The Language Of Saxophones

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Summary

Selections from a lifetime of poetry by one of America's premier "word-musicians," this book is long overdue!

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The language of saxophones	p. 1
Ancestral echoes	p. 7
Dance of the Nigganese dancer	p. 9
The lip drummer	p. 24
Religion of dreams	p. 29
World music	p. 33
Liberator of the spirit	p. 35
The last Psalms	p. 44
Deep river in her voice	p. 47
Balm of Gilead	p. 50
Bird droppings	p. 53
Army of healers	p. 57
One	p. 61
Sunbathing in my tears	p. 65
Leimert Park	p. 67
Los Angeles	p. 70
Mantra	p. 71
Healer's lament	p. 73
Wing	p. 77
For Paul Robeson	p. 78
Djali	p. 81
Djali II	p. 83
Blakey's sticks	p. 85
The men	p. 90
Jeweled zero	p. 93
Papa, the lean Griot	p. 95
Angel of scissors	p. 103
Blue Pachuca	p. 106
Damage	p. 110
The living waters	p. 112
Sweating paisley	p. 114
The piano is a drum for ten fingers	p. 117
The watch	p. 119
War	p. 120
Weeping at the mailbox	p. 124
Zillion tambourines	p. 127
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