Photography © Jennifer Matthews
In the Mind of a Dreaming Crow
Your razzle dazzle fingers
come forth and shine bright
they are jazzed with a juice
like a muse born of Zeus
numbers and bones
move tempos like thrones
one key to the next
a queen of quintets
and the sharp 9’s move like hips
on a train full of fiery lips
the white keys, the black keys
the keys, the keys, the keys, the keys
they release and retract
they give out and give back
they move high and move low
they are motion at midnight
in the mind of a dreaming crow
Poet/Photographer Jennifer Matthews’ poetry has been published in Nepal by Pen Himalaya and locally by the Wilderness Retreat Writers Organization, Midway Journal, The Somerville Times, Ibbetson Street Press and Boston Girl Guide. Jennifer was nominated for a poetry award by the Cambridge Arts Council for her book of poetry Fairy Tales and Misdemeanors. Her songs have been released nationally and internationally and her photography has been used as covers for a number of Ibbetson Street Press poetry books and has been exhibited at The Middle East Restaurant, 1369 Coffeehouses, Sound Bites Restaurant in Somerville and McLean Hospital.