazz aesthetic and have it affect his poetic language <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is very profound <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am reading it from the book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fraud <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wanted to create a Jazz experience <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is that yours <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever been to a Jazz Club <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes on many occasions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before I got into your pants <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On your own <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I often accompanied my parents <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dad as you know loves Jazz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are there many Jazz Clubs in town <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you take me to one <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If baby says yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you dress up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Beatniks are long dead <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just rock up as you are <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some that dress that way but it does for some reason look fake <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather like those aged hippy’s that you meet at festivals <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grown men greying with pony tails <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is nothing wrong with that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agree but they look faintly ridiculous <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wearing all the hippy gear <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems to me that they are trying to recreate an era that they missed first time around <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My rule is just be yourself and do not try to be something you are not whether you are five or eighty-five <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever followed a trend Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to walk around barefoot <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because I found it more comfortable <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why did you put your shoes back on <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because some lazy cunt left a broken bottle lying around and I ended up having some stitches <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did it scar <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is is just under my big toe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought that was a football injury <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No it is my souvenir of Camden Town <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you ever write a Jazz poem Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes and no I might never write a Jazz poem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or I might write a hundred <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you dedicate it to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I might call it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jane and Jazz and Jane <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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