A poetry collection by internationally acclaimed poet Lenard D. Moore focusing on jazz music as an experience and an inspiration.
In The Geography of Jazz, Moore celebrates jazz music and jazz musicians. Some of the poems address specific events. Others honor individual artists. Many do both. While the poems may not initially signal the rhythms of jazz in their presentation on the page, they convey jazz rhythms through Moore's deft handling of the poetic line and his use of formal techniques including but not limited to assonance, onomatopoeia, and repetition. This collection also includes a new poetic form, jazzku, an innovation that recalls Japanese haiku and tanka.
- ISBN10 1949467309
- ISBN13 9781949467307
- Publish Date 17 September 2020 (first published 1 September 2020)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John F Blair Publisher
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 82
- Language English