[New-Poetry] Music While Writing?

[James Cervantes]

On 2/29/08, Jeff Newberry <jeff.newberry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Any of you poets out there listen to music while you compose?  I don't
> usually, though I've tried.  I have found that certain music can be rather
> generative if I listen to it before I write:  Miles Davis, Bill Evans,
> certain Hendrix songs, certain brands of acoustic blues.
>
> My problem in listening to music while I write is this:  I'm sitting here,
> typing away, and suddenly I'm wondering, "Is that an Amaj7 or a A13?"  Or
> "What mode is that solo in?  Mixolydian?"  Then, I'm lost in the composition
> of the tune & lose touch with the poem.
>
> What about you all?  Do you listen to music while you compose?  If so, what?

Poets are talking about music
off or on when they write
and I see a conductor raise
his baton and come down
first beat and a dancer's foot
come down too on first beat.
This produces a smile
as the dancer's feet come down
with every beat until she leaps
out of the music out of the hall
wind leaf weightless motion.

-- Jim
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