Peace on Earth (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael S. Harper
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Music or musicians, Poetry or poets, Jazz music
The last poem from Harper's collection Healing Song for the Inner Ear, “Peace on Earth” concludes a triad in which Harper moves beyond his previous addresses to and descriptions of jazz giants to enter the mind and soul of John Coltrane. Using a structure of separate image clusters produced by groupings of two and three lines, Harper not only recapitulates the highlights of Coltrane's life and work but also maintains a correspondence between the music and his own poetry, finding parallels between Coltrane's compositions and many of his own efforts.
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