Poetics and Jazz of Compassion Presented with a Creatively Maladjusted Twist

Detail of "Big Band" portrait by Leroy Neiman used as part 1 of special series of posters for Jazz Appreciation Month. Among iconic talents seen here are: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, and Louie Armstrong. April, when both Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month are observed, is always a special time at Bright Skylark Literary Productions.  This year it is doubly special because in addition to featuring several re-posts of classic articles and...