be
bop shout–
rhythm–blues–
eight to the bar–
oompah oompah groove–
boogie-woogie back beat
jingle jangle jive talkin
double time front line howl growl whine–
interlude solitude riff raff boom–
whistle whomp wah wah zoomba zoomba zoom
The Kick-About’s challenge #14 was a short film by Norman Maclaren called “Boogie Doodle”. It really reminded me of Matisse’s Jazz collages, and I used his abstracted figures as inspiration to create my own dancers based on photos of jazz dancers I found on the internet. I also wanted to recreate the shadow effect for both the dancers and the dots. Primary colors seemed a natural fit for both dots and ground, and I cut out the figures in black and white as contrast, inspired by the film.
For the poem I wanted to use music and musical sound words. It was much harder than I anticipated, but I like the idea of a poem composed mostly of sounds, and may visit it again. I found a great onomatopoeia dictionary online too.
Linking to dVerse OLN hosted by Linda.
K. 
This was SO fun to read aloud. I love the way you wrote this and the art is beautiful as well. You’re awesome, K!
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Thanks Lucy. The Kick About prompts always inspire me to try new things. I need that.
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cool cat, daddy-o!
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Boogie woogie, percussions, movement, and smiles! <– My reactions while reading your poem.
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I’m glad for the smiles. Thanks Adriana.
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Love the primary colors and the transposing of shadow. Reading your poem aloud while looking at the artwork energized me. So neat when art gives a somatic response. Beautiful the way you laid out the moving shapes and the dots. Quite a partay going on here. The youtube sounds didn’t do it for me, reminded me of HAL the insane robot in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Thank you much for the link to the onoma… dictionary. Two of my favorite George songs are Wah-Wah and Savoy Truffle, both rich with onoma…
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I was thinking of George. I spent a long time scrolling through that dictionary. So many great and interesting sound words!
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❤
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I know you commented somewhere about the library apartments in NYC. I used to live around the corner from one of them in Washington Heights that they just renovated, but old time residents still remembered when someone lived there.
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Very unique poem. Nicely done!
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Thanks Dwight. A nice break from the somber world.
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Yes, for sure!
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I love this! Truly delightful!
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Thanks!
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Most welcome!
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Extraordinary! Both art and poem. Isn’t there a word for the kind of poem using sounds only? Scat, first used by Louis Armstrong after a quick search.
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Thanks Petru. Louis and Ella were both masters of sound music.
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Cool!
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It was fun!
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Your poem has great shape and sounds, Kerfe, and I love how it conveys the colours and exuberance of the artwork. I had fun reading it aloud too!
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Thanks Kim. Nice to step away from being serious all the time.
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The fascination of an onomatopoeia type of poem is most interesting K! One can feel it rocking below at the feet. Great job!
Hank
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Thanks Hank.
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Matisse was my first thought too. There’s so much movement in the collage all you need is onomatopoeiac sound words.
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Matisse is always good inspiration for me.
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That doesn’t surprise me 🙂
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I read this wonderful work aloud to My Beloved Sandra and when I finished she said, “So…you have a twin out there somewhere, eh?”
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Tell Sandra thanks! What a complement.
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This carries quite a catchy beat!
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Thanks Linda. We can all use some dance music right now.
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Years ago I wrote a poem I titled Honky Tonk, then I turned my poem into a song and then I recorded it to the music of Bill Doggett and his Honky Tonk on YouTube!! …. I would love to ‘hear’ your poem …. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Thanks Helen. That sounds like fun!
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what joyful delicious fun, had me boppin away as I heard music in your words and your art conveys the warm colourful fun also … a timely joyful diversion 🙂
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Thanks Kate. Music is always good for lifting the mood.
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absolutely Kerfe and you hit the right note!
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What a wonderful experimental way to do the prompt. It worked so well! Bravo
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Thanks Debi.
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I love you’re art-work and the music of your poetry here, Kerfe: so eye-catching and enlivening!
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Thanks Ingrid.
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Kerfe, The art and the poetry fit like hand in glove! Just beautiful, the unloosed energy and creativity, the syncopated harmony. I love it! ❤️❤️
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Thanks Dora!
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Matisse would so dig your riff! Along with the poem an absolute antidote to the lockstep feeling of this span of time.
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Thanks Sun. I needed a break from my anxiety…
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Love this!!! 💝💝
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Thanks Sanaa!
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This is a marvelous riot of color, motion, and sound. I thought I had commented before, but I must have been interrupted. So much fun! Love the Matisse and your interpretation.
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Thanks Merril. It was fun.
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