Graceful Moon

Graceful Moon

The silent white tuft of moon

Hangs in quietness in blue

Observing my love of you

“Grace, I love the moon,

And I love you,

But I love you more than the moon.”

© January 30, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

In trailing robes of white and palest blue. 

Photo by @sage_solar, from Flickr, Creative Commons

Lifeblood

Lifeblood

The embodied Word bleeds

When one speaks it

It pours out in hemorrhage

Giving Life for those who seek it.

© January 30, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

Blood, photo by Mate Marschalko, from Flickr, Creative Commons

Shroud

Shroud

The river runs red

Scarlet like a cord

Through a curtain

A garment of our Lord

Crimson and Purple

And Gold and dread

From thorn and head

Blood poured out—Royalty

In color and in crown

Until split in two—dead

And fallen to the ground


© January 30, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

Cross in Crown of Thorns, photo by Doug1021, from Flickr, Creative Commons

Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

The little boy

Pleading

For us to buy

His flowers

Broken

Flowers

Stampeding

Down the mountainside

The little boy

Whimpering

Pleading

For us to buy

Flowers

Broken

The world is full

Of whimpers

Of pleading

Of broken flowers

They wrestle

Over the money

Pull him away

To the ground

Broken

Flower

Lays still

On the Ground

Broken

The world is full

Of flowers

Broken


© April 12, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

Albania-02465, photo by Beauty in Albania, from Flickr, Creative Commons

White Man Tries to Tame the Dame

White Man Tries to Tame the Dame

White man wanted to make a lady out of Jazz,

But her promiscuity and free spirited rhythm

Would keep her out late at night with her own pizazz—

Not to be tamed, this dame, she’s a flapper it’s what she has.


© October 4, 2014, Robbie Pruitt

Paul Whiteman for Victrola, photo by Don O'Brien, from Flickr, Creative Commons

The Atmosphere of Jazz

The Atmosphere of Jazz

Mr. Paul Arpee is soothed by Jazz

He rests in the ambiance any chance he has

When stress arises the song gives way

Leaving him relaxed to face another day.

© October 4, 2014, Robbie Pruitt

Big Band Jazz Night, photo by Ed Schipul, from Flickr, Creative Commons

Jungle Music

Jungle Music

Play that ‘Jungle Music’

Play and play—improvise

That Jazz surprise

Try it on for size.

© October 4, 2014, Robbie Pruitt

Diego Urcola's Trumpet 19° International Jazz Festival of Punta del Est, 

photo by Jimmy Baikovicius, from Flickr, Creative Commons

Satchmo

Satchmo

Satchmo would hold the note

And would never let it go.

Go on Pops! Let it all out!

Play that tune while we dance and shout!

© October 4, 2014, Robbie Pruitt

Louis Armstrong arte 03, photo by Luiz Fernando Reis, 
from Flickr, Creative Commons