MONK-LIKE
like
lunge clump canopy canister fraught ganglia, chop
butterudder back
forward
this way
that
twist turn vertiginate
swallow swelter
claim cluster clank crank rustle roundabout
c l a m
bustle break bother broke brother
bother bustle break brother broke
bristle
breathe
bombin-
ate fables of late bludgeon bark bake
sleight slumber swell
B Flat line periphery-burst stride
intervallic surge sully sulk skulk
atti-T!ude
feud fidelity
ferm en
ta tion
in-
stall
un-
install
FRIDAY THE 13TH
Mitchell Pluto inspired this Hinge to the Monk tune “Friday The 13th” Mitchell writes: One of my favorite tunes is Friday The 13th by Monk and Rollins, at first it takes the listener on a slant- a sort of drunk crab walk, and then the block chords, for me create a square spiral.
WOR studios 1953 thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins
sloop-de-sloop whirl wind full intake reed fill throat splash slippery slant
peek-a-boo inebriate peregrinate in-
cubate square spiral boulder-roll stroll crab colossal hi-hat crisp
chink snap crystalclarioncrystalline bosomy broth ivories wrought bath breadload beatitude concuss allude wedge hook link sinkseepagelodge
laurel sling
carrion fletch
b e t r o t h
clump stump flummery block lump here
come de Monk scruff scamper liv-
ery lurch paint a birch fu-
rl fistful conflagrate agitate French horn ― fog-caster, frog-hopper ― conflate titillate aerate levitate brindle lop Bird-bop
chordal congregation
hymnal meditation
scintilla aubergine
whisk brisk bask peculiar challenge the ruler
adumbrate gestate
spray a mandate
, man
EPISTROPHY FOR T. MONK
ganglion frieze chopsplash melodic purl surge
/under
flirt slash the line tease conflate
the outer reaches skim borders
peripheries riff the mad notes cyclones
flush curling cuniculi mucid caves jettison spills
of color mutation migration never before
heard harmonic swoops triads
scribbled above bison head rage of
memory snarled rhythms stored in stone
circling and twirling a
gathering of data raptorial fingers toolbox
of the soul aerial lift and poise
& strafe the keys
prey for salvation litanous chariots
a last chance passage
bump into the final
four bar essence is exhaustion
of complexity buck to the
ride cymbal
bow to the bass
Heller Levinson is the originator of Hinge Theory. His most recent books are Dialogics (Anvil Tongue Press, 2022), Lure, and jus’ sayn’ (Black Widow Press, 2022). His Query Caboodle and Shift Gristle are scheduled for a Spring 2023 release (also BWP). He lives in the Hudson Valley, NY.
written by ©Heller Levinson