As I considered the music that this 'flow' poem describes, my first thoughts went to Beethoven's 9th. Then, I thought a little more and considered the jazz musical artists, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington as they collaborate to perform "It Don't Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got that Swing...." I chose both. Click above to hear the jazz and/or Beethoven.
Flow
Waves of sensuous melody
gently stroke the basilar.
The chamber of each hair cell
bursts with the flow
of pulsating charges
stimulating selected neurons
that stir the memory's charm.
Blood flows faster,
determined as voices surge
through the vibrating membrane.
Physical synchronizes
with emotional energy,
aching- soothing,
dissonance resolving
harmonies coalesce
in this resonating
flow.
© Jeanne I. Lakatos
(To hear my reading of this poem on Pod-omatic, click HERE.)
