Jazz Music Poetry

There are two things being celebrated all month of April that I really love. The first is poetry. It is National Poetry month and I both love poetry and am a poet.

 It is also Jazz Appreciation Month and I love jazz and am also a singer who enjoys singing jazz or adding a tinge of jazziness to a tune.

Writing The 
Jazz In

MY writing plan this month is to challenge myself somewhat in the way that I have seen others done; from A to Z; one letter per day of the month, everyday through April, except Sundays, 

but in a jazz poetry 

type of way.

Today is the third and I missed the first and this is the AB portion of my month long writing journey. 

Which takes us to Anita Baker and her beautiful song that gave me the courage to want to share my passion with you today.

Anita Baker

I am "Caught up in the Rapture" of love for the music;

you know why?

Because "music comes from an icicle as it melts, 

to live again as spring water," or as the trees that grow back their leaves after they went bald and the winter cold left their greenery receding [Henry Williamson].

Our body is made up of 85% of water. We need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthily hydrated. Just 8 minutes of music a day can give you positive energy for the day. 

Caffeine eliminates two glasses of water per 8oz cup. Every cup we have featuring caffeine, add two extra glasses of water to your daily recommended value for your body to function properly and avoid ailments from the residue that piles up in our colon. The recommended value of listening to music is at least one song. I can't count on just one hand, how many times I listened to an inspirational tune that just encouraged me to keep hold of that mustard seed. One song can make a difference to your day. 

Music flows like water, which is my favorite drink, and also such an energizing wonder of the world that by mere touch, can change your life and can remove mountains. Water refreshes. Music refreshes. 

Music is medicinal; like a psychiatrist to calm your crazy. I am crazy in love with music. I am also crazy to think that the one so busy that they are the first one to clock out of Facebook with a done, might be with time to actually not be too "Caught Up in the Rapture" to enjoy a moment of jazzed up music. 

But who am I?

I am a vocalist and music springs in my heart like the seeds after April showers standing to face the sun. I experience the fever that no tea or pill seems to cure. But I get on the stage and sing a tune and all of a sudden, I magnetize energy and it comes and slams open my door. 

  

I Sing Because . . .

 I think I have the spring fever for singing.
It is the substance giving me this natural high
I am experiencing.  

Maybe the beam of the summer sun will tame 

this crazy love from 

wildly sprouting in me. Or maybe not. 


Speaking of singing . . . 

if you have not seen the movie Sing yet, you should. Such a great movie. Singers should definitely take the time to look at it to see what they are talking about as far as music is concerned. It is a movie that can be enjoyed by all ages and will keep you engaged. I loved it and so many around me raved because it resonated. Anyway, enough of me babbling away.

Order the special edition DVD and add it to your collection today! 

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