A literary genre defined as poetry informed by jazz music. It encompasses a variety of forms, rhythms, and sounds. It began with the birth of jazz and blues at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jazz poets use their appreciation for the music as a poetic inspiration.
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Witness
BY PHILIP LAMANTIA
Because the dark suit is worn it is worn warm
with a black tie
and a kiss at the head of the stairs
When you hear the dark suit rip
on the heart’s curb the hurt is big
rose flesh caught on the orange woman’s buttons
As you talk metropole monotone
antique intelligence
as you dress wounds by peyotl looming the boulevards
women hunt their children from you
who look out
lit still inside of a dark suit
BY PHILIP LAMANTIA
Because the dark suit is worn it is worn warm
with a black tie
and a kiss at the head of the stairs
When you hear the dark suit rip
on the heart’s curb the hurt is big
rose flesh caught on the orange woman’s buttons
As you talk metropole monotone
antique intelligence
as you dress wounds by peyotl looming the boulevards
women hunt their children from you
who look out
lit still inside of a dark suit
There is a witness to a person in a dark suit. This person in The dark suit has raped women and have been nothing but evil and a bad person. "when you hear the dark suit rip on the heart's curb the hurt is big rose flash caught on the orange woman's button" This dark suit guy sells drugs and women tries to keep their children away from the dark suit. "...as you dress wounds by peyotl looming the boulevards women hunt their children from you..." There is alliteration "worn it is worn warm."