Saint Julian Press Poet
Ron Starbuck - Author and Poet
TRANE ASCENDING
A MEDITATION
Pursuance ~ A Love Supreme ~ John Coltrane
Impressionistic Art Image ~ Based on Francis Wolff ~ John Coltrane ~ "Blue Train" session September 15, 1957 ~Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
TRANE ASCENDING ~ A MEDITATION
by Ron Starbuck
Acknowledgement – Resolution – Pursuance – Psalm
Transcendence
jazz that’s pure, free, and clear,
the soul knows what it needs
a sacramental prayer –
music resounds with both
hot and cool tones
playing over the keyboard of your body
call it:
the yoga of – "The John Coltrane Quartet"
tenor sax
piano
four note double bass
drums and cymbals
a musical riff moves
up and down your spine
and then inside each cell
keys changing here
and then there
cool and vibrant and boiling on the mind’s surface
in between
each passing thought
awakening the deepest memories
then opens up slowly
to a moment
a long meditation
a lover’s soft
and lingering kiss
while sitting in an intimate
darkened room
where moving light forms
dance in and with and
through - the air
angels pirouette
before their maker
spinning streams
ribbons of light
the holy spirit whispers
delicate sweet notes and tones
turning and twisting
lightly around
and in perfect unison
seize the soul
transport the spirit
each musical note and phrase touching some part
of your being and
washing it fresh and clean
“sheets of sound” hovering over you
moving inside you
into the bones and marrow and cells
of your body
bringing some instant clarity of
thought into your world
look you can see forever now
past all illusion
something new revealed
a deeper revelation
a new creation ascends
the mind’s ascension
a love supreme
i don’t know what else to name it do you?
be still
listen freely
listen inside
this stillness
Ron Starbuck - © 2014
by Ron Starbuck
Acknowledgement – Resolution – Pursuance – Psalm
Transcendence
jazz that’s pure, free, and clear,
the soul knows what it needs
a sacramental prayer –
music resounds with both
hot and cool tones
playing over the keyboard of your body
call it:
the yoga of – "The John Coltrane Quartet"
tenor sax
piano
four note double bass
drums and cymbals
a musical riff moves
up and down your spine
and then inside each cell
keys changing here
and then there
cool and vibrant and boiling on the mind’s surface
in between
each passing thought
awakening the deepest memories
then opens up slowly
to a moment
a long meditation
a lover’s soft
and lingering kiss
while sitting in an intimate
darkened room
where moving light forms
dance in and with and
through - the air
angels pirouette
before their maker
spinning streams
ribbons of light
the holy spirit whispers
delicate sweet notes and tones
turning and twisting
lightly around
and in perfect unison
seize the soul
transport the spirit
each musical note and phrase touching some part
of your being and
washing it fresh and clean
“sheets of sound” hovering over you
moving inside you
into the bones and marrow and cells
of your body
bringing some instant clarity of
thought into your world
look you can see forever now
past all illusion
something new revealed
a deeper revelation
a new creation ascends
the mind’s ascension
a love supreme
i don’t know what else to name it do you?
be still
listen freely
listen inside
this stillness
Ron Starbuck - © 2014
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