JAZZ HAIKU
by Etheridge Knight
Making jazz swing in
Seventeen syllables AIN’T
No square poet’s job.
…From The Essential Etheridge Knight (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986). Copies available at Amazon.com.
Illustration: “Colorful Music Notes” by FunnyMusic. Postcards available at zazzle.com.
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