jazz singer’s solo –
the length
of her blue dress
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Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America as well as the editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse, which boasts its 14th year in print. Stanford has had poems published in many journals and anthologies worldwide. He perhaps is most proud of his haiku being included in Haiku edited by Peter Washington in the Everyman's Pocket Poetry Series published by Knopf and American Zen: A Gathering of Poets published by Bottomdog Press. In 2004 he took first seat in the 57th Annual Basho Anthology Contest in Ueno, Japan and in 2012, one of his haiku won second place in the International Robert Frost Poetry & Haiku contest. View all posts by Stanford M. Forrester
day after –
impulsively, reach for the phone
lady sings the blues
melancholy rhapsody
cabaret of one
In the blues-
her darkness blue dress
so much light
great work…
solo over
the piano man whistles
through a g ap in his t eeth
thru the smoke-
a glimmer
of blue sequins
jazz
her feligree earrings
dazzle
early morning
bundled beach walker —
in search of blue skies
front row seat-
the heart shape
of her calf.
show’s over; into the cab —
quiet memory
as she sang, your golden hair.
seamy love song
another cigar glows
in the front row
the diva’s gown–
generous curves limned
by perspiration
once wailing sax
leans in the shadowy corner —
midnight silence