I sit beside two women, kitty-corner to the stage, as Elvin's sticks blur the club into a blue fantasia.I thought my body had forgotten the Deep South, how I'd cross the streetif a woman like these two walked towards me, as if a cat traversed my path beneath the evening star. The midnightgatherers are boys & girlswith the headlights of trucksaimed at their backs, becausetheir small hands refuse to woundthe knowing scent hidden in each bloom. Click the icon above to listen to this audio poem. All rights reserved. If my grandmothers saw me now they'd say, Boy, the devil never sleeps. Give him a few more years. The blondehas her eyes closed, & the brunetteis looking at me. Read all poems of Yusef Komunyakaa and infos about Yusef Komunyakaa. Which one is wearing jasmine? © Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. by enough pain. Read poems about / on: cat, angel, laughter, women, future, star, woman, rain, moon, lost, pain, girl, kiss, flower, rose, sleep, wind, Jasmine Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa - Poem Hunter. I sit beside two women, kitty-corner To the stage, as Elvin's sticks blur The club into a blue fantasia I thought my body had forgotten the Deep The midnightgatherers are boys & girlswith the headlights of trucksaimed at their backs, becausetheir small hands refuse to woundthe knowing scent hidden in each bloom. the club into a blue fantasia. Our bodiessway to each riff, the jasminerising from a valley somewherein Egypt, a white moonopening countless false mouthsof laughter. Poet Yusef Komunyakaa first received wide recognition following the 1984 publication of Copacetic, a collection of poems built from colloquial speech which demonstrated his incorporation of jazz influences. There is no comment submitted by members.. © Poems are the property of their respective owners. I thought my body had forgotten the Deep. I sit beside two women, kitty-corner. Jasmine - I sit beside two women, kitty-corner I sit beside two women, kitty-corner - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Yusef Komunyakaa - 1947-. I can hear Duke in the right hand & Basic in the leftas the young piano player nudges us into the past. Among Komunyakaa’s new poems that he showcases in Pleasure Dome: New & Collected Poems, 1975-1999 are “Providence” and “Jasmine.” Combining images of light and dark, good and evil, ancient and modern, sacred and secular in “Providence,” Komunyakaa declares God as the force guiding the sexual and spiritual coupling of him and his lover. I sit beside two women kittycorner to the stage as Elvins sticks blur the club into a blue fantasia.. Jasmine Lyrics. 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