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New Poem in Midwest Quarterly Review

If you're unfamiliar with Bobby McFerrin or simply want the enhanced poetry experience, search "Bobby McFerrin Blackbird" on YouTube.

Bobby McFerrin


swallows
a flute
saxophone
bass
set of drums
didgeridoo
washboard
one flying blackbird
two sopranos
three cloggers
a Volkswagon full of clowns
wind chimes
castanets
Elvis
the lost chord
and tonight’s audience.

© Alarie Tennille 2015
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Published on January 30, 2015 10:19 Tags: alarie-tennille, blackbird, bobby-mcferrin, music, poem, poetry

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