Jazz State Of Mind

Garth Rakumakoe

See, they don't understand

We are the quiet devoted listeners

of the world, the truest pulse feelers

The reasoners

The realest observers

The mute appreciators

of finest art forms

The abstract thinkers

of gentle world views

 

Life to us, follows a different code

Many we are

yet in their eyes we are few

 

They don't understand

that we are merely paintings

in art's chivalry mode, reflections

of life's own elusive dreams

and peaceful ideals

 

They don't understand

why nobility is a code

It's intrinsic, we know

how sound, more than just notes

to the refined ear

is a sonic travel

on a cosmic voyage

 

They don't understand

how we are constantly lost

in daydreams of soundscapes

light as feathers

to stratospheres, untold

 

They don't understand, why

the pursuit of excellence matters

to us, why

we abhor conflict

They don't understand

and they won't

 

They will not understand

silence and solitude

Don't expect them to

They are them

and we love them

 

Jazz child dare not apologize

for we know our kind

when we come across them

It's okay for them to not understand

It is more than just ear nectar

It is who we are

Ours, is a love supreme

  • Author: Garth Rakumakoe (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 1st, 2023 12:41
  • Comment from author about the poem: I'm taking a Greyhound, on the Hudson River line, I'm in a Jazz State Of Mind. Inspiration: Dianne Schuur (New York State Of Mind).
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 18
  • Users favorite of this poem: B.E.Poet, Introverted Sage, Teddy.15
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  • Parisab

    I’m a “jazz child” and I won’t apologize…thank you for the sublime write and May I invite you to visit my scribbling as Jazz Liberation-Maybe our frequencies have intersected…

    • Garth Rakumakoe

      Gratified became my first name, just from reading your appreciation. I cannot thank you enough, for your reading time and connecting. Jazz on, gifted one! ❤

    • Bobby O

      Absolutely love this but Jazz to Jazz please permit a tiny request to slightly adjust an angle of view. ?
      0They don't understand
      that we are merely paintings”
      I’m hopeful you might consider a promotion from MERELY PAINTINGS” to a modifier w a touch more reverence?
      “They don’t understand our sophisticate of style lends its cache’ to paintings regal, elegantly ( authentically??) born, in arts chivalry mode…”
      Upping this modifier doesn’t wrinkle the wonderful fabric of the piece and it slightly shifts the status of Jazz within the framework of the piece . Jazz gets promoted and a limiting word “merely “ waits for another spot to play ??
      Just Sayin’

    • Garth Rakumakoe

      Noted sir, very much so. I concur completely. Perhaps I err on the side of modesty, and you are clearly a Jazz aficionado. Please accept my humble apologies in that regard, your sentiments are not lost on me, especially considering the humility with which you raise them. Peace, love, and blessings your way, Sir Bobby O. I bow graciously. ❤

    • Teddy.15

      Oh yes, nothing quite beats jazz, on my bucket list to go to new Orleans one day. This is full of such appreciation for a magical art Ella Fitzgerald being one of my faves ❤️ gorgeous dear Garth.

      • Garth Rakumakoe

        Thank you so so much, Teddy... - The Big Easy trip shall come to pass hey...

      • Neville


        Jazz children unite .. Darn near pitch perfect in my book, well in any book really, its just that there are many who don't know it yet .. but they shall ......... Neville 🎷 🙂

        • Garth Rakumakoe

          No greater truth than those words exists sir. Much appreciated, Neville.

        • peto

          A wonderful way with words
          Hope you don't mind a punk on this page
          You got me wondering if I should listen to more
          Top notch read

          • Garth Rakumakoe

            Hi Peto, believe me good sir, you personify top notch with every word you write. Thank you so much for the appreciation, fellow writer.



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