Author: petemullineauxwriter

Piper Poem

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It’s a huge honour for me to see my poem ‘A Piper Prepares’ published in the latest, November 2017 issue of the Dublin piper’s magazine, An Piobaire.

http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1138&mediaId=27618

 

 

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In Memory of John Coltrane

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50 years this week since the death of the great Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. I tried to capture the impact of hearing him in this poem ‘First Jazz’ from my collection How to Bake a Planet (Salmon Poetry 2016)

First Jazz

Coltrane, cool train

taking vinyl track

with swerve

and verve, hip dip

curve of lip, gravity

bending light

with thumb

and fingertip

on moon

reflecting keys –

take a winding scale from

the black bottom

of a southern swamp

up past a levee camp moan

through a blood red foam

to the cold blue gates of Heaven –

levitate a while…

like a humming bird

a back-beat drumming bird

then deviate

on the A Train

pile back on the coal train,

the engine picking up steam

hear that bell ring

tip your high hat

to the blind engineer,

catch the rattlesnake snare…

then a rumble

and a tumble

and a sudden drop

below

with a blast so low

you go down

into the molten heat

and heartbeat

of this crazy jive,

where two and two

make five

feeling in this

moment only

you are truly

ALIVE!

 

 

Cuirt Spoken Word Finalists

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Spoken Word Platform-The King's HeadWe have 20 great finalists for the Spoken Word Platform in Cuirt – at 6.30pm this Thursday 27th April in the Kings Head, Galway. Poets & flash fiction presenters will woo a lively audience and three judges to see who will go through to the Cuirt Slam Showcase at Electric Picnic Festival in September. MC Pete Mullineaux & Special guest poet the wonderful Alvy Carragher. This event is always packed out, come early!