• In response to the 2nd prompt on the newly opened We Write Poems, this piece was inspired by my listening to the 1974 vinyl record album entitled “Mysterious Traveler”, by Weather Report.
Weather Report was one of the earliest and most influential Jazz-Rock groups. Keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophone player Wayne Shorter formed the group in 1971. Both originally members of the Miles Davis’ group, they were joined by the legendary bassist, ,Jaco Pastorius, making Weather Report a milestone group of modern music…
…here is my poem inspired by their music…
Book of Ardor
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eyes dark and deep as nile nocturne
scorching as nubian sundance
this blackthorn rose
is the secreted passion
the sultry jungle goddess
inscribed in the book of ardor
fired in molten scarlet
woman forged of earthen bronze
ablaze in the sensual dreams
of writhing midnight
she is smoke and flame
the mysterious traveler
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rob kistner © 2010
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• The beautiful woman in the photo above is Jourdan Dunn
Thanks Rob for captivating sensuality. The title is wonderful.
I love that first line! And who is the goddess pictured above your poem??? 🙂 I have never heard Weather Report, but this poem carries a very sensual vibe, almost liquid, almost like the jazz seeped through the words. Very well done.
-Nicole
Thank you for the kind words Nicole — and thank you for calling my attention to my omission of the name of the gorgeous woman whose photo I featured with the piece I wrote. She is the stunning British model, Jourdan Dunn. I have placed, below the poem, a link to more info about her. The album, “Mysterious Traveler” by Weather Report is an amazingly haunting and sensuous jazz album — I love it!!! 😉
Rob, thank you for such a beautiful poem. I’ll have to check out Weather Report. And you have inspired me to go listen to Miles’ “Kind of Blue”, which I have wanted to write poems about for a long time.