Speaking these poems aloud helps capture the rhythm and cadence of the speaker and the assortment of images that comprise these poems’ inherent musicality. Readers are encouraged to dip and in out, as the poems have neither titles nor employ capitalization, a seemingly even yet textured terrain to mediate. While the melodies may fade in and out, the beat continues. Across three distinct sets that fully utilize the page and the tonal range usually available only to the instrument, the collection ducks in and out of the image in a fluidity reminiscent of long session jazz. In a trio, each performer must be perfectly on point or on pitch-whether singer, dancer, string or brass player, or a different configuration-and Fred Moten’s The Feel Trio proves to be no exception.
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