I sold my car today. My sweet little 1998 Nissan Sentra. And I've been listening to
The Blue Room, the newest CD from
Madeleine Peyroux. Hits the spot! I love her gorgeous slow, easy voice and choice of songs. On this one, I'm drawn to "Born to Lose" and "You Don't Know Me," and last night I wept to her rendition of "Gentle On My Mind."
Not because of the car. Just because the song is sweet and sad and lovely.
I'm still reading
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. Also waiting on a patient stack:
Where Good Swimmers Drown, by Susan Elbe, winner of the Concrete Wolf chapbook contest, and
Survivors' Picnic, by Debra Bruce, both poetry books, both a little blue-sounding (and making it a Blue Monday on a Thor's Day in the blog). For instance, here's a very short poem by Debra Bruce:
Her Ex Sits Next To Her
It's far too soon for her to make a joke of it,
scuttle him away with a swish of wit,
This is a love seat, isn't it?
but too late to reach across the child-size space
between them, or look directly at his face.
Good stuff, that. I'll be able to read and review
Survivors' Picnic for
Escape Into Life, because
Debra Bruce is one of our EIL poets, so more on that later!
In the meantime, everything is gentle on my mind.
I have Madeline Peyroux's first album and I love her voice. You Don't Know What Love Is is one of my favorite songs. I first discovered it on Chuck Brown's duet with Eva Cassidy. I didn't know then that he was the "godfather of Gogo" and not known for singing the blues. It was one of the songs I learned when I was still taking voice lessons.
ReplyDeletePaulette, I think I have all of her albums now! She makes cooking possible at all for me. I can't cook without music.
ReplyDeleteGentle and blue and soothing. Though the poem you included is very sad...
ReplyDeleteHappy reading to you!
Thanks, Hannah. And the song "Born to Lose" is about losing a lover, too. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteBut somehow singing the blues...helps.