On the one level
it was a tango fandango.
A pink flamingo
a daring dance of dating
in the early throes of spring.
Shrill trumpet rising
sounds of Chuck Mangione
staccato toccata- reminiscent of Children of Sanchez
Conspiring to court Consuelo’s love
With a pink flamingo face.
One legged lover
with snazzy syncopated rhythm
with a strut to the left olé
and a strut to the right olé
strum that walking bass.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
Things have been out of kilter this month and hence I am a little behind in things.
For d’Verse….
This is Tuesday’s poetics prompt that I didn’t finish….merging with meeting at the bar- and all that jazz….incidentally I think pink flamingoes merge well with jazz…
Links to Chuck..
The image is from Wikipedia and has creative commons licence:
File: James’s Flamingo mating ritual.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/people/pedrosz/
by Pedros Szekely,
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Love it, and yes the flamingos are really jazzy I think…
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What a great take on this, Alison! And I agree about those outrageous pink birds – they just scream jazz!!!
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Those are beautiful birds and a nice poem to get them dancing.
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Wow! Well, I agree… tango strutting flamencos… er, flamingos and jazz just jump and jive… er, strut. I’ll mangione to get this right yet! Love your poem! Don’t mind my craziness… wine will have its way!
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Those birds are beautiful in their dance ~ I love the imagery of those strutting birds in tango fandango~
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I love the repetition if sounds. This is so fun!
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Totally agree with Jilly’s comment. When I first saw the photo, knowing the jazz prompt, I was so pleased thinking, “Yeah! An abstract gal. Alison gets it!” And your “staccato toccata” and all the rest of the funny flamingo music going on shows that indeed you do.
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Many thanks..I was determined to get those flamingoes into a prompt…
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Real live dancing pink flamingos…what fun to the beat of a drum!
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I love the pink flamingo face!
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This is fun! I enjoyed reading it. 💛
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Flamingo flamenco! And all that jazz! A rhythmically be-bopping write that leaves us all wanting an encore!
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Thank you.
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Lovely! – especially the one legged lover’s dance😂
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