Monday, April 21, 2008

For Miles by Gregory Corso

For Miles


Your sound is faultless
pure & round
holy
almost profound

Your sound is your sound
true & from within
a confession
soulful & lovely

Poet whose sound is played
lost or recorded
but heard
can you recall that 54 night at the Open Door
when you & bird
wailed five in the morning some wondrous
yet unimaginable score?



by Gregory Corso

1 comment:

Paco Fernández said...

Thank you for the poem. I've got a
translation to Spanish for you.


Tu sonido impecable
es puro y completo
sagrado
casi profundo
Tu sonido es tu sonido
verdadero y desde dentro
una confesión
sincera y hermosa
Poeta que interpreta su sonido
que graba o se pierde
pero es escuchado
¿recuerdas todavía aquella noche
el Open Door en el 54
cuando tú y Bird hacíais llorar de madrugada
esa inimaginable, maravillosa música?


Paco f