WRITING IS JAZZ

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Writing is jazz....words roll and spin and
jive.....a collection of letters and spaces, commas and periods, semi-colons
and colons. -From Writing is Jazz, An Internet Blog: John M. Flores,  11 April 
2007

Jazz improvizing and poetizing 
share much in the game of life.

They are both fun and help their
practitioners
get to the purpose
of
life.  To be in the moment---
drawing
on the past, anticipating 
the
future when time seems right.

Often
the process is effortless as
if
I am some sort of instrument:
semi-analytical,
semi-emotional,
semi-performance,
semi-trailer:
carrying
the baggage of life down
the
road in the darkness of night
with
headlights showing the way
into
meaning—at least for me if 
not
for others on the road of night.

Yes,
there is joy and tranquillity,
the
preparation has been my whole 
life:
the payment and reward has 
nothing
to do with money, simply 
can
not be bought or sold or chosen;
it
comes because of who you are and 
what
you want as you go about finding 
your
way in this slough of despond.(1)

(1)  This prose-poem was written
after listening to an interview with Sascha Feinstein on ABC Radio National, 15
October 2008 at 10:05 a.m.

Ron
Price
1
November 2008

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	Writing is jazz....words roll and spin and jive.....a collection of letters and spaces, commas and periods, semi-colons and colons. -From Writing is Jazz, An Internet Blog: John M. Flores, 11 April 2007 Jazz improvizing and poetizing share much in the game of life. They are both fun and help their practitioners get to the purpose of life. To be in the moment--- drawing on the past, anticipating the future when time seems right. Often the process is effortless as if I am some sort of instrument: semi-analytical, semi-emotional, semi-performance, semi-trailer: carrying the baggage of life down the road in the darkness of night with headlights showing the way into meaning—at least for me if not for others on the road of night. Yes, there is joy and tranquillity, the preparation has been my whole life: the payment and reward has nothing to do with money, simply can not be bought or sold or chosen; it comes because of who you are and what you want as you go about finding your way in this slough of despond.(1) (1) This prose-poem was written after listening to an interview with Sascha Feinstein on ABC Radio National, 15 October 2008 at 10:05 a.m. Ron Price 1 November 2008
	married for 48 years, a teacher for 32, a student for 18, a writer and editor for 16, and a Baha'i for 56(in 2015)